 Filming for the episode took place between 12 and 27 October 2005 . The scenes set in Versailles were filmed elsewhere ; the first scenes filmed in which Reinette 's body is taken away from city were filmed at Culverhouse Cross in Cardiff , Madame de Pompadour 's sitting room and bedroom scenes were filmed at Tredegar House — a 17th @-@ century mansion in Newport , Dyffryn Gardens in the Vale of Glamorgan was used as the set for the palace gardens , and <unk> Hall near Alcester was used for the ballroom scenes . The scenes on the spaceship , which were shot by the second unit , were also filmed in Newport . 
