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{{ | {{update|Up to its 2017 closure, the exhibition was regularly updated to include props and monsters up to series 10.}} | ||
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{{Infobox Exhibition | {{Infobox Exhibition | ||
| | |image = Doctor Who Experience Cardiff.jpeg | ||
|exhibition features = {{il|Interactive story|Classic and new props and costumes}} | |||
|exhibition features=Interactive story | |exhibition location = Olympia Two, [[London]]<br />[[Cardiff Bay]], [[Cardiff]] | ||
|exhibition location=Olympia Two, [[London]]<br>[[Cardiff Bay]], [[Cardiff]] | |opening date = 20 February 2011 (London) | ||
|opening date | |opening date2 = 20 July 2012 (Cardiff) | ||
|closing date | |closing date = 20 February 2012 (London) | ||
|closing date2 = 9 September 2017 (Cardiff) | |||
|trailer = The Best Of The Doctor Who Experience | |||
|clip = The Doctor Who Experience Regenerates - Doctor Who | |clip = The Doctor Who Experience Regenerates - Doctor Who | ||
|clip2 = Welcome to the Gallifrey Museum - Doctor Who | |clip2 = Welcome to the Gallifrey Museum - Doctor Who | ||
|clip3 = Matt Smith visits the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff - BBC | |clip3 = Matt Smith visits the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff - BBC | ||
|bts = The Making of The Doctor Who Experience - Doctor Who | |||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Doctor Who Experience''' was one of the largest and most ambitious ''Doctor Who'' exhibitions ever staged. Featuring props and costumes from throughout the franchise's | The '''Doctor Who Experience''' was one of the largest and most ambitious ''[[Doctor Who]]'' exhibitions ever staged. Featuring props and costumes from throughout the franchise's history, it also featured one new and different element; an interactive story in which people could take part and become part of the adventure. The interactive story [[Doctor Who Experience Interactive Story (Eleventh Doctor)|originally featured Matt Smith as the then-current Eleventh Doctor]], but was replaced with [[Doctor Who Experience Interactive Story (Twelfth Doctor)|one with Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor]]. | ||
The Experience in [[Cardiff]] sat in the [[Cardiff Bay]] area, adjacent to [[Roath Lock]], where ''Doctor Who'' was filmed from 2012 to 2021. After a five-year run in Cardiff, the Experience closed on 9 September 2017 when its sub-lease from Cardiff Council expired.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/when-doctor-who-experience-closing-13183111 |title=This is when the Doctor Who Experience will close |author=Prince, David |date of source=14 June 2017 |website name=Wales Online |accessdate=9 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-09-09/doctor-who-experience-future/ |title=What is the future of the Doctor Who Experience? |author=Fullerton, Huw |date of source=9 September 2017 |website name=[[Radio Times]] |accessdate=9 September 2017}}</ref> | |||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
A huge exhibition with both interactive elements and exhibition elements from throughout ''Doctor Who'''s history: covering over 4000 square metres, this large exhibition covers all of ''Doctor Who'' history. With walk through parts of the exhibition and part where the audience becomes a part of the interactive story with | A huge exhibition with both interactive elements and exhibition elements from throughout ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s history: covering over 4000 square metres, this large exhibition covers all of ''Doctor Who'' history. With walk through parts of the exhibition and part where the audience becomes a part of the interactive story with [[Peter Capaldi]] as the Doctor taking part in interactive video! On launch, [[Steven Moffat]] said, "It will also be the first time that Doctor Who artefacts from all the show's 47 year history - classic and new - will be on display together."<ref name="CultBox">[http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/217-doctor-who-experience-coming-to-london-in-february-2011 CultBox - 'Doctor Who Experience' coming to London in February 2011]</ref> | ||
== Notable elements == | == Notable elements == | ||
There were two separate portions to this exhibition, an interactive story and a free-flow exhibition. with the interactive portion taking 30 minutes to complete. | There were two separate portions to this exhibition, an interactive story and a free-flow exhibition. with the interactive portion taking 30 minutes to complete. Part of the interactive element included a 3D presentation. | ||
=== Interactive story === | === Interactive story === | ||
