10 Times Doctor Who Reused Footage And Hoped You Wouldn't Notice

10. TARDIS In Sheffield

Series 11 and 12 of revived Who were both based in Sheffield, but the show actually only filmed there twice.

The Woman Who Fell to Earth was Doctor Who’s most extensive Sheffield shoot, with scenes captured at the city’s iconic HTC crane site and Norton Water Tower. More central locations included Sheffield Interchange, and exteriors for Graham’s house.

For Arachnids in the UK the team returned to Graham’s house, and also shot at Yaz’s home at the Park Hill estate. One of the story’s defining images is of the TARDIS materialising outside this location (above left), and in fact, it was so memorable that they reused it twice in Series 12, so stories could be set in Sheffield without having to return.

The shot first reappeared at the start of Can You Hear Me?, with the TARDIS once again materialising (above right).

Then, at the end of Revolution of the Daleks, the shot turns up again. It’s a slightly wider angle, there’s added lens flare, and the TARDIS is static this time. But it’s undoubtedly from the same shoot.

You can hardly blame the crew for not wanting to lug the TARDIS all the way up to the Steel City for a single shot, and as it stands, this is a nice little easter egg that ensures these Sheffield-set stories feature at least some footage captured there.