So from what we've learnt in previous blog posts and other sites such as Instagram and Twitter. We know that filming is 52% done, and everyone is currently on a break. But there's more, there are a total of 6 scripts for Series 4, and a total of 304 pages overall.
Graham Bray & Tom Skinner
On location with the Tardis
Out of those 304 pages, 227 have been filmed, leaving just 77. As a percentage this means 74.6% of the scripts are done, leaving 25.3% pages left. Apparently one script still hasn't been written and work has not begun on this episode.
Tom Ford & Samuel Moore
after a day of filming
So far, we don't know any names of any episodes, except for one. A few months ago, MB & Homeland posted a group photo which had a clapper board in the corner. On this clapperboard was written "Perfect World" which we assume is one of the episodes. Apart from that we know nothing. We don't know who the companion is, no idea any monsters or villains, and its going to be a long time until its revealed.
So today a brand new trailer was released for the upcoming Doctor Who Fan Film which will come out on the 23rd November on YouTube
In the trailer there are a lot of shots of The Doctor on a plane, but where is he going and why?
A frame from the brand new trailer
Samuel Moore as The Doctor
So what is exactly happening? and how did MB & Homeland get a hold of a plane!!
So from previous episodes we've been told that The Doctor's previous incarnation [Tom Skinner] was involved in a war on Earth set in 2017 which ended in him dropping a poison bomb on the planet. Samuel Moore's Doctor intends on going back to the future and stopping the bomb from being dropped. It is unclear how he will do this without causing a paradox or bumping into his past incarnation. Tune in on the 23rd November to find out how.
As for the plane interior. Mark Bray has told us that he asked around the local area and was about the get hold of someone who had one. After a meeting with the owner, they were given permission and the got a plan together for filming days.
A frame from the brand new trailer
Jordan, Sam & Annabelle acting in a scene
So what is The Doctor doing on a plane? And where is he going?
Well its unclear and no information about the plot has been told yet. But he might be blending in as a normal human so that he doesn't get detected by his other incarnation. He might be travelling to meet with UNIT or NASA to stop the bomb or something. Hopefully we'll find out very soon.
So is Tom Skinner's Doctor bad? How can The Doctor stop past events?
Tom Skinner's Doctor isn't evil, but is very overprotected of Earth and his love for humans, he would stop at nothing to keep them safe, even killing them to protect them from other treats he thinks is kinda than letting them be kidnapped or tortured by aliens. The Doctor has got involved in past events before but not on this scale. Mark has said there will be some scenes where Sam's Doctor will be hiding for his life to avoid detection from his past self.
A frame from the brand new trailer
Tom Skinner as The Past Doctor
On the 23rd April we uploaded a blog post about Doctor Who Series 4. In the April podcast which was uploaded on the 15th April we discussed the same subject.
Now a month later, what new have we learnt? The Series will have 7 episodes. Not 9
In our last Doctor Who blog post we said "Series 4 will have 5 to 6 episodes" but we have now decided that we will have 7 episodes and each episode already has a writer.
Adam Burrows, Ben Durrant, Tom Skinner
Mark Bray & Samuel Moore in 2014
Episode 1 & 2 will be written by Tom Skinner, he is replacing Mark Bray as head writer and will open the new Series. Episode 1 and 2 will NOT be a two parter special which we originally said in our last blog post
Episode 3 will be written by Mark Bray. So far Mark has said that his episode will come straight from the heart and will be based on real events in his life with an alien twist.
Episode 4 will be written by Samuel Moore & Graham Bray. Both previous writers but this time paired up. There is no information about the episode yet.
Episode 5 will be written by Tom Ford. This will be his second episode for Doctor Who, his first last year called "The Men of UNIT"
Episode 6 will be written by Colin Bray. His first script for Doctor Who. There is no information about the episode yet.
In our blog post we said that Jordan Crowther-Russell would help write an episode, he has since withdrawn the request and will supervise script development.
Samuel Moore WILL remain as The Doctor
Last month is was uncertain whether Sam would return but we now know that he is happy staying for one more series.