The visitors are being shown various artefacts (most from the Doctor's past) by a [[Node]] onboard [[Starship UK]]. Suddenly, alarms ring and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] appears on a screen. He explains he has been trapped inside the [[Pandorica|Pandorica II]]. He's angry at it being the same colour, and he believes having a second Pandorica to be cheating. The Doctor uses his [[ | ==== Eleventh Doctor era ==== | ||
{{main|Doctor Who Experience Interactive Story (Eleventh Doctor)}} | |||
The visitors are being shown various artefacts (most from the Doctor's past) by a [[Node]] onboard [[Starship UK]]. Suddenly, alarms ring and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] appears on a screen. He explains he has been trapped inside the [[Pandorica|Pandorica II]]. He's angry at it being the same colour, and he believes having a second Pandorica to be cheating. The Doctor uses his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] to materialise the TARDIS nearby the visitors, whom the Doctor refers to as "Shoppers". The Shoppers pass a [[Smiler]] and enter the TARDIS. Several shoppers operate the TARDIS controls and the TARDIS lands in a [[Dalek flying saucer]]. The [[Supreme Dalek (New Dalek Paradigm)|Supreme Dalek]] and two [[Red Drone|drone Daleks]] capture the shoppers, and a screen appears showing the [[Dalek]]s. The Doctor appears on the screen, bargaining with the Daleks to release them. A few minutes later, [[New Dalek Empire|Daleks]] that survived the destruction of the [[Crucible]] appear on the screen. The Dalek Paradigm believe those Daleks to be "impure". The Crucible Daleks counter that they are the children of [[Davros]] himself. They attack the Dalek Paradigm ship and, on the screen, a space battle rages. The Shoppers escape in a time corridor extruded by the Doctor using the TARDIS. They go through it and find themselves in a [[UNIT]] quarantine zone in Avenbury forest (as a sign at the end of this section shows) and find three [[Weeping Angel]]s - one screaming, one calm and another one created by an image. The Doctor tells them to keep running and they run through another newly opened time corridor to the last stop, the location of the Pandorica II. The Doctor manage to free himself, and appears on screen back in the TARDIS. As they watch him, the Pandorica II opens and they fly through the [[Time Vortex]]. Daleks, Weeping Angels and [[Cybermen (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] attack them, but eventually they escape them and the Shoppers are returned to Starship UK. | |||
==== Twelfth Doctor era ==== | |||
{{main|Doctor Who Experience Interactive Story (Twelfth Doctor)}} | |||
The visitors are being shown various artefacts (mostly from the Doctor's past) by a curator at a Gallifreyan Museum. While trying to make a connection with the Twelfth Doctor's TARDIS, it is attacked, and the Museum and the TARDIS are physically linked. | |||
The visitors are then led through the museum wall into what appears to be the TARDIS' [[Architectural reconfiguration system|Arch-Recon]] room and on to a TARDIS control room (visitors then land the TARDIS on [[Skaro]]), through a Dalek infested corridor (similar in style to the [[Dalek Asylum]])), a forest of [[Weeping Angel]]s, and finally to [[76 Totter's Lane]] on [[23 November]] [[1963]], a date the Doctor says seems familiar. | |||
=== Exhibition === | === Exhibition === | ||
The exhibition covers the whole gamut of ''Doctor Who'' dating all the way back to [[1963 (production)|1963]], with exhibitions from every era of the programme. It contains a large number of original props that the BBC has had in storage, including some that have not featured in previous smaller exhibitions. | The exhibition covers the whole gamut of ''Doctor Who'' dating all the way back to [[1963 (production)|1963]], with exhibitions from every era of the programme. It contains a large number of original props that the BBC has had in storage, including some that have not featured in previous smaller exhibitions. | ||
[[File:11thDoctorandTARDISDWExperience.jpg|thumb|Wax model of Matt Smith.]] | [[File:11thDoctorandTARDISDWExperience.jpg|thumb|Wax model of Matt Smith.]] | ||
{{video|Mannequin Challenge The Doctor Who Experience - Doctor Who|thumb|A tour of Doctor Who Experience in 2016}} | |||
* Fifth/Sixth/Seventh Doctor era TARDIS console and set.<ref name="DigitalSpyQ&A">[http://www.digitalspy.com.au/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/tubetalk/a290095/qa-philip-murphy-talks-the-doctor-who-experience.html Q&A: Philip Murphy talks 'The Doctor Who Experience' - Digital Spy]</ref> | * Fifth/Sixth/Seventh Doctor era TARDIS console and set.<ref name="DigitalSpyQ&A">[http://www.digitalspy.com.au/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/tubetalk/a290095/qa-philip-murphy-talks-the-doctor-who-experience.html Q&A: Philip Murphy talks 'The Doctor Who Experience' - Digital Spy]</ref> | ||
