Last Alteration: Sunday 03 August 2008
BBC Studios
BBC Studios
Upper Boat, Tonteg Road, Treforest Industrial Estate, Pontypridd, CF37 5UA
The BBC leased new studios at Upper Boat in early 2006 in order to have dedicated studio facilities for Doctor Who and the spin-off series Torchwood and Sarah Jane Investigates. The site is the largest studio complex ever built in Wales, some 10 times the size of BBC Wales in Cardiff. It was officially opened on 27th July 2006 by Welsh Enterprise Minister Andrew Davies.
How to get here:
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Road: M4 - Exit the M4 at junction 32, and head north towards Pontypridd on the A470. At the Treforest Industrial Estate/Upper Boat exit, take the second exit off the roundabout, crossing the river, and then turn right onto Tonteg Road. The studios are on the right-hand side as the road bears left. +
There is limited parking opposite the footpath by the gate to the waterworks. Or you could stop at the petrol garage.
Follow the footpath and Upper Boat is visible on your right.
This location is private and has no or limited access only. The studios are private, but the western side may be seen from a public footpath that runs alongside.
Access: publicStatus: n/aFrom the footpath
Photograph taken: 22nd July 2008 by Chuck Foster
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Other nearby locations:
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Ffordd-Y-Gollen (Revenge of the Slitheen, Eye of the Gorgon). Road (~1.1 miles, 4m) : Follow Tonteg Road west until you reach the A473, then cross over onto Church Road. Turn right onto Ruthin Way, and then Ffordd-y-Gollen is on the left.
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Ffordd Gerdinan (The Stolen Earth). Road (~0.9 miles, 3m) : Follow Tonteg Road west until you reach the A473, then cross over onto
Church Road.
Turn left into Ffordd Gerdinan, then left again to the green. roadside
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Coleg Morgannwg (Revenge of the Slitheen). Road (~2.1 miles, 5m) : Follow Tonteg Road east, and then turn left at the end. Go around the roundabout to the A4054 (south) and then follow Main Road along to the next main roundabout, turning left onto Heol Crochendy.
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Hawthorn Road (The Stolen Earth, Journey's End): 0.40 miles.
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Unit G12: 0.56 miles.
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Wales Museum Collections Centre (The Stolen Earth): 1.13 miles.
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Glyntaff Cemetery (Random Shoes, Fragments): 1.48 miles.
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University of Glamorgan (School of Sciences) (Smith And Jones): 1.51 miles.
Articles relating to the series
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BBC News - "Time Lord handed permanent home"
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Western Mail - "Dr Who's Tardis is 86,000 sq feet inside!"
Further links about the location
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Lambert Smith Hampton - Company acquiring the studios for the BBC
Related Studio Stories
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Everything Changes [2006]
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Day One [2006]
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Ghost Machine [2006]
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Cyberwoman [2006]: Torchwood base.
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Small Worlds [2006]
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Countrycide [2006]
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Greeks Bearing Gifts [2006]
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They Keep Killing Suzie [2006]
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Random Shoes [2006]
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Out of Time [2006]
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Combat [2006]
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Captain Jack Harkness [2006]
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End of Days [2006]
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The Runaway Bride [7-8,26-27 Jul, 3 Aug, 19 Oct 2006]
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Smith And Jones [10-11,23 Aug, 12 Sep 2006, 17 Jan 2007]
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The Shakespeare Code [23-25 Aug, 5-6,8,11-13 Sep 2006]
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Gridlock [20-23,25-27 Sep, 2 Oct, 7 Nov 2006]
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Daleks in Manhattan [23-28,30 Oct, 8 Nov, 8 Dec 2006]
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Evolution of the Daleks [23-28,30 Oct, 8 Nov, 8 Dec 2006]
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The Lazarus Experiment [17-19 Oct 2006]
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42 [15-17,26,29-30 Jan, 8-9 Feb, 1,6,14 Mar 2007]
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Human Nature [27 Nov, 7-9 Dec 2006, 3,9-11,17 Jan, 5,23 Feb 2007]
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The Family of Blood [27 Nov, 7-9 Dec 2006, 3,9-11,17 Jan, 5,23 Feb 2007]
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Blink [7,22 Nov, 1-2 Dec 2006, 9 Jan 2007]
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Utopia [15 Jan, 5-9,20,23 Feb 2007]
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The Sound of Drums [7,23,26-28 Feb, 1,5-6,13 Mar 2007]
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Last of the Time Lords [7,9,23,26-28 Feb, 1,5-6,13 Mar 2007]
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Voyage of the Damned [9-12,31 Jul, 1-2,7-8,21 Aug, 20 Oct 2007]
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Partners in Crime [16,19,20 Oct, 18 Dec 2007]
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The Fires of Pompeii [20-22,24-27 Sep, 20 Oct 2007]
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Planet of the Ood [21-22 Aug, 1,3 Sep, 16 Nov 2007]
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The Sontaran Stratagem [12-16,20-22 Nov, 5,18 Dec 2007, 24 Jan, 29 Feb 2008]
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The Poison Sky [12-16,20-22 Nov, 18 Dec 2007, 24 Jan, 29 Feb 2008]
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The Doctor's Daughter [24 Jan 2008]
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The Unicorn and The Wasp [21 Aug, 16 Nov 2007]
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Silence in the Library [23-25 Jan, 14 Feb, 19-20 Mar 2008]
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The Forest of the Dead [23-25 Jan, 14 Feb, 19-20 Mar 2008]
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Midnight [27-30 Nov, 3-7,10 Dec 2007]
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Turn Left [30 Nov, 1 Dec 2007, 24 Jan, 20 Mar 2008]
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The Stolen Earth [18-22 Feb, 3,20-21,24,27-29 Mar, 1 May 2008]
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Journey's End [18-22,25,28-29 Feb, 3-4,6-7,10-11,20-21,24,27-29 Mar, 1 May 2008]
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DW 2008 Christmas Special Filming [2008]
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Invasion of the Bane [2006]
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Revenge of the Slitheen [2007]
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Eye of the Gorgon [2007]
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The Warriors of Kudlak [2007]
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Whatever happened to Sarah Jane? [2007]
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The Lost Boy [2007]
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SJA Season Two Filming [2008]
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang [2007]
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Sleeper [2007]
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To The Last Man [2007]
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Meat [2007]
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Adam [2007]
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Reset [2007]
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Dead Man Walking [2007]
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A Day in the Death [2007]
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Something Borrrowed [2007]
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From Out Of The Rain [2007]
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Adrift [2007]
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Fragments [2007]
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Exit Wounds [2007]
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All screen captures are the copyright of the BBC and appear here as reference to illustrate the location in comparison with it looked at the time of filming and the present day; no attempt is made to supercede this or any other copyright.
