Negotiations Have Begun! - Doctor Who Series 5

We have spent the last few months getting all the scripts ready and fleshed out for Series 5, as well as planning and buy equipment. We are currently getting all of the cast together and negotiating days to film and what characters everyone will have.

Sam, Mark & Jordan
working on the Tardis set

Filming on Series 5 is set to begin very soon. More will be posted to this blogger when it does.

Mark, Graham, Tom, Colin
Sam, Aaron & Brandon
on the Tardis set

We are also very close to finishing the editing on the Christmas Special, which will be coming out the 25th December at 7pm on the YouTube channel.

Sam & Harri acting
in the Christmas Special

Christmas Special Filming has begun...

Filming has restarted on the Christmas Special, we began it in March back when it snowed very heavily in the UK.

Photo from filming
back in March

The cast all came together on Saturday to film a large portion of the Christmas Special. Now there are only a few small gaps to fill in, then editing will commence.

From Left: Mark Bray, Samuel Moore, Harri Thompson,
Tom Skinner, Brandon Messer & Mel Gilbert

Despite being Christmas, the episode won't be very festive. It's going to go down a much darker route. The episode will mainly certain around something terrible happening which has a huge impact on The Doctor and the future.

What's in the bag?

Everyone Is Returning!

So at the moment we are super busy at MB & Homeland, getting ready to film the Christmas Special, as well as working out what our plans are for next year.

A small survey was posted in a private MB & Homeland group with members to find out who would be up for returning for the next year content. In this survey we explained a little bit about our plans, include some plot points, and so far everyone responded extra excited for the plans, and everyone from Series 4 will be returning for next year, including some new faces.

We've also been working on our police box recently, but we can reveal just yet what we've done.

Hopefully by the beginning of October we will have a trailer for the Christmas Special, as well as a finale announcement on our plans next year.

After Series 4... - MB & Homeland News

Series 4 isn't even out yet and with filming wrapping in a months time, its about time we planned what will happen next, in late 2018 and beyond.

[From left] Brandon Messer, Samuel Moore, Graham Bray
Colin Bray & Mark Bray filming for Christmas Special

So as the photo above shows, we did do some filming in the big snow storm which hit where we live on the 2nd March. The scenes filmed are for the Christmas Special which will come out 25th December.

But what happens after that?
So we are unsure whether or not to do a Series 5 or to perhaps do a bunch of Specials [Similar to Doctor Who 2008-10]

A lot of people have been asked recently  'Is this going to be Sam's last series?' and our response to that is simply 'We don't know... yet' but at the same time, if Sam didn't want to continue for anymore stories, we wouldn't make it public as we'd prefer to surprise the viewers. Who knows, we could be lying in the sentences above, we might have already filmed something, we also might be telling the truth... the mind boggles.

Harri Thompson, Mark Bray & Samuel Moore
posing after filming on Series 4

So far our plan for after Series 4 is to release a brand new Star Wars Fan Film, as well as finishing Political Rage in a short movie special. In 2019 we are unsure what will happen, we aim to release more Doctor Who, it could be a series, special, movie, audio series, etc.

Hopefully after Series 4 is released, we will have a much clearer idea going forward.

Christmas Special in the works - Doctor Who Movie & Series

Filming on the Doctor Who Fan Movie is nearly complete and is scheduled to air on YouTube on the 23rd November 2017. Work on Series 4 has already begun, being a month into filming. But it has recently been announced that a Christmas Special will come out in between the two. Series 4 doesn't yet have a release date but it is most likely going to come out Spring/Summer 2018.

Graham Bray, Harri Thompson, Mark Bray & Sam Moore
After filming on the Movie

Tom Skinner will write the Christmas Special meaning it will be his first episode as head writer. He will also be head writer of Series 4. Filming on the special will begin sometime between September and October. It'll be a short special mainly because so much focus has gone towards Series 4.

Mark Bray & Tom Skinner
Discussing after filming on the movie