Tuesday, October 1st, 2019.
   It is a rainy day and I’m standing in front of Wolf Studios Wales. This big white storehouse in the suburbs of Cardiff used to be a TV glass factory but the place was acquired by Bad Wolf in 2017 (hence the big black wolf on the main building) and has been reconverted into a studio with five stages. On that day, they are all devoted to the needs of the second season of His Dark Materials. This is why I’m here: after years of sraffie activities and a few e-mails sent prior to my trip in the UK, the communication agency IJPR generously granted me a very private visit of the sets – more than a month prior to the premiere of Season 1 – in exchange of a signed long-term NDA, though...

   Time has gone by, Dust settled a bit and if you read this, it means that the embargo is finally lifted. So here comes what I saw and felt while being beyond the Aurora..

In front of the studios

Nota: this report was mostly written before S1 aired, thus some details and thoughts are now outdated and found responses or explanations in S1 or S2. The text was kept as it was to better reflect the impressions and surprises experienced during this very special tour.