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|name    = Doctor Who Experience (Llangollen)
|name    = Doctor Who Experience (Llangollen)
|image              = llangollen Exhibition opening.jpg
|image              = llangollen Exhibition opening.jpg
|exhibition features= Located with [[Dapol]]<br />Largest Doctor Who exhibition
|exhibition features= Located with [[Dapol]], Largest Doctor Who exhibition
|exhibition location= Lower Dee Mill, Llangollen, North Wales
|exhibition location= Lower Dee Mill, Llangollen, North Wales
|opening date      = [[1995 (releases)|1995]]
|opening date      = [[1995 (releases)|1995]]
|closing date      = [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|closing date      = [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|clip              = Monster escape at the Doctor Who Experience
|clip              = Monster escape at the Doctor Who Experience
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}}Located next to the [[Dapol]] toy factory, the '''LLangollen Doctor Who Experience''' was the largest ''Doctor Who'' exhibition to have ever been staged, and open continuously.  
 
Located next to the [[Dapol]] toy factory this was the largest ''Doctor Who'' exhibition to have ever been staged, and open continuously.  


== Overview ==
== Overview ==
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* Three [[Cheetah People]] from [[TV]]: ''[[Survival]]''
* Three [[Cheetah People]] from [[TV]]: ''[[Survival]]''


=== Other props and Costumes ===
=== Other props and costumes ===
* Weapons from [[TV]]: ''[[The Sunmakers]]''
* Weapons from [[TV]]: ''[[The Sunmakers]]''
* [[Kroll]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]''
* [[Kroll]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]''
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Unlike some other exhibits, both previous to this and running concurrently (such as the Longleat exhibition) this exhibition was open all year round.
* Unlike some other exhibits, both previous to this and running concurrently (such as the Longleat exhibition) this exhibition was open all year round.
* When, in [[1997]] [[Tom Baker]] went to [[New Zealand]] to make a series of television commercials for New Zealand Superannuation Services, he got on loan the scarf from his time as the Doctor from this museum.<ref>[http://thomas-stewart-baker.com/article44.html 'Time is Everything' - The Doctor Who Commercials]</ref>
* When, in 1997 [[Tom Baker]] went to [[New Zealand]] to make a series of television commercials for New Zealand Superannuation Services, he got on loan the scarf from his time as the Doctor from this museum.<ref>[http://thomas-stewart-baker.com/article44.html 'Time is Everything' - The Doctor Who Commercials]</ref>
* Given the range of props and costumes, many of them must have come from previous defunct exhibitions such as [[Doctor Who Exhibition Blackpool]], [[Doctor Who USA Tour]] and the [[Space Adventure]] exhibition.
* Given the range of props and costumes, many of them must have come from previous defunct exhibitions such as [[Doctor Who Exhibition Blackpool]], [[Doctor Who USA Tour]] and the [[Space Adventure]] exhibition.
* At least one source attests that there were Daleks from the [[1960s]] Dalek movies and from the [[1996]] [[Doctor Who (1996)|television movie]]<ref>[http://www.drwhoexhibitions.co.uk/llangollen.htm Dr Who Experience Llangollen]</ref> however according to another source<ref>[http://www.dalek6388.co.uk/where-are-the-daleks-now.htm Dalek 6388 - A History of the Dalek Props from 1963 to 1988 and Beyond - Where are they now?]</ref> states that the Dalek props that are in this exhibition are at least in part from the 1960s (a walk-in variety) and another (black and gold) a repainted Dalek from [[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]''. From the images available there are no immediately apparent props from the 1996 TV movie.  
* At least one source attests that there were Daleks from the 1960s Dalek movies and from the 1996 [[Doctor Who (1996)|television movie]]<ref>[http://www.drwhoexhibitions.co.uk/llangollen.htm Dr Who Experience Llangollen]</ref> however according to another source<ref>[http://www.dalek6388.co.uk/where-are-the-daleks-now.htm Dalek 6388 - A History of the Dalek Props from 1963 to 1988 and Beyond - Where are they now?]</ref> states that the Dalek props that are in this exhibition are at least in part from the 1960s (a walk-in variety) and another (black and gold) a repainted Dalek from [[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]''. From the images available there are no immediately apparent props from the 1996 TV movie.  


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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Revision as of 03:23, 30 September 2014

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Located next to the Dapol toy factory, the LLangollen Doctor Who Experience was the largest Doctor Who exhibition to have ever been staged, and open continuously.

Overview

Collecting props from over 30 years of props together this was one of the largest exhibitions of Doctor Who props. There was over 6,000 square foot of space dedicated to the exhibition.

Notable elements

There was a huge amount of props ranging from Patrick Troughton's era as the Doctor and right through to Sylvester McCoy's time in the part.

Full props and masked costumes

Other props and costumes

Promotion

Notes

  • Unlike some other exhibits, both previous to this and running concurrently (such as the Longleat exhibition) this exhibition was open all year round.
  • When, in 1997 Tom Baker went to New Zealand to make a series of television commercials for New Zealand Superannuation Services, he got on loan the scarf from his time as the Doctor from this museum.[9]
  • Given the range of props and costumes, many of them must have come from previous defunct exhibitions such as Doctor Who Exhibition Blackpool, Doctor Who USA Tour and the Space Adventure exhibition.
  • At least one source attests that there were Daleks from the 1960s Dalek movies and from the 1996 television movie[10] however according to another source[11] states that the Dalek props that are in this exhibition are at least in part from the 1960s (a walk-in variety) and another (black and gold) a repainted Dalek from TV: Revelation of the Daleks. From the images available there are no immediately apparent props from the 1996 TV movie.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dapol Doctor Who Experience August 2, 2003 - AMG_0178
  2. ↑ Dapol Doctor Who Experience in Lower Dee Exhibition Centre October 2001
  3. ↑ Dapol Doctor Who Experience August 2, 2003 - AMG_0192
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dapol Doctor Who Experience in Lower Dee Exhibition Centre 2002
  5. ↑ Dapol Doctor Who Experience August 2, 2003 AMG_0197
  6. ↑ Dapol Doctor Who Experience August 2, 2003 AMG_0243
  7. ↑ Dapol Doctor Who Experience in Lower Dee Exhibition Centre 2002(2)
  8. ↑ Dapol Doctor Who Experience August 2, 2003 AMG_0157
  9. ↑ 'Time is Everything' - The Doctor Who Commercials
  10. ↑ Dr Who Experience Llangollen
  11. ↑ Dalek 6388 - A History of the Dalek Props from 1963 to 1988 and Beyond - Where are they now?
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