A team from the British public television channel BBC, made up of 55 people including actors and technicians, has spent four days filming scenes in Lanzarote that will form part of one of the chapters of the series 'Doctor Who', which appears in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest-running science fiction television series in the world - the first chapter was broadcast in 1963 - and is considered "an icon of British popular culture".
The bulk of the filming, which took place between May 12 and 15, was carried out in the Volcán del Cuervo, located in the Los Volcanes Natural Park, although images were also taken of other unique spaces on the island, such as the Timanfaya National Park and La Geria.
For the Minister of the Environment, Francisco Fabelo, this filming is "an example that the conservation of the Environment is compatible with its use as a tourist attraction of the unique landscapes that abound on the island, since the BBC team not only had all the permits and positive environmental reports to film in a protected natural space, but even, in certain cases, left the environment better preserved than it already was, as they were obliged to restore every inch of the environment where it was filmed".
The councillor adds that the recording of the chapter of this series, also known by the title 'Doctor Mystery' in Latin American countries, consolidates Lanzarote as a "natural set with enormous tourist potential, as it allows the world to see the beauty of the island's natural spaces". In this sense, it is worth remembering the filming at the end of last year in the Charco de los Clicos of scenes from the film 'In the heart of the sea', directed by the American filmmaker Ron Howard.