* The | * The [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]] TARDIS console set. | ||
* A replica of the first [[Eleventh Doctor]] TARDIS console set | * A replica of the first [[Eleventh Doctor]] TARDIS console set | ||
* An original [[Ice Warrior]] costume worn by [[Bernard Bresslaw]] in [[1967 (production)|1967]]. | * An original [[Ice Warrior]] costume worn by [[Bernard Bresslaw]] in [[1967 (production)|1967]]. | ||
* Fourth Doctor costume with three ducks on lapel as seen in ''[[City of Death]]'' (likely a stunt double coat)<ref>[http://fourthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2011/02/doctor-who-experience-fourth-doctor.html Making my 4th Doctor costume: Doctor Who Experience - Fourth Doctor incarnation]</ref> | * Fourth Doctor costume with three ducks on lapel as seen in ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'' (likely a stunt double coat)<ref>[http://fourthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2011/02/doctor-who-experience-fourth-doctor.html Making my 4th Doctor costume: Doctor Who Experience - Fourth Doctor incarnation]</ref> | ||
* Fifth Doctor costume - this is the same one worn by [[Peter Davison]] in ''[[Time Crash]]'' and then before that from [[Season 21]]<ref name="Making5thDoctorCostume">[http://fifthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2011/02/doctor-who-experience-fifth-doctor.html Making my 5th Doctor Costume: Doctor Who Experience -Fifth Doctor incarnation]</ref> | * Fifth Doctor costume - this is the same one worn by [[Peter Davison]] in ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'' and then before that from [[Season 21 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 21]]<ref name="Making5thDoctorCostume">[http://fifthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2011/02/doctor-who-experience-fifth-doctor.html Making my 5th Doctor Costume: Doctor Who Experience -Fifth Doctor incarnation]</ref> | ||
* Sixth Doctor costume (coat is a reproduction, but trousers, shirt, waistcoat and cravat original)<ref>[http://sixthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2011/02/doctor-who-experience-sixth-doctor.html Making M y 6th Doctor Costume: Doctor Who Experience -Sixth Doctor incarnation]</ref> | * Sixth Doctor costume (coat is a reproduction, but trousers, shirt, waistcoat and cravat original)<ref>[http://sixthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2011/02/doctor-who-experience-sixth-doctor.html Making M y 6th Doctor Costume: Doctor Who Experience -Sixth Doctor incarnation]</ref> | ||
* Seventh Doctor costume (original) | * Seventh Doctor costume (original) | ||
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* Police Box prop - Mark 1 fibreglass prop used from [[1980 (production)|1980]]-[[1989 (production)|1989]]<ref name="Making5thDoctorCostume" /> | * Police Box prop - Mark 1 fibreglass prop used from [[1980 (production)|1980]]-[[1989 (production)|1989]]<ref name="Making5thDoctorCostume" /> | ||
* Police Box prop as used from ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'' through ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. | * Police Box prop as used from ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'' through ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. | ||
* Recreation of BBC Wales Art Department room.<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray101/5461115074/ Flikr - The Doctor Who Experience]</ref> | * Recreation of BBC Wales Art Department room.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray101/5461115074/ Flikr - The Doctor Who Experience]</ref> | ||
* Daleks from all eras; a ''[[The Daleks]]'' era Dalek (replica)<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray101/5460626369/ The Doctor Who Experience - Flikr]</ref> | * Daleks from all eras; a ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' era Dalek (replica)<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray101/5460626369/ The Doctor Who Experience - Flikr]</ref> | ||
* A ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' Emperor's guard Dalek (replica) | * A ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' Emperor's guard Dalek (replica) | ||
* A ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' era Dalek | * A ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' era Dalek | ||
* A Special Weapons Dalek from ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' and bronze post-2005 Dalek | * A Special Weapons Dalek from ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' and bronze post-2005 Dalek | ||
