Showing posts with label Series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Series. Show all posts

Thursday, 6 May 2021

The Truth About Series 6 - Release Date News!

 It has been a very long time since we lasted posted on our 'Blogger', and we've been awfully quiet on our various social media accounts.


The reason for the silence is because at least 15 members of MB & Homeland are university students and currently busy with their last month of assessments. 

This means that focus on the series has drifted for the time being. However work is still slowly being done here and there such as planning future filming days and editing.

Lewis filming on Series 6

We are hoping to get a Trailer #3 out and ready by May/June. In this trailer we will be revealing our release date for Series starting with Episode 1. 

Callum on location with the Tardis

We understand your frustration, a lot of you have been waiting a very long time for this series, but have no fear! We are certain it will release within the next 4 months. 

With 88% of the series complete, we can indeed see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Series 6 is very much in sight!

Monday, 2 November 2020

Postponed Indefinitely - Series 6

 Now with a second lockdown fast approaching, every filming day planned for November has now been delayed until at the earliest December. We were set to complete 12% of Series 6 this month, moving the overall percentage to 77%.

Behind The Scenes of
The 15 Year Anniversary


The last filming day took place on Sunday 1st November. We had planned 4 other filming days in November which have now all been posted back. At this rate filming will wrap at some point in late February, that is if the lockdown doesn't get extended. We will keep you all updated.

The last day filming 
on Series 6


We've also had a lot of questions asking about the release of a second Series 6 trailer? We can confirm that at the moment we have nothing in the works.

Promotional Poster 
for Series 6



Friday, 25 September 2020

A Second Lockdown Will Delay Series 6

We have been working very hard over the summer holidays to get filming done before returning to university. We have done this while obeying social distance rules such as wearing gloves & face coverages. As well as performing with people from the same household and family.

Filming on Series 6
Inside a café

We've managed to record a total of 66% since February

(17% from February - March)

(49% from June - September)

However with the possibility of a second lockdown coming, the last 34% might get pushed back causing the Series to be delayed too.

Arriving at the filming shoot

There is currently a total of 10 filming days left to do, after that all of Series 6 will be filmed.

Reshoots and Additional Scenes may be added afterwards.

Filming on another episode

In other news a Series 6 Trailer has finally dropped!

Plus a new short film is in the works!
It should arrive on the channel later this year.

Tuesday, 4 August 2020

Series 6 - Everything You Need To Know!

We've been very quiet on our blogger account for sometime and that's because we've been working hard on our sixth series of Doctor Who which is scheduled for release in early 2021. We've released very little information about the series so far but here is all the data we can reveal.
Annabelle Greaves, Callum Houston & Mark Bray
(From Left To Right)

Six Episodes
Our plan just like Series 5 is to release 6 episodes. They will air once a month like last time. We have several new writers for Series 6, they are Cam Berwick, Craig Carias, Lewis Comississong & Rhys Perry, as well as many familiar writers will be returning. 
Filming on Series 6

New Faces
One of the biggest criticisms we received with Series 5 was the constant reusing of actors. Often people such as Tom Skinner or Graham Bray would reappear as an soldier or extra.

In Series 6 there will be NO REUSING ACTORS!

We've had a total of 17 new people join the channel in someway whether its acting or behind the scenes.

The only actors returning from Series 5 will be the main three (Callum, Annabelle, Mark)
well... apart from a few surprise...
Some of the many new faces
of the channel

15 Year Anniversary Special
It feels like only yesterday the 10 year anniversary went up. It's crazy to think that a year from now on the 28th August our 15 Year Anniversary will take place, and oh boy! We have something truly amazing planned.
THIS IS A FAN MADE PRODUCT
AND NOT ANYTHING OFFICIAL
(Looks cool though...)

Our Last Series
It's sad... but it's true...
Series 6 will be the last Doctor Who Series we do. We are planning on leaving YouTube all together at the end of 2021 but we hope to still upload any short films that we make.
Things end. That's all. Everything ends, and it's always sad. But ...

Sunday, 29 September 2019

The Biggest Secret At MB & Homeland - The Reveal

It has been nearly a year since Callum Houston join the group and since then he has become a core part of not just the series, but the channel.
Callum Houston, Mark Bray & Samuel Moore
on 21st November 2018

How involved will he be?
Callum is mostly keen on acting, but that hasn't stopped him from writing several scripts for Doctor Who, Short Films and has even done some presenting.
Callum Houston & Annabelle Greaves
during filming on Series 5

How many episodes will he have as The Doctor?
We aren't too sure yet. We've filmed three episodes which will come out once a month from now until December. We might also have some mini episodes airing early next year.

We are hoping to do another six episodes next year (the same as this year) but we can't guarantee anything yet as its too early in pre-production to say.
Annabelle Greaves & Callum Houston
on location filming with the Police Box

Monday, 2 September 2019

Everything We Know About The Next Doctor!

