April (Fools!)

Ok, first thing is first. Billie Piper appearing in 11th Regeneration was an APRIL FOOL'S joke! I apologise if certain people believed the story but it was only there as a little joke. That's not to say that there won't be a fair few other sexy ladies appearing in my series though ;)

Anyway, filming has been going well. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to complete as much as I would have liked but a few cast have been unwell so I'd rather delay filming as I would prefer to see my friends be better :)

We've done a bit more work on the Doctorlite episode titled "Key to Friendship," with Jaime Carroll (The Doctor) filming with the two Doctorlite guest stars, Scott (Stephen Furnley, who also played Jag in 'Beast From Within') and Peter (Andrew Mansell, who also played the Guard who got his neck snapped by the Kuio in 'Army of the Ancient Ghosts'). Jaime Carroll, who also produces the episodes says, "Stephen and Mansell did very well when they filmed last time with us in series one, so I decided to give them another go by giving them bigger characters to play in series two. With the absence of the Doctor and his companions in this episode, these two guys take the front view of the episode and do amazingly well with the screen time they had!"

Also, filming on "Home Alone" has been continuing. The episode, which was adapted from the comic "The Lodger" by Gareth Roberts and featured in Doctor Who Magazine, sees the Doctor being trapped on present day Earth for three days, opting to stay with Leo. The episode is nearing completion and a couple of new cast have been brought into the episode - Ryan Curry playing one of Leo's friends and Joanna Sheffield plays "Gina," a girl who gets 'close' to Leo.

Today saw Dale Farrow (Strider) and Paul Kay (Lance Hayden) on set in the new BIIIIIIG green screen which was used for the first time. In Episode One, titled "Friends & Enemies," Strider and Hayden get kidnapped by the Zearok. Producer Jaime Carroll says, "At the start of the episode we see the Doctor, Strider and Lance Hayden being part of the new TARDIS Crew and it appears that some time has past since 'Countdown to Christmas.' However, in this episode sees the introduction of the new companion, Ariel. So the main focus needs to be on her and how she reponds to the Doctor. Therefore, the episode would become overcrowded if we had Ariel, the Doctor, Strider and Hayden all fighting for screen time, when the main focus needs to be on Ariel. Sooooo, I decided that it would be a good idea to take Strider and Hayden out of the equation, by being kidnapped by the Zearok, so that the Doctor teams up with Ariel in order to get his friends back." Jaime also said that Paul has taken the character of Hayden in his stride and Dale's Strider has the most commical moment of the character's history so far!

Tomorrow, Jaime Carroll, Tanya Wright (Ariel), Dale Farrow, Stephen Furnley (Scott) and Andrew Mansell (Peter) will be filming the final scenes of the Doctorlite episode in what promises to be "one of the most tragic and moving events of the series."

Episodes currently being filmed:

Episode One: Friends & Enemies
Episode Four: Key to Friendship
Episode Five: Home Alone