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Doctor Who Series 6 Alex Kingston Filming

The cast and crew for the sixth series of Doctor Who were seen in public yesterday, with filming taking place at an unfinished building near to Cardiff Bay. The evening saw scenes taking place with guest stars Alex Kingston and Mark Sheppard.

Gallifrey Newsbase have posted a short snippet of dialogue between River Song and Mark Sheppard’s character.

Mark Sheppard: Stop! Don't move!
River: There are loads of them. They're everywhere.
Mark Sheppard: America is being invaded!
River: America was invaded a long time ago, America is occupied.
(River moves back a little more)
Mark Sheppard: Don't move! There's no way out!
River: Oh really?

River Song then falls of the edge of the building, which required a stunt woman dressed in Alex Kingston’s costume. The cast and crew gave a big applause to the stunt lady afterwards.

Mark Sheppard Guests in Doctor Who Series 6

It has been reported that the actor Mark Sheppard has secured a role in Series 6 of Doctor Who, after the US convention ValleyCon 36 announced that Sheppard had to pull out of their event due to new work commitments on Doctor Who.

Their press release states: “We had just booked Mark’s airline tickets a week ago when less than 12 hours later he got the dream job of any kid who grew up in England-and many kids here too. He landed a huge role in the new Dr. Who but they needed him there the next day. There was no way we were going to stand in the way of that and so Mark took the job but with his deepest apologies. We will try to work out an appearance with him in the future and wish him great luck with Dr. Who!”

It is believed that Mark Sheppard will appear in the opening two-parter of the series, which began shooting this week with Toby Haynes directing.

Doctor Who Series 6 – Toby Haynes Directs Episodes 1 and 2

It has been announced that Toby Haynes will direct Episodes 1 and 2 of the upcoming Series 6, which are believed to go into production in a few weeks time, and will be broadcast in Spring 2011.

Haynes previously directed the two-part Series 5 finale, ‘The Pandorica Opens’ and ‘The Big Bang’, as well as recently completing work on the Doctor Who 2010 Christmas Special.

These new stories will make Toby Haynes the Director of five consecutive episodes to be broadcast in a row. The only other confirmed Director for Series 6 at the moment is Richard Clark, although it was unofficially revealed that Adam Smith will be returning to the show.