* The [[Eternal Dalek]] and an Ironside Dalek, both from ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]''. | * The [[Eternal Dalek]] and an Ironside Dalek, both from ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]''. | ||
* [[K1]] Robot. | * [[K1]] Robot. | ||
* Sontarans from ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' and ''[[The Poison Sky]]''. | * Sontarans from ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'', ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'' and ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]''. | ||
* A wax model of Matt Smith.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray101/5461216228/ The Doctor Who Experience - Flikr]</ref> | * A wax model of Matt Smith.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray101/5461216228/ The Doctor Who Experience - Flikr]</ref> | ||
* The Silence, along with ship.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunshine_maggy/5780312862/ Doctor Who Experience - Silence - Flikr]</ref> | * The Silence, along with ship.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunshine_maggy/5780312862/ Doctor Who Experience - Silence - Flikr]</ref> | ||
* [[Melkur]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]''.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray101/5461130210/ Doctor Who Experience - Melkur - Flikr]</ref> | * [[Melkur]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]''.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray101/5461130210/ Doctor Who Experience - Melkur - Flikr]</ref> | ||
* [[Zygon]] from [[The Day of The Doctor]]. | * [[Zygon]] from [[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]. | ||
* [[Handles]] from [[The Time of the Doctor]]. | * [[Handles]] from [[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]. | ||
* [[Mondasian Cyberman]] from [[Nightmare in Silver]] | * [[Mondasian Cyberman]] from [[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]] | ||
* [[Skaldak]] from [[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]. | * [[Skaldak]] from [[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]. | ||
* Various costumes and props from [[Deep Breath (TV story)]], [[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)]], [[Listen (TV story)]] | * Various costumes and props from [[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]], [[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]], [[Listen (TV story)|Listen]], [[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]], [[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]] | ||
== TARDIS Studio Tour == | == TARDIS Studio Tour == | ||
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, for a limited time visitors were also given a tour of the Doctor Who studio featuring the permanent TARDIS set. | To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, for a limited time visitors were also given a tour of the Doctor Who studio featuring the permanent TARDIS set. | ||
The [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s TARDIS set was available to tour after the filming of [[ | The [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s TARDIS set was available to tour after the filming of [[Series 8 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 8]] had finished. | ||
== Promotion == | == Promotion == | ||
[[File:BillboardDWExperience.jpg|thumb|Billboard in the underground promoting the Experience.]] | [[File:BillboardDWExperience.jpg|thumb|Billboard in the underground promoting the Experience.]] | ||
* A stunt was staged on [[24 November (releases)|24 November]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] to promote the Experience, featuring [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Pete's World Cybermen]] marching in front of St Paul's Cathedral, mimicking a scene in [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'' and travelling on the London Underground trains. <ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1332613/Doctor-Whos-Cybermen-invade-London-promote-Doctor-Who-Experience.html Doctor Who's Cybermen invade London to promote Doctor Who Experience - Mail Online]</ref> | * A stunt was staged on [[24 November (releases)|24 November]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] to promote the Experience, featuring [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Pete's World Cybermen]] marching in front of St Paul's Cathedral, mimicking a scene in [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and travelling on the London Underground trains. <ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1332613/Doctor-Whos-Cybermen-invade-London-promote-Doctor-Who-Experience.html Doctor Who's Cybermen invade London to promote Doctor Who Experience - Mail Online]</ref> | ||
