Buriton’s Heritage Bank started collecting together information and old photographs of the parish in 2001 and, thanks to Dr Who, we have just reached a major milestone – 2,000 old photographs.
We think that this is quite an amazing achievement for a relatively small community.
Back in 1985 parts of an episode of Dr Who were filmed in the parish and the Heritage Bank has obtained a series of unique photographs of the film shoot. The Tardis landed near to Bolinge Hill Farm on a cold January day with snow on the ground and a four minute sequence took most of the day to film – involving men in wet suits in a nearby pond, machines making mist for special effects and a large quantity of buns (a vital part of the plot!). Several daleks and the Tardis lived in one of the local grain stores for a few days adding to the fun.
