We didn't tell them where we were going. Samwise started to get excited when he saw a poster on a building as we approached, and by the time we got to pay the entrance fee both boys were literally jumping for joy.
As well as the usual static displays, there was a real live Ood, a Cat-person and a Scarecrow. We got to meet all three. Samwise shook hands with the Cat-person and the Scarecrow, but was a little more wary of the Ood who was "holding his ball".
Frodo kept his distance, and just waved. They both had a go at operating a Dalek.
When we got to the end we went back in for a second look, before heading out through the inevitable shopping area. The toys on sale there are about 3 quid more than they are in Toys-R-Us, and they only had one new thing there (a Dalek-Sek voice changer mask). We bought a couple of posters and some badges.
Eventually we had to leave. The BBC were holding an event in a small circus tent, with loads of free swag designed to encourage parents and children to read together, so we wandered around this and watched some of the show.
We also had a quick look around the rest of the museum. An old ICL valve computer caught my eye - I took a photo and hope to sneakily add it to the Technology Refresh knowledge base at work.
There was a shed full of locomotives and steam engines, and another full of aircraft. I spotted a Japanese Kamikaze flying bomb (which for some reason hadn't been labelled?).
Here's some photos of the Dr Who exhibition.