Ben Durrant, Samuel Moore, Colin Bray
& Graham Bray in Series 2
New Companion for the majority of the series
In Series 3 the companion changed nearly every episode unlikely Series 2 in which Ben Durrant played Daniel Jefferson for all episodes apart from one. This actor has been casted!!! but no information as to who they are.
Building Tardis Interior
It will begin the last week of May until the last week for June. Then it will restart the beginning of August until the end.
When will filming begin?
No date is definite yet but we are hoping the 1st July. Booking and renting has already begun and some days are written in stone during July and August.
Its finally here. The Padawan III was released on YouTube at 7pm, 4th May 2017 working really well with Star Wars Day #Maythefourthbewithyou
Part 1 was uploaded at 7pm with Part 2 at 8pm. The reason for it being cut in half was to avoid copyright problems.
Now that the movie is out on YouTube, MB & Homeland will stop Star Wars and focus on Political Rage which is the next show to come out. August 2017 Season 2 will be released. Then the Doctor Who Movie will come out on the 23rd November 2017.
The film is now going through full editing. It will be looked at every week by a selected bunch to analysed the film and make it the best it can possibly be. The film will be released the 4th May 2017.
Official Poster featuring Mark Bray, Tom Ford
Harri Thompson, Tom Skinner, Samuel Moore
& Jordan Crowther-Russell
A IMDb page has been created for the film with a full cast list a running time. This also has a link to several cast members as well as other projects done by MB & Homeland such as Political Rage & Doctor Who.
A brand new trailer also came out last week. The trailer features several new clips and dialogue.
More information has been released to do with the cast list
The Boy: Mark Bray
Cardell Greed: Tom Ford
Henri Endocott: Jordan
Crowther-Russell
Jaz Valorum: Harri Thompson
Theo Kay: Mark Bray
Como Smit: Tom Skinner
Darth Vader: Will Britton
Darth Vader Voice: Ephraim
Sampson
Boba Fett: Tom Skinner
Captain Daniels: Mark Gunning
Captain Thomas Valorum: Samuel
Moore
Captain Solace: Graham Bray
Bo Kit: Colin Bray
Saidi Daniels: Brandon Messer
Voices: Aaron Hooper, Samuel Moore
& Will
Britton
Imperials & Stormtroopers: Colin Bray, Graham Bray, Samuel Moore, Tom Ford & Tom Skinner
We recent held a small premier of the unfinished Star Wars film and got a lot of feedback. The feedback we got was great help but does mean re-shoots will take place which could delay the films release.
Tom Skinner & Mark Bray
Acting in Star Wars The Padawan III
The re-shoots will begin on the 14th February and hopefully will be done by the beginning of March. A total of 3 pages will be re-filmed in the hopes to make a better movie. At the moment the film is scheduled for release on the 4th May 2017. Mark Bray fears that the film could be delay by 7 months, bringing out in December instead of May.
Non stop editing will be taking place from the 6th to the 8th February to get as much done as we can in the hopes that when re-shoots do take place, most of the film will already been done.
The big problem with the film at the moment is the opening and ending aren't very strong. the middle is perfect but we need to work on the opening more, the ending at the moment is very blurry as we have different ideas how it should end. The film might be shortened by removing the ending and having it finish earlier on which is much stronger, we are currently in debate as what to do.
Jordan Crowther-Russell, Samuel Moore & Tom Skinner watching the film Premier 4th February 2017
Filming has finally wrapped on our up and coming Star Wars FanFilm. We finished filming on the 29th December at 3pm. There will be a few more filming get togethers but only to fill in gaps and re-film a few things.
[From Left] Tom Ford, Mark Bray
& Harri Thompson
There are a total of 3 pages left to film out of 97 so only the odd gap or two needs filling. This means editing can continue full time, A few things have already been edited but now we can focus 90% into editing whilst re-filming takes place, then afterwards we can focus 100%.
The movie has a current running time of 1 hour and 13 minutes.
Once the last 3 pages are finished and the end credits are put on the end, the film will probably be an hour and 20/25 minutes long.
