This is possibly one of the oddest rumours about Time Team I've ever come across, but a number of people on the Outpost Gallifrey forum are claiming that Time Team are going to be guesting in the next series of Doctor Who.(can't link to it, sorry)

Apparently the Team will be doing a dig at Torchwood House, a fictional country mansion which gives its name to the spinoff series, currently filming in Cardiff.

Now, I'm sure this is a right load of old codswallop but I wonder. Is there anything that any passing members of TT's production crew would care to share.....

I'll grill my brother on this one when he gets back from holiday - he usually has his ear to the ground on Dr Who matters.

Could Daleks be modified to carry out geophiz?

Would a sonic screwdriver do a better job than Phil's trowel?

I'd think yes to the modified Daleks & no to the Sonic Screwdriver, unless you wanted to break into a room secured with a high tech lock of course.

As a Doctor Who (and Time Team obviously) fan, I have to say this is a new one on me. It could be that I've missed something, or it could just be something started by a rogue fan (we do get 'em!).

For example, the recent relaunch (when Chris Eccleston was still the Doctor) was supposed to feature a story with Audrey Tatu as Joan of Arc. Needless to say, this story never materialised (pun intended).

I would be quite pleased though, were it true

Cheers
Mark

Don't know about these Dr.Who/Time Team Rumours, but there's already a link....

Apparently the regular Spark on Time Team shoots was responsible for wiring up the blue light on the Tardis.

Courtesy of Obscure-Facts-R-Us.

Ah, we used to dream of this

One or two forum regulars even wrote scripts for combining Time Team with Discworld and other Sci-fi classics. I must check with Mike Lowndes to see if he still has those gems from the former, unregulated forum. Chief Archivist Jean Manco might have kept some. Mary-in-Madrid, where are you ?

An archaeological dig featured on Dr Who in the Pertwee story The Daemons. It seemed to be inspired by the Silbury Hill dig which was ongoing a the time. Needless to say the diggers unearthed something evil and really nasty.



Phil's old boots...

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Originally posted by mlh:
Ah, we used to dream of this

One or two forum regulars even wrote scripts for combining Time Team with Discworld and other Sci-fi classics. I must check with Mike Lowndes to see if he still has those gems from the former, unregulated forum. Chief Archivist Jean Manco might have kept some. Mary-in-Madrid, where are you ?

Grime Team 2 also had Dr Who links, but I think you missed out on that one.

As far as i can see there is still no precise date for showing the new 13-part series 'Torchwood', although it is definitely in the schedules, set for 'late autumn', according to the BBC, and currently being filmed in Cardiff.

Producer Russell Davies has described it thus: 'It's dark, wild and sexy, it's 'The X-Files' meets 'This Life'. It's a stand-alone series for adult audiences which will have its own unique identity.'

More information as it becomes available....

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Originally posted by Fil2:
An archaeological dig featured on Dr Who in the Pertwee story The Daemons. It seemed to be inspired by the Silbury Hill dig which was ongoing a the time. Needless to say the diggers unearthed something evil and really nasty.



Phil's old boots...

Plus the 1989 Story Battlefield, featured an archaeologist who had uncovered Excaliburs scabbard. I'm fairly convinced they must have filmed it on an actual archaeological evaluation, the trenches looked scruffy enough


The spinoff novels also contained a travelling companion called Bernice Summerfield, who was an incredibly accurate portrayal of a female archaeologist of my acquaintaince- she liked her drink and her men!

Latest, extremely unofficial on the Torchwood debut is October 21st, at 9pm, BBC1 with Ep 2 being broadcast immediately after on BBC3.

It is a lot more adult in nature then Doctor Who, hence the later timeslot.

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Originally posted by Bruce:Torchwood <snip> currently being filmed in Cardiff.

Producer Russell Davies has described it thus: 'It's dark, wild and sexy, it's 'The X-Files' meets 'This Life'. It's a stand-alone series for adult audiences which will have its own unique identity.'....

It will be the saviour of BBC3 according to local actors

What's "This Life" ?

Mandy - the televisually challenged

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What's "This Life" ?

Mandy - the televisually challenged

This Life was a mid nineties drama focused around a houseful of five twentysomething lawyers and their various personal relationships at home and work. Lots of hand held camera angle stuff and a fair smattering of swearing,naughty goings on and nudity.

Great fun. I loved it!

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An archaeological dig featured on Dr Who in the Pertwee story The Daemons. It seemed to be inspired by the Silbury Hill dig which was ongoing a the time.

It also namechecked Sutton Hoo, saying that the finds would be 'more important'!

Doctor Who has often had a connection with archaeology, past, present or future.

Cheers
Mark

I spoke with my brother last night who is working on Torchwood (has been throughout the entire filming) - There's no storyline involving TT at all - theres a plotline involving something being found on a building site thats a means of transporting convicts by aliens, but he said that unless the second unit had filmed something he was unaware of (and he thought that was unlikely...)

It can't be true. Time Team very rarely visit Wales.

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Originally posted by hopski:
It can't be true. Time Team very rarely visit Wales.

Perhaps it was aliens who created the faked site at Llygadwy?

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Originally posted by mlh:
Ah, we used to dream of this

One or two forum regulars even wrote scripts for combining Time Team with Discworld and other Sci-fi classics. I must check with Mike Lowndes to see if he still has those gems from the former, unregulated forum. Chief Archivist Jean Manco might have kept some. Mary-in-Madrid, where are you ?

I'm 'ere Mandy. So nice to be remembered! And I have *nothing* of my stuff. [1] It all went up the swanny when a previous computer went Foom.

I'd think any Time Team appearance in Who would likely only be a blink and you miss it cameo. Mind you, Who linked to a.n. other archaeology dig, although rather Quatermass (like, well like Who!), seems quite feasible.

From what I see on OG info on season 3 is proving much harder to come by than previous years though...

m i m

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Originally posted by mary in madrid:

From what I see on OG info on season 3 is proving much harder to come by than previous years though...

m i m

Russel T Davis is of the opinion that they released slightly too much info, prior to the start of Season Two so they're holding back on it a bit this year so as to try and preserve the surprise factor.

OG, incidently, is not going to be around for much longer. They're keeping the forum though. (and if anyone thinks people here are a touch obsessed, you should look in on that place. )

both fiction

I thought the first episode of Torchwood looked promising.

Yes it looked ok. A lot of standing about on top of tall buildings got tedious though.

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I thought the first episode of Torchwood looked promising.

I thought the lady copper looked very promising
Didn't Keardiff look luverley,you'd almost want to live there...mun

Just after I'd watched part two tonight, I turned
over to UK Gold and they were showing Dr Who.
It was the episode where at the end "Queen
Victoria" conceived the idea of setting up the
Torchwood institute,