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{{Infobox Exhibition
{{Infobox Exhibition
|exhibition name    = Doctor Who Exhibition Blackpool
|image              = Blackpool October 1975.jpg
|image              = [[File:Blackpool October 1975.jpg|250px|Exhibition entrance 1975]]
|exhibition features = Regularly changing props
|exhibition features= Regularly changing props
|exhibition location = 111 Central Promenade, [[Blackpool]]
|exhibition location= 111 Central Promenade, Blackpool
|opening date      = 14 April 1974
|opening date      = Easter - 30th October [[1974]]-[[1985]]
|closing date      = 30 October 1985
|closing date      = [[October]] [[1985]]
}}
}}
The '''Doctor Who Exhibition Blackpool''' was located at 111 Central Promenade, on the busy Golden Mile, a prime location for visitors. It ran for 11 years until the lease on the building in which it was housed expired.


The '''Doctor Who Exhibition Blackpool''' was located at 111 Central Promenade, on the busy Golden Mile, a prime location for visitors. It ran for 11 years until the lease on the building it resided in expired.
The Blackpool Exhibition briefly reopened in 2004 to coincide with [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 1]], and was steadily updated up until its closure in November 2009.<ref>http://www.drwhoexhibitions.co.uk/blackpool.htm</ref>
 
== Overview ==
Through a TARDIS-shaped entrance visitors followed the exhibition through a range of various displays of props, costumes, and models towards a working prop of the console room with console, before reaching the shop at the end.


== Notable elements ==
== Notable elements ==
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== Promotion ==
== Promotion ==
* Promoted in continuity announcements at the time, following the programme broadcasts.
* The Blackpool Exhibition was promoted in continuity announcements at the time, following the programme's broadcasts.
* In [[1975]] [[Elizabeth Sladen]], [[Ian Marter]] and [[Tom Baker]] promoted the exhibition with a parade led by Tom Baker in the back of [[Bessie]] with the Mayoress and a [[UNIT]] driver. The parade also include a [[Zygon]], [[Bellal]], [[Sontaran]], [[Sea Devil]] and [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]] led to the switching on of Blackpools illuminations.
* In 1975, [[Elizabeth Sladen]], [[Ian Marter]] and [[Tom Baker]] promoted the exhibition with a parade led by Baker in the back of [[Bessie]] with the Mayoress and a [[UNIT]] driver. The parade also included a [[Zygon]], [[Bellal]], [[Sontaran]], [[Sea Devil]] and [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]], and led to the switching on of Blackpool's illuminations.
* In [[1985]], [[Colin Baker]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] were present signing autographs in the console area for [[Children in Need]].
* In 1976, Tom Baker especially filmed [[Mind your step! (TV story)|a small skit]] for the exhibition as the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* In 1985, [[Colin Baker]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] were present signing autographs in the console area for [[Children in Need]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
<gallery hideaddbutton="true" >
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
file:Blackpool Exhibition posters.jpg|Exhibition posters
File:Blackpool Exhibition posters.jpg|Exhibition posters
file:April 1974 Blackpool Exhibition.jpg|April 1974 Exhibition Ticket and Badge
File:April 1974 Blackpool Exhibition.jpg|April 1974 Exhibition Ticket and Badge
file:Blackpool October 1975.jpg|Entrance October 1975
File:Blackpool October 1975.jpg|Entrance October 1975
file:Blackpool exhibition layout 1975.jpg|Exhibition layout 1975
File:Blackpool exhibition layout 1975.jpg|Exhibition layout 1975
File:Blackpool exhibition door 1982.jpg|Entrance 1982
File:Blackpool exhibition door 1982.jpg|Entrance 1982
File:Blackpool exhibition davros 1982.jpg|Davros prop inside exhibition 1982
File:Blackpool exhibition davros 1982.jpg|Davros prop inside exhibition 1982
File:Blackpool exhibition dalek 1982.jpg|Dalek prop inside exhibition 1982
File:Blackpool exhibition dalek 1982.jpg|Dalek prop inside exhibition 1982
file:Blackpool Illuminations 1984.jpg|1984 Blackpool Illuminations
File:Blackpool Illuminations 1984.jpg|1984 Blackpool Illuminations
</gallery>
</gallery>
== External links ==
* ''[https://blackpoolremembered7485.wordpress.com/ Blackpool Remembered]'' - a comprehensive reference work about the Exhibition
== Footnotes ==
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The Doctor Who Exhibition Blackpool was located at 111 Central Promenade, on the busy Golden Mile, a prime location for visitors. It ran for 11 years until the lease on the building in which it was housed expired.

The Blackpool Exhibition briefly reopened in 2004 to coincide with Series 1, and was steadily updated up until its closure in November 2009.[1]

Notable elements[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Displays were regularly updated with new exhibits as new stories were aired.
  • Unlike the Longleat Exhibition, the Blackpool Exhibition also included a display of small scale models of landscapes and spacecrafts. Davros, Daleks, Cybermen and K9 were among regular exhibits.

Promotion[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]