MIDHURST Filming
DR WHO - THE TERROR OF THE ZYGONS
The arrival of Tardis
Ambersham Common, Nr Midhurst was chosen, as a film location, because it resembled Tullock Moor.

TARDIS

"Work on “Secret Of Loch Ness” began with location filming in West Sussex; sadly, the budget did not stretch to allow cast and crew to actually travel to Scotland. On the first day, March 17th, beach scenes were recorded at Climping Beach in Climping, while the arrival of the TARDIS took place on Ambersham Common in South Ambersham. Work continued on the Common the next day for sequences on Tullock Moor, while both the Zygon spaceship's landing area and the hospital exterior were actually Hall Aggregates Quarry, Storrington. The 19th was spent entirely at Ambersham Common, dealing with more material set both on the Moor and in the woods, as well the dematerialisation of the TARDIS.

On March 20th, the venue shifted to Charlton, with filming occurring at both the Fox Inn and a barn. The day after, Furnace Pond in Crabtree posed as Loch Ness. This should have marked the end of recording in West Sussex, but poor weather earlier in the week forced the allocation of two extra days. March 24th saw a return to Hall Aggregates Quarry for another hospital exterior shot, while the 25th was again spent at Ambersham Common, once more pressed into service as Tullock Moor. The same day, Elisabeth Sladen was contracted for twenty-two episodes of the thirteen recording block; Tom Baker's services had already been secured for all twenty-six episodes on the 21st."

Ambersham Common as 'Tullock Moor'
With several large natural sandy car-parks and broad sandy roadside verges Ambersham Common is ideal for film vehicles, and it's quite understandable why The Terror of the Zygons was filmed here, in part.
Information on TARDIS and Ambersham Common for this page is courtesy of Shannon Sullivan. For the full story read the Shannon Sullivan account.

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