Somebody call the Doctor! Daleks invade Westminster for BBC's 50th anniversary of cult show

Props on Westminster Bridge for the filming of one-off Doctor Who drama

Programme will air later this year on BBC2 starring David Bradley



Londoners were in for a surprise this morning when Doctor Who daleks invaded Westminster Bridge.

The sci-fi cyborgs were in the capital for business, rather than pleasure, as BBC crews filmed scenes for a one-off special to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.



The programme, called An Adventure in Time And Space, is a dramatisation of the how the cult series was created.



An army of daleks could be seen crossing Westminster Bridge during the filming of the Doctor Who special

The Doctor Who special, An Adventure in Time And Space, marks the 50th anniversary of the cult show

Taxi! Daleks could be seen along Westminster Bridge during the filing of An Adventure in Time and Space

Photos of the episode's ‘invasion’ became instantly popular in 1964 and over the years images of those scenes have been referenced and updated on several occasions.

Today's filming was the first time that a production team had attempted to faithfully replicate the 1964 shoot using Daleks that were unique to that single adventure.



The forthcoming drama based on Doctor Who has been scripted by Mark Gatiss, who co-wrote the script for Sherlock Holmes.

It will star David Bradley as William Hartnell who was the first actor to ever play the role of the doctor.

Brian Cox will play the role of Sydney Newman, the former head of drama at the BBC who was the driving force behind the creation of the show.



Gatiss said: 'This is the story of how an unlikely set of brilliant people created a true television original.

'And how an actor – William Hartnell – stereotyped in hard-man roles became a hero to millions of children.