* [[Matt Smith]] opened the exhibit on [[20 February (releases)|20 February]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]. <ref>[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23924626-the-doctor-will-see-you-now-show-is-a-whos-who-for-fans.do London Evening Standard - The Doctor will see you | * [[Matt Smith]] opened the exhibit on [[20 February (releases)|20 February]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]. <ref>[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23924626-the-doctor-will-see-you-now-show-is-a-whos-who-for-fans.do London Evening Standard - The Doctor will see you now...show is a Who's Who for fans]</ref> | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
{{quote|It was designed because we did conduct some research and asked fans what they wanted from a live Doctor Who experience. The number one response was 'I want to go inside the Tardis'.|Philip Murphy<ref name="DigitalSpyQ&A" />}} | {{quote|It was designed because we did conduct some research and asked fans what they wanted from a live Doctor Who experience. The number one response was 'I want to go inside the Tardis'.|Philip Murphy<ref name="DigitalSpyQ&A" />}} | ||
* BBC Worldwide relocated the Doctor Who Experience to Cardiff in 2012.<ref name="CultBox" /> | * BBC Worldwide relocated the Doctor Who Experience to Cardiff in 2012.<ref name="CultBox" /> | ||
* Company Brandnew | * Company Brandnew managed the exhibition and merchandise shop, and was also responsible for recruiting, training and briefing staff.<ref>[http://www.eventmagazine.co.uk/news/1053376/BBC-brings-Brandnew-Doctor-Experience/ Event - BBC brings in Brandnew for Doctor Who Experience]</ref> | ||
* Within the exhibition | * Within the exhibition was the "first ever shop devoted to Doctor Who"<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2011/02_february/dwexp_retail.shtml BBC - Press Office - BBC Worldwide breaks new ground with retail and mobile plans for Doctor Who Experience]</ref> | ||
* There | * There was around 4000 square metres of exhibition space at Olympia Two. | ||
* Steven Moffat wrote all the interactive story elements.<ref name="DigitalSpyQ&A" /> | * Steven Moffat wrote all the interactive story elements.<ref name="DigitalSpyQ&A" /> | ||
* It took 2 years and over 150,000 construction hours to construct the exhibition.<ref name="Makingithappen">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110217_01 BBC - Doctor Who - The Doctor Who Experience: Making It Happen]</ref> | * It took 2 years and over 150,000 construction hours to construct the exhibition.<ref name="Makingithappen">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110217_01 BBC - Doctor Who - The Doctor Who Experience: Making It Happen]</ref> | ||
* [[Mike Tucker]] was behind the restoration and assessment of which costumes and props were placed on display at the exhibition.<ref name="Makingithappen" /> | * [[Mike Tucker]] was behind the restoration and assessment of which costumes and props were placed on display at the exhibition.<ref name="Makingithappen" /> | ||
* For the interactive story element, [[Matt Smith]] played the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] voices the [[Dalek]]s. | * For the 2011 interactive story element, [[Matt Smith]] played the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] voices the [[Dalek]]s. | ||
* [[Peter Capaldi]] plays the [[Twelfth Doctor]] from 2014 | * [[Peter Capaldi]] plays the [[Twelfth Doctor]] from 2014 | ||
* In her youth, future actor [[Millie Gibson]] attended the exhibition.<ref>[[DWM 586]] - ''Hello, Ruby Sunday'', Page 19</ref> | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" | <gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | ||
File:Davrosand1963 1967DaleksDWExperience.jpg|Davros and Daleks from [[1963 (production)|1963]] and [[1967 (production)|1967]] | File:Davrosand1963 1967DaleksDWExperience.jpg|Davros and Daleks from [[1963 (production)|1963]] and [[1967 (production)|1967]] | ||
File:1984-2011DaleksDWExperience.jpg|Daleks from [[1984 (production)|1984]] to [[2010 (production)|2011]] | File:1984-2011DaleksDWExperience.jpg|Daleks from [[1984 (production)|1984]] to [[2010 (production)|2011]] | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.doctorwhoexperience.com/ Doctor Who Experience] | * [http://www.doctorwhoexperience.com/ Doctor Who Experience] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who exhibitions]] | [[Category:Doctor Who exhibitions]] | ||
[[Category:Real world places]] | |||
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Up to its 2017 closure, the exhibition was regularly updated to include props and monsters up to series 10.
