Feature by ANDREW PIXLEY
The corridor at Roath Lock connecting Studios 2, 3 and 4 is named Russells Alley in honour of former showrunner Russell T Davies. Photo © Emily Cook.
“I love Roath Lock,” says showrunner Chris Chibnall, in an email to Doctor Who Magazine. “Its the best facility Ive ever worked in. I can walk in to say hello to costume and make-up, then go across to one of the four studio spaces for Doctor Who, where worlds are being built and shot on. Then up the stairs to the production office to discuss future schedules and pre-production and post-production and marketing and social media, a meeting with the script team in the Dalek room (yes, theres a Dalek room), then down the corridor to the edit suites where half a dozen episodes are being worked on simultaneously. In fact, I just described a typical day there for me. And thats before you bump into people from Casualty in the canteen. One of the security guards on the front desk, Chris, is an Everton fan, but you cant have everything.”