We've had several small teases as to what The Next Doctor looks like, 
but is it enough information to work out who it is?
The Next Doctor as seen
in Series 5 Trailer #1

It's highly likely that The Next Doctor is a new actor and someone who has never appeared on the channel before. His height and body type doesn't match anyone we've seen elsewhere.
Mark & Sam with
the mystery person

He's already provided his voice for Series 5. 
For both Episode 1 & 2, he voiced The Skull Mask Guy. 
As well as, in two different trailers, the words 
'Hello Universe' and 'This Is Where Everything Changes' 
can be heard by The Mystery Person.
End Credits
of Episode 2

It also appears that his outfit might change between episodes, as seen in different trailers.
Someone's new coat
hung up in the Tardis

The Diamond isn't going anywhere...
The Mystery Man with the
Diamond round his waistcoat

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Series Release Date CHANGED!! (Coming 27th July)

So a majority of you by now have probably seen our New Trailer for Series 5, if you haven't we highly recommend you do before reading this blog post...


We've decided to bring the series forward from its original release of 28th September to 27th July (Nearly Three Months Earlier!)
Our Police Box
On Location
But it does come at a cost....

Our original plan was to release Six Episodes, one episode a week from September until November.

Instead of doing this, we've decided to do one episode a month from July until December.

Reason For:

  1. It gives us the opportunity to bring out promotional content in between each episode.
  2. It gives our not-so-regular viewers the chance to catch up on any episodes they've missed between releases.
  3. When The Next Doctor first appears on our screens! We'll be able to release a trailer for him as well as maybe do a Q&A with him in between episodes.
  4. We'll have content every month on the channel up until December, this is better than only doing six weeks of episodes and then silence the rest of the year.
Mark & Annabelle
going over lines between takes
Also something very small that you might have missed... we recently brought out our long awaited Competition Episode, but in the opening shot, there's a new coat hung up... but who does it belong to?
The New Light
Brown Coat

Saturday, 1 June 2019

Why so quiet? - Doctor Who Series 5

We've not uploaded in over a month which is a very rare occasion from us. So what's the reason?

Sam's Last Filming Day & The Next Doctor's First
So over the last few weeks we've been filming loads on Series 5, this has been the main reason for a local of content and communication. This week we finished filming with Sam as The Doctor and we've begun the Next Doctor's Episodes, June is set to be a big month, packed with loads of filming.
Harri Thompson, Mark Bray & Samuel Moore
after filming there last few scenes together

Possible Release Date Change
We've recently been thinking about bring our Series forward, sees as we are on schedule. We are currently in discussion over this and will have news soon.
Harri Thompson, Mark Bray
Samuel Moore & Tom Skinner
after filming on Series 5

New Trailer Soon
Work has begun on a new trailer. Once we've decided on whether or not we change the release date, we will upload it to the channel.
Harri Thompson, Samuel Moore & Tom Skinner
on location filming

Thursday, 25 April 2019

The Poll Which Is Dividing MB & Homeland

So over the last few days we've been voting on whether or not we should one day buy or build a Dalek. At the moment it seems pretty even with a group of people who are quite keen on doing so, and a group that feel it would be a waste of time and money.


We are hoping to have a meeting on it very soon with loads more facts and figures. Including the Pros and Cons of doing so. After everyone has been briefed with the information, we'll have a final vote.
This picture was used for promotional
content on Series 2 Episode 4 'Infection'
This is a 3D Model of a Dalek
The big questions is what do you think? As viewers would you be keen on seeing a Dalek story? Or are the Daleks overrated? Are they old news?

Thursday, 4 April 2019

New Trailer NEXT WEEK!! - Doctor Who Series 5

Next Week we are releasing the second trailer for Series 5. This will  most likely come out towards the end of the week. This will include loads more dialogue and footage than the previous
The title for Episode 1 of Series 5

The first draft of this trailer was originally rejected as it revealed to many spoilers. After several reworks, we are now comfortable with this version.
The Title Sequence
of Series 5
The series is currently scheduled for a 28th September release but will that change? Could it be brought forward? It was briefly talking about in a recent video on the YouTube

Monday, 25 March 2019

Competition Episode DELAYED!!! - Doctor Who Fan Film

So it was only a few days ago we uploaded a blog post talking about how the competition special would be uploaded next month, sadly within those days a few problems have come up, we are still tweaking a few bits in the script, and sadly some actors aren't free now until the end of April, mid May. So it looks like it might not come out until the beginning of June which is a shame.
Harri, Sam & Brandon will filming
on Series 5 in the Tardis Interior
But have no fear, the episode will definitely be coming, its just taking longer than expected. A lot of filming recently has been on the series, we also want the special to be a lot of fun and dedicated to the viewers, including all five of the competition winners sentences.
Brandon, Mark, Sam & Harri
after filming on Series 5

Thursday, 21 March 2019

Competition Episode coming NEXT MONTH!! - Doctor Who Fan Film

So back in August we released a short video asking you all to send it unique sentences that we could include in a short Doctor Who Special to come out before Series 5.

