WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:22.300 This wide-angle panoramic shot over London, looking east towards Hoban and then swinging 00:22.300 --> 00:27.520 past the British Museum before focusing down on the corner of Bedford Square, was taken 00:27.520 --> 00:31.920 from the upper floors of the Centre Point building on the junction of Oxford Street, 00:31.920 --> 00:38.800 Tottenham Court Road and Charing Cross Road. 00:38.800 --> 00:44.200 Bedford Square was not the original location chosen for the TARDIS scenes. 00:44.200 --> 00:50.800 Originally, the plan was to film the opening panoramic shot from the top of the GPO Tower, 00:50.800 --> 00:54.840 but as the building was due to officially open to the public only a few days before 00:54.840 --> 00:59.440 the planned filming dates, permission was refused. 00:59.440 --> 01:03.880 When the high vantage point was moved to the Centre Point Tower not far away, the choice 01:03.880 --> 01:18.880 of the TARDIS landing area was likewise changed to one in direct line of sight of the building. 01:18.880 --> 01:23.600 The Doctor's arrival at the Royal Scientific Club was likewise filmed in Bedford Square, 01:23.600 --> 01:27.200 on the other side of the road from where the TARDIS lands. 01:27.200 --> 01:31.720 The taxi and driver were real ones, hired especially for the shot, with the vehicle 01:31.720 --> 01:42.320 pulling up outside number 41. 01:42.320 --> 01:46.840 The original options for this location looked very similar to Bedford Square. 01:46.840 --> 01:51.800 The original choice was here at Portman Square in Marylebone. 01:51.800 --> 02:12.000 Whilst Fitzroy Square, just a short distance from the GPO Tower, was also considered. 02:12.000 --> 02:16.360 And indeed Conway Street, leading away from Fitzroy Square, was used for the scene at 02:16.360 --> 02:21.520 the beginning of episode 1, showing the Doctor and Dodo making their way towards the Tower's 02:21.520 --> 02:29.400 entrance on Maple Street, situated at the end of the road. 02:29.400 --> 02:34.000 In the story, the construction of the first war machine took place in a warehouse in Covent 02:34.000 --> 02:39.560 Garden, and scenes showing Ben making his way there in episode 2 were filmed here, next 02:39.560 --> 02:46.040 to Bedford Chambers, in the heart of the Old Market. 02:46.040 --> 02:50.240 Shots for this sequence were also filmed just around the corner in Bow Street, outside the 02:50.240 --> 02:55.160 front entrance of the Royal Opera House, with Ben walking past both the theatre and the 02:55.160 --> 03:09.280 floral hall adjacent to it. 03:09.280 --> 03:14.040 The sequences showing War Machine 9 on the Rampage were all filmed very close to the 03:14.040 --> 03:15.940 GPO Tower. 03:15.940 --> 03:20.000 From the upper window of the Duke of York pub in Charlotte Place, the scene of the attack 03:20.000 --> 03:24.840 on the man in the telephone box was filmed, the war machine finally making its way down 03:24.840 --> 03:43.080 Charlotte Place towards Chitty Street. 03:43.080 --> 03:48.200 Gress Street, much developed over the years since 1966, was used for the scene of the 03:48.200 --> 03:57.760 advancing war machine crashing through the dustbins. 03:57.760 --> 04:08.120 Whilst the fleeing bystanders were actually filmed several streets away in Burners Mews. 04:08.120 --> 04:12.040 Originally however, it was planned that this particular shot would be filmed at a different 04:12.040 --> 04:21.440 location a short distance away, here in Newman Passage. 04:21.440 --> 04:26.320 The exterior of the new Connacht Rooms in Great Queen Street formed the view of deserted 04:26.320 --> 04:33.840 London as the police warned the public of the imminent danger. 04:33.840 --> 04:39.840 The final capture of War Machine 9 was staged here at Cornwall Gardens Walk in Kensington, 04:39.840 --> 04:44.160 with the Doctor and Sir Charles Summer arriving at the top of the walk in Cornwall Gardens 04:44.160 --> 05:01.440 itself, whilst the army prepares the Doctor's trap below. 05:01.440 --> 05:31.400 These high angle shots of the trapped war machine were taken from the 05:31.400 --> 05:38.640 upper window of 50F Cornwall Gardens, with the then owner Mrs Lessing being paid £2.02 05:38.640 --> 05:42.280 for the privilege. 05:42.280 --> 05:47.480 The shot of the reprogrammed war machine making its way across London towards the GPO Tower 05:47.480 --> 05:53.480 in order to attack Wotan, were once again filmed in Burners Mews, using the same passageway 05:53.480 --> 06:16.600 through which the two bystanders had previously fled from the war machine. 06:16.600 --> 06:21.720 Finally the war machine arrives at the base of the GPO Tower, which was filmed just outside 06:21.720 --> 06:23.880 the entrance of the building in Maple Street.