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The Doctor Who Experience was one of the largest and most ambitious Doctor Who exhibitions ever staged. Featuring props and costumes from throughout the franchise's history, it also featured one new and different element; an interactive story in which people could take part and become part of the adventure. The interactive story originally featured Matt Smith as the then-current Eleventh Doctor, but was replaced with one with Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor.
The Experience in Cardiff sat in the Cardiff Bay area, adjacent to Roath Lock, where Doctor Who was filmed from 2012 to 2021. After a five-year run in Cardiff, the Experience closed on 9 September 2017 when its sub-lease from Cardiff Council expired.[1][2]
Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]
A huge exhibition with both interactive elements and exhibition elements from throughout Doctor Who's history: covering over 4000 square metres, this large exhibition covers all of Doctor Who history. With walk through parts of the exhibition and part where the audience becomes a part of the interactive story with Peter Capaldi as the Doctor taking part in interactive video! On launch, Steven Moffat said, "It will also be the first time that Doctor Who artefacts from all the show's 47 year history - classic and new - will be on display together."[3]
Notable elements[[edit] | [edit source]]
There were two separate portions to this exhibition, an interactive story and a free-flow exhibition. with the interactive portion taking 30 minutes to complete. Part of the interactive element included a 3D presentation.
Interactive story[[edit] | [edit source]]
Eleventh Doctor era[[edit] | [edit source]]
The visitors are being shown various artefacts (most from the Doctor's past) by a Node onboard Starship UK. Suddenly, alarms ring and the Eleventh Doctor appears on a screen. He explains he has been trapped inside the Pandorica II. He's angry at it being the same colour, and he believes having a second Pandorica to be cheating. The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to materialise the TARDIS nearby the visitors, whom the Doctor refers to as "Shoppers". The Shoppers pass a Smiler and enter the TARDIS. Several shoppers operate the TARDIS controls and the TARDIS lands in a Dalek flying saucer. The Supreme Dalek and two drone Daleks capture the shoppers, and a screen appears showing the Daleks. The Doctor appears on the screen, bargaining with the Daleks to release them. A few minutes later, Daleks that survived the destruction of the Crucible appear on the screen. The Dalek Paradigm believe those Daleks to be "impure". The Crucible Daleks counter that they are the children of Davros himself. They attack the Dalek Paradigm ship and, on the screen, a space battle rages. The Shoppers escape in a time corridor extruded by the Doctor using the TARDIS. They go through it and find themselves in a UNIT quarantine zone in Avenbury forest (as a sign at the end of this section shows) and find three Weeping Angels - one screaming, one calm and another one created by an image. The Doctor tells them to keep running and they run through another newly opened time corridor to the last stop, the location of the Pandorica II. The Doctor manage to free himself, and appears on screen back in the TARDIS. As they watch him, the Pandorica II opens and they fly through the Time Vortex. Daleks, Weeping Angels and Cybermen attack them, but eventually they escape them and the Shoppers are returned to Starship UK.
