Monday 27 August 2012

Mystery house

While I get my act in gear for a proper series of posts, here's a quiz for you. I recently photographed this property. It's the fictional home of a long-running British TV character - anyone recognise it? The series is also aired in the States - in fact, I first saw it in America.


No prize, other than the vast satisfaction of identifying it.

Edit - well, that didn't take long. But have a few more photos from the same location. Here's Bert Large's restaurant:


And here's another of the Doc's house:


The Doc's house in context - it's really close to Large's restaurant:


Looking across to the other side of the harbour:


Fabulous place, Port Isaac.



13 comments:

  1. Doc Martin. Gotta be.

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  2. My wife, who watches a lot of British shows (from here in the US), guessed it as the home of Doc Martin.

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  3. That there is Doc Martin's house, right? It always looks weirdly Lilliputian for some reason.

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  4. Doc Martin it is. Port Isaac, Cornwall - well done!

    Chances are Amy Pond's house is local to me - most of the Dr Who locations are - but I don't know where it is.

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  5. I was down in Cornwall for the first time ever this summer, what a wonderful place! Only had one day spare away from sailing lessons and it was either Port Isaac or the Eden Project. I went for the Blake's 7 clay pits :p

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  6. As a Cornish native, welcome to our county! I can highly recommend you also check out 'Kynance Cove' on the lizard for it's natural beauty and the Helford river for it's.... natural beauty. I'm sorry I can't tell you about all the secret woods and beaches in public, but get off the beaten track and there are some real gems around. Enjoy Kernow!

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  7. Doc Martin is our favorite show here in the States. My wife and I stream it online.

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  8. Such a beautiful part of the English country. I wander if it was inundated by tourists due to the popularity of the show. Did you know Alastair that Martin Clunes had a very early (possibly earliest) TV appearance in Doctor Who 'Snakedance' during the 80s. He also did a great documentary on the Islands of Britain, travelled across the Shetlands and Hebrides, fascinating places.

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  9. Matt: yes, I've seen that clip of the youthful Clunes in full New Romantic garb.

    AshRolls - I was raised in Cornwall, as it happens - my family moved down from Wales shortly after I was born, so to some extent it was a homecoming. We lived in and around Truro. I hadn't been back in nearly 40 years but I immediately recognised bits of Truro and certainly the look of the high and windswept countryside. It certainly is a marvellous part of the world.

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  10. I would love to visit Doc Martin's house, although I don't think I'd eat Bert Large's food.

    Thank God for Netflix here in the states. I also use a VPN to use iPlayer and watch all my favorite British shows. I'm also watching "Rebus" now. Great show!

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  11. No one in their right mind would eat Bert Large's food.

    Never seen Rebus, oddly enough.

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