Official: Wales is like another planet
In a report that is likely to vindicate generations of Dr Who produces and particularly the crew behind the most recent reincarnation of the series it comes to light that the private equity backed British weapons and technology research organization Qinetiq has been using parts of Wales to simulate the surface of the moon for rocket tests. (details here).
hmmm
Actually, thinking about it, I'm not sure this is a story about the producers of Doctor Who being vindicated in their assertion that random quarries around the UK look *exactly* like the surface of an alien world or whether its a story about the researchers at Qinetiq being so lazy that they saw Doctor Who doing it and thought that if quarries were good enough for Doctor who, why the hell not used them too...
hmmm
Actually, thinking about it, I'm not sure this is a story about the producers of Doctor Who being vindicated in their assertion that random quarries around the UK look *exactly* like the surface of an alien world or whether its a story about the researchers at Qinetiq being so lazy that they saw Doctor Who doing it and thought that if quarries were good enough for Doctor who, why the hell not used them too...