Filming on this special will begin this week with the hopes for a late April release, we are also planning to bring out a small trailer at the beginning of April. This short Special will include the chosen five sentences from our winner's video.

In other news, we've been doing even more filming on Series 5, this time taking the Tardis to a train station for a fantastic episode, and quite the adventure. We are hoping another trailer for Series 5 will air at the end of April, beginning of May.
The Tardis, having landed
at the Train Station

Sunday, 24 February 2019

Reasons Why Original Content DOESN'T WORK! - Short Film News

So some of you may have seen our new Political Rage Short Film but sadly most of you probably haven't, it hasn't gained mainly views but yet something like our Doctor Who trailer can gain a thousand in less than a month. Why is that?

Here's a list of reasons why we rarely make original content and why it doesn't works:

No One is Searching it:
So the great thing about Star Wars and Doctor Who Fan Films is everyday someone is searching something related to them, meaning there is always a high chance that someone could stumbling across one of our videos, with stuff like Short Films or Original Content (Like Political Rage) Its rare for people to come across these unless you promote them really well.

We Can't Promote Them:
Like mentioned in the previous point, its very hard for us to promote our own content as we are a small amateur film making group, so we don't have the budge to get ads on websites or put up posters around our local city or across the country. This makes it difficult for people to hear about them.

We Are Beginners At This:
Even though our short films and shows have been some of our best work, we are still beginners at all of this, none of us claim to be professionals. So its inevitable that most of our original content will be overlooked by most people


This doesn't mean we won't keep making our own original stuff, it just means that we might not promote it as much as we do our other work, just because normally it doesn't make much of a difference.
Political Rage
Promotional Card

Monday, 18 February 2019

Work on Series 5 is a NIGHTMARE! .... but doable - Doctor Who Series 5

At the moment very little filming has happened since the end of January. This is mainly due to the fact that we are all focusing on how we can improve Episode 1. So far the story is really good, but we want it to be even better! We are currently writing small scenes which could fit in between some stuff. Filming on Episode 2 continues next month, and we estimated that work on Episode 3 should be done by the beginning of June.
A promotional picture
created by Robert J Horsnall
The series is a challenge but very fun to work on, and its great to see such a big flow of ideas from everyone. At the moment we are sadly struggling to put everyone's ideas into the series, hopefully saving some for future stories. It goes to show that tones of people are keen and enthusiastic about this series, we all believe that this will be the best we've ever made.
Filming on a wedding scene

Thursday, 7 February 2019

Series 5 is RISKY! Here's why - Doctor Who Fan Film Series 5

The great thing about a lot of the actors at MB & Homeland is you know they'll commit to the very end. The big concern at the moment is the number of new faces that will be appearing in Series 5. The trouble with new people is they can be very unpredictable, things such as life, work and family can get in the way, making things uncertain. 
Harri & Sam while filming
on Series 5
No one has a contract or is getting paid, so theoretically there's nothing stopping them from just one day getting up and leaving, which causes delays and re-shoots. Luckily nothing like this has happened to Series 5, the re-shoots that we recently did were because of footage we were unhappy with, nothing to do with actors leaving. But it has always been a worry, we don't want to be half way through filming an episode for someone to suddenly drop out. So we are taking extra care. 

This is the main reason for Series 5 not being released until September 2019, it means if anything was to pop up, we have time to recover, and carry on. 
Mark Bray filming Tiegan Chidgey
During a wedding scene
We also don't want to show any footage of the 'Next Doctor' because we are saving all of that for after his debut appearance. This does mean we have a limited amount of promotional content to share, but after the reveal happens, we'l have tons to show.
Sam & Mark with...

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Trailer Breakdown - Doctor Who Fan Film Series 5

So our first trailer for Series 5 is finally out! So we thought to celebration we'd do a breakdown of the video showing all the important parts, as well as anything that you might have missed.

The important parts...
Everyone's talking about it!
The wedding between Abigail & Ethan will
take place during Series 5, confirming their return
One thing that kept cropping up was this diamond, which some
viewers are calling the 'Heart Of Darkness' but what relevance does it have?
A bunch of new aliens and monsters for the series
all appearing to be working together
Plus the return of Alexandra
Two new faces appeared inside the Tardis Interior,
as well as a new actor playing the Vicar

A few things you might have missed...
1) The Deacon has a letter about something?
2) The Doctor appears to be late for the wedding?
3) The Master is using a Vortex Manipulator?
4) Everything has its time... and everything ends
A small detail but something AWESOME!
The brand new Tardis model for Series 5
(Many thanks to Aidan Wilkinson) 
And lastly... "Hello Universe"
First sneak peak at The Next Doctor