(Contributed by Chris Sumner)
When I was exploring Cardiff during my recent trip to England and Wales, I texted Sid with a couple of pictures of landmarks from Torchwood, the Doctor Who spinoff - the front entrance of the secret headquarters and also its side entrance. (This headquarters got blown up in the Children of Earth series.) He suggested I write a posting on his blog regarding this and the Doctor Who Experience I had yet to visit. Sid had been bothering me a while about doing a blog posting, and a few people he knows, including my sister, have written a guest posting. Here is mine.
Getting back to Torchwood Cardiff, I wasn’t able to jump on the ‘lift’ at the front entrance as there was some outdoor footie screen thing going on and it was in the process of being fenced off
I arrived several minutes before the 10 AM opening time, keen to get underway. The show started a few minutes after ten when the first group of visitors assembled. We had a guide that was dressed in Gallifreyan garb* – minus the head (and shoulder) dress. He explained to us the rules of engagement of the experience. This was semi-interactive as the audience was tasked to do several things throughout.
Peter Capaldi,
Once the initial show was over, in which we were not allowed to take any photographs or videos, we went into the exhibit part of the Experience.
The most unexpected moment was when I went to the loo before I went into the ‘live action’ portion of the Experience at the beginning. With nothing more in mind than ridding myself of hotel breakfast coffee, I rounded a corner and came face to face with an adversary of both the Doctor and humanity. It made me jump a little and then smile. I am sure the Daleks would be the masters of earth if they only took over all the lavatories on the planet.
- Chris
Thanks very much for a great post, Chris - and some great pictures! It looks like they've upgraded the Doctor Who Experience since my visit - sadly, my next visit to the UK won't be until next fall, and there's been talk of retiring the Experience before then. Ah, well, as the Doctor often reminds us, nothing last forever...
- Sid
* For the uninitiated, here's a shot of ex-Doctor David Tennant modelling a vintage Gallifreyan Time Lord costume -WITH the head (and shoulder) dress.
- Sid
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