The Idiot’s Lantern

It’s been a long time coming, but it’s here. In one of my first posts way back in February, I wrote about the BBC filming Dr Who in my street. Now the episode is going to be aired – Saturday May the 27th!

I’d probably make the world’s worst Private Eye, but I did manage to gain bits of info here and there; the episode was set in the Coronation Year, involved at least one kidnapping, involved an alien coming through the TV set, and (from Wogan: Now and Then) that Maureen Lipman, of British Telecom Advert fame, was the ‘baddy’ of the episode. Now the secret’s out, and the trailers are on-air for the episode, titled ‘The Idiot’s Lantern’. You can see my pictures of the filming here, and the BBC have some episode screenshots here. The red-brick houses are my very-own Florizel Street, as the BBC renamed it.

It’s all very exciting. As they only filmed here for a few days I assumed our street was only going to be making a cameo appearance, but judging by the trailer and episode guide it looks like most of the episode is set here.

The Tardis, Dr Who, and Billie Piper in Pink, what more could anybody ask of a street?

Watch the BBC Trailer here.