Locations used in Planet of the Spiders(DW)

Last Alteration: Sunday 07 April 2013

Planet of the Spiders

6 episodes, broadcast: 4 May - 8 Jun 1974

Locations filmed for the story:

Tidmarsh Manor Tidmarsh, Berkshire Filmed: 11 Mar 1974 The Retreat	Tidmarsh Lane Tidmarsh, Berkshire Filmed: 11 Mar 1974 Mike and Sarah are forced off the road
Mortimer Station Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire Filmed: 11 Mar 1974 Mike meets Sarah at the station	Jacquet Weston Engineering (approach road) (formerly Membury Airfield) Membury, Wiltshire Filmed: 12-13 Mar 1974 Airfields
Ramsbury Road Membury, Wiltshire Filmed: 12-13 Mar 1974 Chasing down roads	Membury Crossroads Membury, Wiltshire Filmed: 12-13 Mar 1974 Chasing down roads
Half Mile Road Membury, Wiltshire Filmed: 12-13 Mar 1974 Chasing down roads	Membury Hall Lane Membury, Wiltshire Filmed: 12-13 Mar 1974 Chasing down roads
Hillier Road (formerly Le Marchant Barracks) Devizes, Wiltshire Filmed: 13 Mar 1974 UNIT HQ	Strand Gloucestershire Filmed: 14-15 Mar 1974 The Doctor and Sarah track Lupton to the river / The Doctor takes a shortcut!
River Severn Gloucestershire Filmed: 14-15 Mar 1974 The Doctor chases Lupton down the river.

Unknown locations - if you know where these are please let us know!

Lane (Mortimer area)
Filmed: 11 Mar 1974

Sarah and Mike chat on the way to the retreat.

Lane (Membury area)
Filmed: 12-13 Mar 2009

Bessie pursues the Whomobile along a lane

In Studio:

»	BBC Television Centre, Shepherd's Bush, London, W12 7RJ (22 Feb 1974)
»	BBC Television Centre (Studio TC1), Shepherd's Bush, London, W12 7RJ (2-3 Apr 1974)
»	BBC Television Centre (Studio TC8), Shepherd's Bush, London, W12 7RJ (16-17 Apr 1974)
»	BBC Television Centre (Studio TC6), Shepherd's Bush, London, W12 7RJ (30 Apr, 1 May 1974)

Production Notes

The Metebelis III landscape was made up of models and photographic images of Monument Valley in Colorado, and Bryce Canyon in Utah which were then CSO'd onto the yellow-screen backgrounds.

Articles relating to the story

Restoration Team Article - Article on the DVD release of the story, which includes a "Now and Then" feature on the locations. (#87, 18 Apr 2011)

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