Cybermen have been spotted in a graveyard in St Woolos, Newport, where the Doctor Who 2008 Christmas special is being filmed.

The South Wales Argus reports that the site was covered in fake snow, and the presence of the malevolent cyborgs was revealed when local resident Janet Hancock saw the filming yesterday whilst walking her dog.

Told by a security guard that they were filming Doctor Who, Hancock sneaked a peek over the wall to see “ people in long black coats running all over the site”, though neither the Doctor nor rumoured guest star Dervla Kirwan were in evidence.

The Christmas special is set in the Victorian era, and will in effect be the first of a short series of truncated specials that wil replace a full series. Series 5 is tentatively set for 2010.

Check out the original South Wales Argus article here.

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