Filming on Series 6 of Doctor Who continues on Cardiff. Spotted on set last night were Alex Kingston (River Song) and guest star Mark Sheppard (Canton Everett Delaware III).

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We all know Mark Sheppard is to be inDoctor Who in 2011, we now know his character will be called Canton Everett Delaware III. 

It sounds like an American name, which is fitting sinceSheppard will be in the opening two-part episode, slated to be partly filmed in Utah and take place in the USA.

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The US convention ValleyCon 36 have reported that the actor Mark Sheppard has had to pull out of their event this weekend due to new work commitments on Doctor Who. Their press release states:

We had just booked Mark’s airline tickets a week ago when less than 12 hours later he got the dream job of any kid who grew up in England-and many kids here too. He landed a huge role in the new Dr. Who but they needed him there the next day. There was no way we were going to stand in the way of that and so Mark took the job but with his deepest apologies. We will try to work out an appearance with him in the future and wish him great luck with Dr. Who!

As the release states his start last week, this suggests that he will feature in the series opening two-parter, which began shooting this week under the helm of director Toby Haynes.


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