Doctor Who headed for Middle East

20 January 2009 02:54pm

David Tennant is jetting off to the Middle East to film scenes for Doctor Who.

The Timelord will fly out to Dubai in the next few months after bosses decided to do some filming there, reports The Sun.

The plan is for the story to form one of this year's four Doctor Who specials, one of which is rumoured to be set in America.

A source told the paper: "The BBC is going all-out for the final four specials so Dubai and the US are being lined up for location shooting.

"The Doctor may have to dispense with this trademark long coat when he's in Dubai though as the temperature can top 40 degrees."

The time travel series in usually shot in Cardiff but in the last series the crew visited Italy to film an episode in Pompeii.

It was recently announced that actor Matt Smith, 26, will take over the Tardis when David leaves at the end of the year. Matt will become the 11th and youngest ever Doctor.

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