{"id":54941,"date":"2020-04-27T14:27:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=54941"},"modified":"2021-12-16T19:27:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T19:27:48","slug":"doctor-whos-coronavirus-watch-along-inspires-fans-to-share-their-favourite-cardiff-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/doctor-whos-coronavirus-watch-along-inspires-fans-to-share-their-favourite-cardiff-memories","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2019s Coronavirus watch-along inspires fans to share Cardiff memories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>With the Coronavirus lockdown in full swing, Doctor Who fans reminisce about how the show impelled them to visit and fall in love with the Welsh capital.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/Peter-Capaldi-and-fans-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/Peter-Capaldi-and-fans-1.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/Peter-Capaldi-and-fans-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/Peter-Capaldi-and-fans-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/Peter-Capaldi-and-fans-1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/Peter-Capaldi-and-fans-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/Peter-Capaldi-and-fans-1.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/Peter-Capaldi-and-fans-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/Peter-Capaldi-and-fans-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/Peter-Capaldi-and-fans-1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption> Dr Who fans surround 12th Doctor Peter Capaldi during a filming session in Cardiff in 2014. Image credits: Luca Nonato, Flickr.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When Michelle Birkby first visited Cardiff, it was pouring down with rain.<\/p>\n<p>This did not, however, dampen her enthusiasm for visiting the city she came to know through the television screens when watching the BBC\u2019s Doctor Who and its spin off Torchwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe first place I visited was Cardiff Castle and I fell in love. It was so strange and baroque and enchanting and different, very other worldly, &#8221; she recounts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Now I see the castle pop up in everything \u2013 the library is the TARDIS library and it was in the Sarah Jane Adventures too. I see the smoking room. I saw it in Stolen Earth \u2013 and it took me right back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"279\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TARDIS-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TARDIS-4.png 496w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TARDIS-4-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TARDIS-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TARDIS-4.png 496w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TARDIS-4-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The Tardis in a shop window on St Mary&#8217;s Street. Cardiff has reaped the rewards of being used by the BBC as a filming location for the long-running show. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Not to the castle, oddly enough, but to when I got lost looking for Castell Coch and ending up wandering the woods and finding the source of the Taff. Reminding me of escaping to somewhere very different from London and happy to get lost in it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle was sharing her nostalgia about Cardiff, after Doctor Who fans organised a simultaneous watch-along, a month after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/tv\/2020-03-18\/doctor-who-rewatch-50th-anniversary\/\">first one.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These watch-alongs, put simply, imply fans of the sci-fi view certain episodes in tandem, engaging on Twitter with fellow aficionados, famous actors, writers and directors.<\/p>\n<p>In short, they are about watching the show together and creating a special community in spite of the Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The episodes that Michelle was talking about, like many of the ones from the early years, were special for certain fans for an additional reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Stolen Earth <\/em>and <em>Journey\u2019s End <\/em>mean a lot to many fans because of their reliance on South Wales for filming locations, allowing those who miss Cardiff and the periphery to look back on their past visits, experiences and memories of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally shown in June 2008, Russell T Davies\u2019s double episode aired when the show\u2019s South Wales connections were at its highest, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/2009\/dec\/31\/doctor-who-leads-welsh-regeneration\">Cardiff tourism chiefs claimed<\/a> that a large part of the 40% increase in visitors to the city during the same year were down to the show\u2019s popularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Filming locations for these two episodes include Cardiff University, South Wales Traffic Management Centre, Plantagenet Street and Nant-Fawr Road. Local localities, such as Penarth, Barry Island and Pontypridd were also used.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of my favourite nights in Cardiff: halfway through series 4, going for a drink with David &amp; Catherine in the St david&#8217;s Hotel and telling them the plot of this. Such a good time <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SubwaveNetwork?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SubwaveNetwork<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Russell T Davies (@russelldavies63) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/russelldavies63\/status\/1251952850055413760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Blaine Coughlin, like Michelle, had never been to the city before <em>Doctor Who<\/em> started filming there. But since his first trip, he has returned several times, including for his first weekend break with his future husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/BlaineHusband1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55215\" width=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/BlaineHusband1.png 495w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/BlaineHusband1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/BlaineHusband1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55215\" width=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/BlaineHusband1.png 495w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/BlaineHusband1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Blaine Coughlin and his husband outside the Millenium Centre, which plays a prominent role in the first season of modern Doctor Who. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe fact that my favourite ever programme is based there first inspired me to visit and we have explored more and more of the city and beyond each time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We always find the place hugely welcoming and friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/BlaineHusband1EDIT.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55268\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/BlaineHusband1EDIT.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55268\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The Doctor Who Experience, which used to be located in Cardiff Bay, bought fans from across the UK &#8211; and beyond &#8211; to visit artefacts and costumes from the BBC show. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For Charlotte, an A-Level student in England, seeing Cardiff in those episodes reminded her of the two special trips she had taken to the Welsh capital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Firstly, I was taken there as a surprise for my 12<sup>th<\/sup> birthday and I loved it not only because the [Torchwood] tower is so iconic, but also because the place itself is gorgeous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/TorchwoodTower2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Ianto Jones&#8217;s shrine is located near the Millennium Centre and Torchwood Tower in Cardiff Bay. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;More recently, I went to Cardiff for an open day, but I made my family stay overnight so we could spend the day afterwards going to visit the tower and <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/food-culture\/a-method-to-the-madness-the-ianto-jones-shrine\">Ianto\u2019s shrine<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just in case you were wondering how much Doctor Who changed my life, it pushed me to Cardiff and an amazing three years at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MCJ_USW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MCJ_USW<\/a> \ud83d\ude0d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SubwaveNetwork?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SubwaveNetwork<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iN8kWIBYaW\">https:\/\/t.co\/iN8kWIBYaW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex (@disFag_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disFag_\/status\/1251948341530951680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SubwaveNetwork?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SubwaveNetwork<\/a> missing Cardiff. Miss Doctor Who. Tonight is helping<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JPaulGreen (@JPaulGreen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JPaulGreen\/status\/1251947049232326664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Go <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cardiff?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cardiff<\/a>!!!!!!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SubwaveNetwork?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SubwaveNetwork<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Barrowman MBE (@JohnBarrowman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnBarrowman\/status\/1251941816758231040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B_LUx4QjTkf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\"background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%\"><div style=\"padding:16px\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B_LUx4QjTkf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div> <div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div> <div style=\"height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div><div style=\"padding-top: 8px\"> <div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div> <div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\"><div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: 8px\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div> <div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto\"> <div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div> <div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a> <p style=\"margin:8px 0 0 0;padding:0 4px\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B_LUx4QjTkf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"color:#000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Since we #fanfamily were all watching #doctorwho together today #subwavenetwork I thought you might like to see this video of the day we put jack back together with @holmanray for the 13th Doctor. It was early morning and I had just woken up to get ready for my #Cardiff Concert. Jb<\/a><\/p> <p style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/johnscotbarrowman\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> John Barrowman MBE<\/a> (@johnscotbarrowman) on Apr 19, 2020 at 2:20pm PDT<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<p>In these dark and uncertain times where everyone seems to be yearning for happy memories, it is the city of Cardiff which has pulled at the heartstrings of many up and down the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And for Michelle Birkby, seeing the Torchwood Base in&nbsp;<em>The Stolen Earth<\/em> conjured up a specific memory of her sitting on Cardiff Bay, looking out to sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was my last day and I had an hour before my train, and I sat there and started daydreaming. 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