Lining up a complex shot for The Rebel Flesh in the undercroft at Neath Abbey on 11 December 2010.
What’s it like to visit location recording on Doctor Who? In 2010, I was working for the children’s magazine Doctor Who Adventures and was invited to join Nick Setchfield from SFX magazine and Kevin Harley from Total Film for an afternoon at Neath Abbey. It was Friday 10 December and production was underway on The Rebel Flesh.
The plan was to speak to the cast and crew, including stars Matt Smith (who played the Doctor), Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) and Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams), around their shooting commitments. These interviews could then be published when the new series aired in April 2011. I’d read the script of the episode and had a call sheet for the day, detailing the cast, crew and the recording schedule. And Elena Kemp from Premier PR was there to ensure that the cast – and I – didn’t reveal any spoilers.