Filming Begins on Doctor Who Series 9, Block 3

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Three cheers! Filming on Block 3 of series 9 of Doctor Who has officially begun today. Filming took place at Margam Castle in Cardiff, with both Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman on set. The gothic appearance of Margam Castle may hint towards the episode currently being filmed being the ghost story that Steven Moffat teased fans with last year.

Currently being filmed for Doctor Who Series 9 is Episode 5. The writer, producer and director of the episode, is yet to be revealed. But speculation is pointing towards Peter Harness, Jamie Mathieson, Mark Gatiss or Catherine Tregenna being the possible writer for the first stand-alone episode of Series 9.

The announcement of Episode 5 beginning filming was revealed Thursday when the Doctor Who team posted a photo on their official Twitter account saying that the episode read through was to take place Thursday afternoon. The photo posted with the short tweet was of the read through room within the BBC building. The photo specifically focused in on Peter and Jenna’s scripts, with the information on the front cover of the script conveniently blurred out.

Ready to go! The read through for Episode 5 gets under way. #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/7q7mrrrPVN

— Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) March 19, 2015

As already mentioned, this is the first stand-alone episode of the upcoming series 9 to be put in front of the camera. The first two filming blocks consisted of two two-parters. The Magician’s Apprentice and The Witch’s Familiar, written by Steven Moffat is one, and a yet-to-be-titled two-parter written by Toby Whithouse, writing for the Twelfth Doctor for the first time.

Further information, such as the guest cast for the stand-alone episode is expected to be revealed in the coming weeks.

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