It’s summertime in Cardiff. The sunlight reflects off the greasy chip paper which lies abandoned in the gutter. Shoppers make their way in and out of the air-conditioned shopping malls, completely oblivious to the fact, only yards away, one man is saving their puny little lives.
In the middle of the current 30º heat wave, Christmas trees began to spring up all around the Welsh Capital. Startled onlookers muttered that this was a result of global warming, or that maybe they shouldn’t have supped that third pint at lunchtime.
Of course, there was an entirely rational explanation for all of this. Dr Who had come back to town. As BBC Wales are so fond of telling us, Dr Who is “great drama, made in Wales”. And even the soaring temperatures could not stop our favourite time lord from filming his Christmas special, guest starring comedienne Catherine Tate.
Wearing a full wedding dress, Tate claimed she was “honoured and delighted” to be appearing alongside returning Dr Who, David Tennant, in her role as “The Runaway Bride”.
Cardiff and the surrounding south Wales towns have played host to Dr Who for the last two and a half years, since Christopher Ecclestone first reprised the role. The boost in tourism has been keenly felt as a result, most notably in the redeveloped Cardiff Bay, where the “Boom Town” episode was filmed in 2005.
With the news that Torchwood, the Dr Who spin-off starring John Barrowman, will be launched on BBC3 later this year, the shoppers of Cardiff should prepare themselves for the sight of deckchairs and ice creams in December!
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