Yesterday we found ourselves visiting our third Dr Who exhibition in the past two years - this time in Blackpool. We were there for my nephews Birthday treat.
The Blackpool Exhibition has been in Blackpool since 1974 (I remembering wanting to go and see it when I was 10, but never got the chance).
It moved to new premises in 2004.
They've got props going right back to 1962, with the majority being from the seventies and eighties. Loads of costumes, masks and models that you'll recognise from across the years. The most impressive are a Tardis interior set, a cyberman diorama and a dalek diorama. There's also a display of costumes and props from series 1 of the new series.
The exhibition is darkened, and you have to light up most of the display cabinets, to view the contents, by pressing a button. This is on an extremely short time switch, which gets a bit irritating after a while.
There's a few interactive displays, plus a little animation on some of the models. A number don't work very well, or not at all.
The overall impression is of a slightly run down seaside feature - which I guess it is.
I didn't have my camera on me this time (technological breakdown - the digital snap machine is in for repair). I've found a few photos, that show what it's like here.
They've also got a display of merchandise from over the years. The shop has a good stock too - with some items that we know are hard to get.
Bought Samwise and Frodo a new action figure each.
The chap who runs the exhibition (David Boyle) had a chat with us about how we had enjoyed it - he'd spotted Samwise running about excitedly pointing things out.
He helped me to hide two more action figures (I'd bought them for Samwise Birthday next month) by taking the figures out of sight of Samwise and wrapping three carrier bags around them, so you couldn't see through the bags.
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