First Series 4 Filming Pics

Here are the first official pictures from filming of series 4 of Christel Doctor Who. These three pictures are taken from the very first scene to be filmed which involves The Doctor meeting Fletcher for the first time. This is a scene from episode 1 of series 4 which is titled Twelfth Night. Enjoy and speculate at will...

2 Series 4 Scenes filmed

Now that filming for series 4 is in full swing I have today focused on episode 1 and have filmed two full scenes. The first was the momentous scene where the doctor and fletcher meet for the first time and the second features the two characters in a brig trying to figure out how to escape.

I hope to have some pictures from set soon and before long I should have shot enough to be able to put together a trailer of sorts.

Series 4 Production gets underway!

Mark your calendar! September 22nd 2012 is a momentous day because today I started production on Series 4 of Christel Doctor Who.

I have now received lines from both Edward Gore (The Doctor) and John Ryan (Fletcher) for the first and second episodes of the series and so have begun filming a few of the scenes with just the Doctor and Fletcher in.

I have to say that I have listened to a rough cut of the audio for the first episode (from the Doctor and Fletcher) and it is AMAZING! Both Edward and Ryan really nail their respective characters and they have both worked tirelessly to get their lines to me, which I cant thank them enough for.

Updates should be coming more regularly now and I should be able to start putting some promotional material together as well. As of now, the countdown to series 4 is on! :)

New Series 4 Content Coming Soon!

With the indefinite postponement of Centerpoint I am now working harder than ever to get CDW series 4 ready on time. That also means that I can start to prepare new promotional material for you the fans to feast your eyes on.  That said I am hoping to have a new teaser trailer ready before Christmas and then I should be able to start thinking about a definite release date. More to come soon...

Series 4 Steaming along!

Following the disappointing news that Centerpoint will be postponed until next year at the earliest I am pleased to announce that Christel Doctor Who series 4 is coming along very nicely. I am making good progress concerning set construction and I have now received lines from some of the voice actors for the series. Infact I must give a big hat tip and thank you to John Ryan who plays Fletcher Reed. He has now provided all of his lines for the first three episodes of the series. This of course means that if this rate of progress continues I should soon be able to start production on the series.

This of course means that I am VERY excited! More to follow soon...  

Centerpoint Postponed!

I haven't posted for a while and the reasons for that are three-fold. Firstly, I am not making very good progress with Centerpoint. I haven't had the time to get into really making the series and to be completely honest I haven't felt much enthusiasm for it. Secondly, I have recently lost a large chunk of the work that I had already done on the series anyway meaning that I would pretty much need to start over. The third reason is that I am snowed under at work and honestly don't have the time to start over.

This means that I am postponing, but not cancelling, the series for the mean time. This will give me time to rewrite it and introduce it properly through Christel Doctor Who. It also means that I have free time to now work on series 4 of CDW and I am still making sets and sending out lines to my wonderful cast as I type this. It also means that I may be able to release CDW series 4 slightly earlier next year than I had originally planned, but I'll keep you up to date on that front.

25.8.12 Treat Number 3

I don't think this trailer really needs any introduction. Time is broken...



I bet you didn't expect that did you. I have been working really hard to put that trailer together and although it doesn't feature any of the dialogue from the voice actors it should give a rough idea of what CDW series 4 will look like when it launches in 2013. Think of this trailer as test footage if you will.

As always, comments and suggestions are welcomed.

25.8.12 Treat Number 2

Here is the second treat of the day and I hope you will agree that it is one that has been worth the wait. Here in all his glory is the first full promotional picture of the 12th Doctor as he will appear in series 4 of CDW. Of course he will be voiced by the magnificently talented Edward Gore and today marks the first time that the Doctor has been seen properly in all his series 4 attire. Enjoy...

I should of course point out, that this is only one of the Doctor's two costume that he will wear in the series.

25.8.12 - Treat Number 1

Hello and welcome to a special day here at Christel Films. There will be a number of massive reveals today and a good number of treats for you, the devoted CDW and Centerpoint fans. The first of these treats is that I am revealing the first few episode titles for series 4 of Christel Doctor Who.

That's right, series 4 will mark a massive change for the series when it launches next year but today I am releasing the currently confirmed episode titles. The titles listed below are for episodes that feature in the first half of the series and are the episodes that I am writing. So without further ado, here goes.

1. Twelfth Night

2. The Life and Death of Fletcher Reed

3. Way of the Astari

4. TBA

5. TBA

6. Enemy of the Daleks

7. The Treasure of Devil's Mount

As you can see, episodes 4 and 5 are yet to be confirmed, simply because they are being written by guest writers who are beavering away at their scripts and have yet to confirm episode titles.

As you can also see, Episode 6 is a spoiler title in that it reveals the return of the Daleks. This is a very interesting and action packed story that I am really excited for you all to see.

Series 4...What do we know?

Although there has been very little information released so far about CDW series 4 I am beginning to kick into gear with "pre-production" and getting scripts out to voice actors. With this in mind I thought it might be a good idea to run through what we already know about series 4.





Characters:

The Doctor - Voiced by Edward Gore
Fletcher Reed - Voiced by Ryan John
Mystus - Voiced by Hannah Ray

Episodes:

14 in total, split over two 7 episode blocks. The first half of the series should be released around April of 2013 with the second half coming in October time.

The only two part story that I have planned at the moment will be episodes 13 and 14.

If all goes to plan there are 4 guest writers lined up to write for the series. Blink and Burkey return after writing for series 2 and new writers PreTitleSequence and J R Mortimer will be coming on board to lend their creative talents.

There could be two Doctor-Lite episodes.

There will be ONE HELL of a mid series-cliffhanger.

Story:

The Contingent will be the main (Deus-ex type) "baddy". If you remember rightly, they were created by accident when the Guardians of Time meddled in the Time War. They will have a BIG presence in the series and you will be seeing and hearing a lot of them. Infact, if I do say so myself, they are quite scary.
 
I can officially reveal that Ida Scott will be returning in her new role as "The Oracle". She featured in the 2009 specials as well as series 2 of Christel Doctor Who and I am pleased to say that she will make a return in the second half of series 4. 

The Doctor will have more than one costume for the series, and this will prove to be a very important plot-point.



This series is going to go in a slightly different direction to the others, and that is mainly because of what "The Contingent" can achieve. This has allowed me to add a lot of twists, turns and intrigue to what will hopefully be the best series yet.