Dalek (Doctor Who episode) Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and his travelling companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) encounter the bunker's only living exhibit: a Dalek, which breaks loose and proceeds to start killing everyone in the bunker after repairing itself. Drawn by a distress signal, the Doctor and Rose arrive in a massive underground bunker near Salt Lake City, Utah in 2012, filled with alien artefacts. They are discovered by soldiers and taken to the bunker's owner, Henry van Statten, who cordially welcomes them. Rose is offered a tour of the facility by Adam Mitchell, a man who buys and catalogues artefacts for van Statten, while
Journey's End (Doctor Who) Next Doctor", but Davies was convinced by Benjamin Cook (who was corresponding with Davies for the book "Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale") to drop the scene, as he felt that a cliffhanger was not appropriate after such a sad ending. Castell Coch, situated minutes away from "Doctor Who"'s Upper Boat Studios, is used as the German castle. The beach at Southerndown, a few miles west of Cardiff, is used once more as Norway's fictional Dårlig Ulv Stranden (Bad Wolf Bay). Some exterior scenes, including various companions interacting with Daleks, were shot at Arcot Street, Penarth. Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler