David Tennant
Searching for Wookie’s In Wales
Activity holidays in Wales have been described as out of this world and according to David Tennant, he’s been to many distant planets and galaxies which seem to bear an uncanny resemblance to disused quarries in the Principality. Wales has seen its fair share of location work for science fiction blockbusters and over the past few years it’s become a magnet for location teams seeking ethereal, other worldly scenes and set ups. We can’t promise Star Wars fans anything if they do indulge in an activity holiday of spotting locations, but there are some stunning Sci-Fi venues you can drop in on.
Welsh Sc-Fi activity holidays have to begin at Portmeirion, setting for Patrick McGoohan’s 1960′s science fiction television series ‘The Prisoner. The combination of SF motifs, 1960s counterculture themes and the surreal setting of Clough Williams-Ellis’ architecture of Portmeirion raised it to the incredible cultural heights of blokes falling out in pubs about what it all meant! Williams-Ellis built Portmeirion using fragments of demolished buildings and deliberately fanciful designs that gave ‘the village exactly the ambience that McGoohan was after. In fact that is a mystery that is still going strong with members of the fan club “Six of One” society, still holding get togethers in the Italianate resort village, travelling to see the site for themselves and shout that they are free men and not just a number, before a giant weather balloon grabs them.
Without question any Sci-Fi location-spotting tour Wales has to include Cardiff and Cardiff Bay, where ‘Dr Who was re-invented by Russell T Davies. Davies not only resurrected the franchise to become the BBC’s biggest headline show (David Tenant seemed to own Christmas 2009) but has paved the way for other mainstream programmes to migrate along the M4 towards Cardiff. You’ll come across many Doctor Who and Torchwood (an anagram of Doctor Who) locations such as the Millennium Stadium and Queen’s Arcade Shopping Centre around Cardiff, Cardiff Bay and Swansea.
Snowdonia is already famous as location for UK activity holidays and you can get some science fiction set viewing in too! In fact Snowdonia was used as the backdrop for the brilliant “Tomb Raider 2 – Lara Croft and the Cradle of Life” box office hit. Scenes with Angelina Jolie were shot at Lyn Gwynant, a lake in Snowdonia that was formed by glaciers eons ago and is popular today for canoeing and kayaking. Snowdonia was also the supposed location for the giant gun built deep into a Welsh mountain that powered the 1967 SF Comedy ‘Jules Verne’s Rocket to the Moon.
Comic Relief – Catherine Tate & David Tennant
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