We also received a brand new trailer January 1st on the YouTube Channel. This trailer featured several new characters and for the first time included dialogue,
From the last trailer we learnt about The Boy & Theo Kay would be returning from the previous Padawan films. In this trailer we found out Como Smit will also be returning played by Tom Skinner.
We also learnt about Jaz who is looking for her brother, he was taken from her family when she was three, she wants to find him and get him back.
Tom Skinner as Como Smit
A lot of the characters in the trailer we saw in the last one, but there are some new faces:
One Stormtrooper wears a long black cape and speaks with Henri in the trailer.
Henri also aims his gun at someone out of shot, Who could it be?
Henri speaks to a man behind a mask saying he recognises him from somewhere.
More imperials appear in the trailer and a brief appearance from Boba Fett.
Darth Vader isn't seen much in this trailer compared to the last one, but does appear at the very end with the one of the unnamed characters we spoke of in an old blog post
[From Left] Graham Bray, Samuel Moore & Colin Bray Playing Imperials
Here is an updated version of the cast list that we know so far:
The Boy: Mark Bray
Cardell: Tom Ford
Jaz: Harri Thompson
Henri: Jordan Crowther-Russell
Como Smit: Tom Skinner
Theo Kay: Mark Bray
Darth Vader: Will Britton
Boba Fett: Tom Skinner
Darth Motalao: Samuel Moore
Kilt Potmonkay: Tom Skinner
Unnamed Character: Graham Bray
Unnamed Character: Colin Bray
Stormtrooper With Cape: UNKNOWN
Person Behind Mask: UNKNOWN
Person Henri Aims At: UNKNOWN
Imperials & Stormtroopers: Colin Bray, Graham Bray, Samuel Moore, Tom Ford & Tom Skinner
The official cast list is likely to be revealed soon. Another trailer will most like happen either next month or in March.
As of the 22nd December, MB & Homeland have held 19 filming get togethers on Star Wars The Padawan III, and have stacked up over an hour of footage for the movie. A total of 81 out of the 94 pages in the script have been completed with just 13 more to do.
Henri & Two Imperials
[From Left] Samuel Moore, Colin Bray
& Jordan Crowther-Russell
MB & Homeland will be holding 2 more filming days between the 29th December 2016 and the 7th January 2017 to complete the last 13 pages. With editing 25% done, it looks like the film will be out for the 4th May 2017 and won't be delayed as Mark feared.
Darth Vader
Played by Samuel Moore
MB & Homeland originally had plans to not release another trailer until February 2017, but it looks like they could be bringing one out as early as 1st January 2017. This trailer would reveal the other main characters that we have not seen yet, and will give us dialogue [unlike the first trailer] with a clearer understanding of the plot.
All of Darth Vader's takes are officially done for the next Star Wars FanFilm to hit MB & Homeland's YouTube channel on the 4th May 2017. Filming with the character begun on 18th February and finished 24th November 2016. Darth Vader is not the main villain of the film but does have a good amount of screen time in the movie. However filming has not finished completely on the movie, the movie will hopefully be finished by the end of December, with post production beginning after Christmas through till Spring 2017.
[Far Left] Jordan Crowther -Russell acting as Henri
And Tom Ford acting as Darth Vader
It took a told of three actors to bring Darth Vader to life. The three actors are:
Will Britton as the physicality
Samuel Moore as the stunt double
And Tom Ford as the body double.
Another actor will provide the voice [This actor has yet to be announced]
[Far Left] Samuel Moore acting as Darth Vader
Jordan Crowther -Russell acting as Henri
Star Wars Darkness Of The Republic is a new adventure in 'The Padawan' Series, this new story takes place between The Empire Strikes Back & Return Of The Jedi. The film follows The Boy, a man with no past. As he searches for his true identity, he means a various of friends and foes. The film is scheduled to be released on the 4th May 2017 at youtube.com/MBHomeland
[Far Left] Jordan Crowther -Russell acting as Henri
Samuel Moore acting as Darth Vader
At last, we received a trailer for the new up and coming Star Wars FanFilm titled 'Darkness Of The Republic', It is the third film in The Padawan Trilogy and it is unknown whether any more Star Wars FanFilms will be made by MB & Homeland.
