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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 it resided in expired.
Exhibition focus
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
- 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 K-9 were among regular exhibits.
Promotion
- Promoted in continuity announcements at the time, following the programme 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 led to the switching on of Blackpools illuminations.
- In 1985, Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant were present signing autographs in the console area for Children in Need.
Notes
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Gallery
Exhibition posters
April 1974 Exhibition Ticket and Badge
Entrance October 1975
Exhibition layout 1975
Entrance 1982
Davros prop inside exhibition 1982
Dalek prop inside exhibition 1982
1984 Blackpool Illuminations
External links
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