BBC Roath Lock Studios is a television production studio that houses BBC drama productions including Doctor Who, Casualty, and . The centre topped out on 20 February 2011 and filming for such productions commenced in autumn of the same year. The facility is located on a development site known as , which included a proposed digital media centre and an interactive exhibition titled Doctor Who Experience. The facility has 500 to 600 people working on site. Design The successful planning application sought permission for a long, building housing studios and offices with a distinctive façade and repeating motifs. It will also have a gothic-style entrance inspired by some of William Burges' designs at Cardiff Castle and . The planning application showed the building would face the National Assembly's building and the Atradius building across the water of Roath Basin. FAT architecture were appointed as architects and designed a bold façade in homage to the Cardiff architecture of William Burges and the local South Wales landscape. Unusual requirements for the building included an exact replica, in design and orientation, of the Bristol studio's Holby City carpark and corridors wide enough for two Daleks to pass one another. Construction The of studios were constructed and fitted out within 13 months, marking the quickest BBC build of its size ever. The name of the drama village, Roath Lock, was announced at the topping out ceremony in January 2011. A £2.5m bridge linking the drama village to Cardiff Bay was lifted into place. The bridge was manufactured in nearby Newport from where it was broken down into twelve pieces to allow transportation. The building branding was manufactured in Cardiff by a local company which also designed and implement the wayfinding signs which was helped for a prestigious branding company Production The development has brought under one roof the production of shows formerly filmed in Cardiff's Broadcasting House, at Upper Boat Studios near , and in Bristol. Programmes confirmed to be filmed and produced at the studios include: Doctor Who (until 2022) Class An Adventure in Space and Time Casualty (for S4C) Upstairs Downstairs Wizards vs Aliens A Midsummer Night's Dream A 2014 adaption of Under Milk Wood starring Michael Sheen, Tom Jones, Matthew , Aimee- Edwards, Jones, John -Davies, and many more famous predominantly Welsh faces. Other productions produced by Roath Lock, but not necessarily filmed at the studios include: Merlin, Atlantis, Being Human,