Here is the brand new trailer:
In the trailer, it features several clips of different planets and clips of the main characters.
Returning in this movie is The Boy, the main character from both The Padawan films. He is joined by his Jedi Master Theo Kay who too appeared in The Padawan I & II.
Jedi Master Theo Kay
Portrayed by Mark Bray
The trailer features two new main characters, Cardell who is friends with The Boy. and Henri who is an Imperial working for The Empire and the movies main villain.
Imperial Officer Henri
Portrayed by Jordan Crowther-Russell
According to MB & Homeland there are 6 main characters, 4 of which appear in this trailer. But who are the other two? I guess we'll have to wait to find out in the next trailer.
Several Stormtroopers & Imperials appear in the trailer, as well as Darth Vader himself. MB & Homeland have said that even though Vader appears, he does not play a major part in the story and is not the main villain. Two Sith also appear in the trailer from the previous Padawan films. Darth Motalao & Kilt Potmonkay.
Darth Vader
Portrayed by Will Britton
In this trailer, it features several different locations. MB & Homeland have revealed the names of these locations and what the planets are called.
The trailer features a forest planet which is called Jogana. Its neighbouring world is a rocky mountain planet called Riano. The snowy planet featured in the trailer is called Iris.
The Boy on the planet Iris
Filmed on the Cairngorm mountain, Scotland
According to MB & Homeland there will be 5 planets featured in the movie. 3 of which we know of, the other two are unknown yet but MB & Homeland did reveal that one is from the Prequels, the other from the Original Trilogy.
The snow planet was filmed in Aviemore, Scotland on the Cairngorm mountain back in February 2016. Mark Bray said "The best part of filming was the local hikers walking past us and saying 'May The Force Be With You' It was very cold but the end result is incredible"
The trailer does feature two unnamed characters, One portrayed by Graham Bray & the other by Colin Bray.
Apart from those two, everyone featured in the trailer we have a name and information about.
Cardell alongside one of the unnamed character
Portrayed by Tom Ford & Graham Bray
The unnamed character
Portrayed by Colin Bray
Here is the cast list that we know so far:
The Boy: Mark Bray
Cardell: Tom Ford
Henri: Jordan Crowther-Russell
Theo Kay: Mark Bray
Darth Vader: Will Britton
Darth Motalao: Samuel Moore
Kilt Potmonkay: Tom Skinner
Unnamed Character: Graham Bray
Unnamed Character: Colin Bray
Our brand new series is now finally on YouTube with Episode 1 and 2 already online with episode 3-5 to follow as the next few weeks go by. Then the 10th Anniversary Special will go up on the 27th August at 7pm.
Doctor Who FanFilm Series 3 Episode 1 'Tear Of Mercy' Written By Mark Bray
Doctor Who FanFilm Series 3 Episode 2 'The Men Of UNIT' Written By Tom Ford
In our most recent podcast we announced that we were thinking of closing the channel with in the next two years. This is because people like CEO Mark Bray will be going to University September 2017 and won't have time to manage the channel unless someone else became the CEO. It is possible that Mark will take a gap year from September 2017 to 2018 but this is uncertain at the moment. Either way the channel will close by September 2018.
We are going to keep the channel LIVE with all our videos on, we aren't deleting any of the films we've made but we just won't be creating content any more.
Things to look forward to:
We are currently filming our brand new Doctor Who FanFilm Series. This will come out 16th July 2016 and will air up until Christmas day 2016. There will be a total of 9 episodes plus a 10th Anniversary movie. We are planning on making a Doctor Who movie next year because we don't have any plans to make another series but we are discussing it at the moment.
We are currently finishing filming on a brand new season we are making called 'Political Rage' this series will have a total of 3 episodes and filming on a second season has already begun. Season one is scheduled to come out on the 22nd October 2016. Season two will probably come out Autumn 2017.
We are currently in production of a new Star Wars FanFilm which will air 4th May 2017. This film is called 'Darkness Of The Republic' and it will star Mark Bray, Tom Ford, Jordan Crowther-Russell & Franki Lang. There are no plans to make any more Star Wars films after this but we are discussing it at the moment.
