Filming is currently taking place in Llantwit Major for the second season of The Sarah Jane Adventures, and is expected to continue until tomorrow (Tuesday).

I have been testing a new caching mechanism for photos on the site, in order to speed up how quickly they appear on pages. This may mean that the first access to a photo may be a little slower, but should be okay thereafter (fingers crossed!).

Filming continued throughout today in Penarth, in spite of the incessant rainfall! Cornerswell Road once again played host to the SJA crew, with filming continuing within the shop. This time the major guest star relaxed outside in between takes, and also two old enemies made their appearance! The day's activities have been captured by Scott Frankton.

It is expected that the next couple of days will focus at Sarah's home on Bannerman Road, aka Clinton Road.

After a fairly quiet period, filming has finally been publicly spotted again in Penarth, this time taking place on Cornerswell Road. Scott Frankton reports that the site was covered up by a huge tent which meant that filming could not be seen, but he was able to take some photos afterwards, and discovered interesting names amongst the cast! You can view his photos , but be warned the names can be construed as MAJOR SPOILERS!

Filming continues in Penarth for the next few days.

The British Television Location Guide is a new book that was published on 16th June by Splendid Books. Compiled by Steve Clark and Shoba Vazirani, the book sets out to "reveal the real-life filming locations for dozens of top television series including Doc Martin, Ashes to Ashes, Cranford, Life on Mars, Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who, Lewis, Little Britain, The Invisibles, Spooks, EastEnders and Only Fools and Horses." The book is 144 pages, including photographs.

The website says: "the book is the essential companion for viewers and tourists alike - and a comprehensive record of where TV programmes are filmed and full of behind the scenes secrets about where television shows are filmed." Exactly how detailed the guide is on Doctor Who locations remains to be read, but the example page on their website seems to indicate the book provides a simple summary of the locations used in the (new) series."

We were delighted to hear from Donald Turtle, former owner of the Bonny Mary, the vessel featured as the Albatross in William Hartnell's last location-based story, The Smugglers. You can read about his reminiscences on the shoot here.

Hot on the heels of the news on Portmeirion, another local news item has been found, discussing similar recording plans for Camber Sands. The article in the Rye & Battle Observer reports on plans to a documentary there for a DVD of The Chase, with Richard Bignell again requesting for people who were present at filming to be interviewed for the feature.

(Camber Sands can be seen again in the final episodes of the forthcoming DVD The Trial Of A Time Lord.)

Filming has been taking place over the last couple of days at the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club (previously seen in Random Shoes); this is from the second block of filming, covering episodes 7/8. Scott Frankton was able to capture some photos from .

There was also a report about a boat being used by the cast and crew on doctorwhocorner.co.uk.

Richard Bignell of the Restoration Team has recently requested to hear from anybody who was present at filming for The Masque of Mandragora at Portmeirion during May 1976.

As reported in the Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald on 22nd May: A team, on behalf of the BBC, plan to return to Portmeirion bringing back some of the original actors and film crew to the village. Richard Bignell, from 2entertain, said: "We are aiming to come back to Portmeirion in late June. We that when the filming was taking place, Portmerion was open to the public so it would be lovely to hear from anyone who was there at the time."

You can read the full news article at The Doctor Who Review.