Source: Wales Online

A CHURCH that featured in one of the most popular episodes of Doctor Who is to be sold.

St Paul’s Church in Grangetown, Cardiff, was used as a location in the hit BBC1 show’s episode Father’s Day in 2005.

In it, Billie Piper’s character Rose asks the Doctor to take her to visit the day her father Pete died. Rose saves him from being run over and they end up going to a wedding at the church.

Parish priest Father Ben Andrews said it had been decided to invest money in a modern, comfortable 21st century church rather than continue pouring money into the crumbling Victorian building which was too big to maintain.

We hope the community will support the Church at this difficult time and support us as we seek to rebuild a presence in a contemporary building that really can serve in a useful and meaningful way for generations to come.

He predicted the church would need £1m worth of repairs over the next 10 years.

And although he was not sure how much the church would fetch, he expected it would be in the region of £300,000 to £500,000. Full Story

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