We are still going to make comedy sketches every so often, the last one we made was in September 2015, hopefully a new one will be coming soon. We are also hoping to bring out a short film every year up until our closure.
We are still making gameplays on the 25th of every month and we are still hosting 'Race To The White House' on the 10th of every month. Race To The White House probably won't be continuing next year because the election will have finished but we will still be making gameplays.
Hopefully in 2017 we will be bring out a new monthly series to replace Race To The White House, this is currently being discussed and we will have information soon.
News Update is still being produced and airing on the 15th of every month, this will continue every month until we close.
Behind The Lens is still being made and coming out on the 20th of every month but it might not continue next year, that is being discussed at the moment.
If Mark Bray did take a gap year from 2017 to 2018, we would probably produce a stand alone movie. This isn't definite yet but we'll know by May 2017.
A few members of MB & Homeland are planning on leave in September to go to university. Hopefully a few new people will be joining in a few months, at the moment no one really knows what they'll be doing next year, but we will try our hardest to keep the channel alive until September 2018. After that we will no longer be making content but all the videos will remain LIVE.
(From Left) Mark Bray, Aaron Hooper, Tom Skinner
Samuel Moore, Graham Bray & Jordan Crowther-Russell
Saturday 2nd April 2016
On the 12th March we filmed our new Star Wars film. This will be the third instalment of The Padawan Series. The first Padawan movie came out in 2012 and was uploaded to YouTube in 2015. The second Padawan movie was made in 2013 and is going to be uploaded in May 2016.
Franki Lang, Tom Ford & Mark Bray
12th March 2016
Filming began 18th February in Aviemore, Scotland. Travelling to the Cairngorm Mountain to film
Mark Bray & Will Britton
18th February 2016
The Cast:
Mark Bray
Tom Ford
Jordan Crowther-Russell
Harri Thompson
Tom Skinner
Tom Ford
Will Britton
Graham Bray
Samuel Moore
Brandon Messer
Franki Lang
Colin Bray
The movie is scheduled to be released sometime in May 2017.
Thanks to all our supporters and we hope you enjoyed.
After 1 year, 3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days, we finally reached 100 subscribers. It might not sound like much to we really appreciate it and we want to thank everyone for subscribing.
We released a Podcast celebrating the milestone. We hope to release a more detailed video in the next couple of days.
We'll never forget the day we reached 100 subscribers. Even though it doesn't sound like much compared to people like Pewdiepie and Vanoss. I'm sure every YouTuber will always remember the day they reached 100, and we'll never forget it. Thanks to all our support and we hope you enjoyed.
Filming for Series 3 began on Saturday 19th September 2015 at Nunney Castle. We began with filming Episode 5 on Saturday 19th September and 17th October. A total of 9 minutes and 50 seconds.
(From Left) Aaron, Dan, Brandon, Tom S, Colin
Graham, Sam, Mark & Tom F
19th September 2015
Then on the 27th October we began filming Episode 1 of Series 3. Filming has been happening every month for the last 3 months. The series is scheduled to come out in Summer 2016. Filming should be done by April 2016.
Aaron Hooper acting
on 27th October 2015
In April 2016 we hope to begin filming our 10th Anniversary which is scheduled to come to August 2016
On the 19th September we travelled all the way to Nunney Castle to film a big scene of Episode 5 of our next Series. Series 3 is scheduled to come out Summer 2016.
Aaron Hooper, Daniel Basson, Brandon Messer,
Tom Skinner, Colin Bray, Graham Bray, Samuel Moore
Mark Bray & Tom Ford
19th September 2015 Photo 1
People Involved:
Aaron Hooper
Brandon Messer
Colin Bray
Daniel Basson
Graham Bray
Mark Bray
Samuel Moore
Tom Ford
& Tom Skinner
We began at 8:00am meeting outside MB & Homeland Headquarters. At 8:30am we all began on our journey driving 25 miles to Nunney. We arrived at 11am, Spent an hour have a practice with swords and defending. Then all got into costumes. It was 12:30pm by the time we were all ready. Filming finished at 4pm. We drove back and our editors began work for next series.
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