{"id":29936,"date":"2023-02-08T16:18:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T15:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1782225"},"modified":"2023-02-08T23:05:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T22:05:27","slug":"doctor-who-fans-spot-season-1-references-in-new-filming-pics","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-fans-spot-season-1-references-in-new-filming-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who fans spot season 1 references in new filming pics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Fans have noted the return of a location referenced in The Parting of the Ways. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 08 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Filming on this year\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/doctor-who\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who<\/a> Christmas special is currently ongoing in Bristol \u2013 and fans reckon they\u2019ve found a reference to the modern era\u2019s first season in some pictures taken from the set.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users have spotted a nod to a location from returning showrunner Russell T Davies\u2019s first stint on the iconic sci-fi show, following previous allusions to characters and places from his time on the series in other filming pics taken during the last year.<\/p> <p>The most recent spot concerns the return of Minto Road, a place that was previously mentioned by Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke) during the season 1 finale The Parting of the Ways, when he asked Jackie Tyler (Camille Coduri): \u201cHave you tried that new pizza place on Minto Road?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quite how significant the return of this road is is still very much up to the imagination, but it follows a number of other little nods to places from previous episodes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/bristol_filming?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@bristol_filming<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/DoctorWhoPN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@DoctorWhoPN<\/a> the return of Minto Road and a lot of crew activity this morning for Doctor Who on Park Place and Frederick Place <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dwsr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#dwsr<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/sIJdD2x3V0&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/sIJdD2x3V0<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Bristol Mosaic (@BristolMosaic) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/BristolMosaic\/status\/1622875110087573505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">February 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/>\n<p>Back in May 2022, Doctor Who fan account <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/thepostmonument\/status\/1526567397833973762&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Post Monument<\/a> spotted a poster advertising the fictional department store Henrik\u2019s, where Rose Tyler used to work, while fans have also noted promotional material for a <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/HandsAndStars\/status\/1610268531437830144&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">political party called Albion<\/a> \u2013 which shares a name with a hospital that featured in season 1 episodes Aliens of London and The Empty Child.<\/p>\n<p>Whichever way you look at it, it certainly seems that Davies is going to be leaning into events from his previous tenure on the show \u2013 especially given we know that Heartstopper star <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-yasmin-finney-rose-change-the-world-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Yasmin Finney<\/a> is going to be playing a new character called Rose in the upcoming <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-special-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">60th anniversary specials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li class=\"&quot;headline\" post-header__title=\"\" post-header__title--headline-layout=\"\"><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-trailer-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who 60th anniversary trailer originally revealed \u201cbigger plans\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"&quot;headline\" post-header__title=\"\" post-header__title--headline-layout=\"\"><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-surprise-guest-star-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who boss teases \u201cwonderful\u201d guest star fans haven\u2019t spotted yet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As fans continue to wait for the show\u2019s return later this year, recent weeks have seen us teased with all sorts of new information, including details of the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-new-tardis-interior-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">\u201cimpossible, logic-defying\u201d interior<\/a> of the new TARDIS and some further <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-new-castings-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">casting details about the specials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New Doctor star Ncuti Gatwa and companion Millie Gibson \u2013 who\u2019s playing Ruby Sunday \u2013 will take over the keys to the TARDIS after the 60th anniversary celebration, which will see Doctor Who legends David Tennant and Catherine Tate return.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6319642167112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <p><strong>Doctor Who is available to stream on\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b006q2x0\/doctor-who&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; 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