Twelfth Doctor era[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Doctor Who Experience Interactive Story (Twelfth Doctor)
The visitors are being shown various artefacts (mostly from the Doctor's past) by a curator at a Gallifreyan Museum. While trying to make a connection with the Twelfth Doctor's TARDIS, it is attacked, and the Museum and the TARDIS are physically linked.
The visitors are then led through the museum wall into what appears to be the TARDIS' Arch-Recon room and on to a TARDIS control room (visitors then land the TARDIS on Skaro), through a Dalek infested corridor (similar in style to the Dalek Asylum)), a forest of Weeping Angels, and finally to 76 Totter's Lane on 23 November 1963, a date the Doctor says seems familiar.
Exhibition[[edit] | [edit source]]
The exhibition covers the whole gamut of Doctor Who dating all the way back to 1963, with exhibitions from every era of the programme. It contains a large number of original props that the BBC has had in storage, including some that have not featured in previous smaller exhibitions.
- Fifth/Sixth/Seventh Doctor era TARDIS console and set.[4]
- The Ninth and Tenth Doctor TARDIS console set.
- A replica of the first Eleventh Doctor TARDIS console set
- An original Ice Warrior costume worn by Bernard Bresslaw in 1967.
- Fourth Doctor costume with three ducks on lapel as seen in City of Death (likely a stunt double coat)[5]
- Fifth Doctor costume - this is the same one worn by Peter Davison in Time Crash and then before that from Season 21[6]
- Sixth Doctor costume (coat is a reproduction, but trousers, shirt, waistcoat and cravat original)[7]
- Seventh Doctor costume (original)
- Eighth Doctor costume (replica)[8]
- Ninth Doctor costume (may be original)
- Tenth Doctor costume (original made from the trouser material)[9]
- Police Box prop - Mark 1 fibreglass prop used from 1980-1989[6]
- Police Box prop as used from The Christmas Invasion through The End of Time.
- Recreation of BBC Wales Art Department room.[10]
- Daleks from all eras; a The Daleks era Dalek (replica)[11]
- A The Evil of the Daleks Emperor's guard Dalek (replica)
- A Genesis of the Daleks era Dalek
- A Special Weapons Dalek from Remembrance of the Daleks and bronze post-2005 Dalek
- The Eternal Dalek and an Ironside Dalek, both from Victory of the Daleks.
- K1 Robot.
- Sontarans from The Invasion of Time, The Two Doctors and The Poison Sky.
- A wax model of Matt Smith.[12]
- The Silence, along with ship.[13]
- Melkur from TV: The Keeper of Traken.[14]
- Zygon from The Day of the Doctor.
- Handles from The Time of the Doctor.
- Mondasian Cyberman from Nightmare in Silver
- Skaldak from Cold War.
- Various costumes and props from Deep Breath, Robot of Sherwood, Listen, The Caretaker, Into the Dalek
TARDIS Studio Tour[[edit] | [edit source]]
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, for a limited time visitors were also given a tour of the Doctor Who studio featuring the permanent TARDIS set. The Twelfth Doctor's TARDIS set was available to tour after the filming of Series 8 had finished.
Promotion[[edit] | [edit source]]
- A stunt was staged on 24 November 2010 to promote the Experience, featuring Pete's World Cybermen marching in front of St Paul's Cathedral, mimicking a scene in TV: The Invasion and travelling on the London Underground trains. [15]
- Matt Smith opened the exhibit on 20 February 2011. [16]
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
It was designed because we did conduct some research and asked fans what they wanted from a live Doctor Who experience. The number one response was 'I want to go inside the Tardis'.
- BBC Worldwide relocated the Doctor Who Experience to Cardiff in 2012.[3]
- Company Brandnew managed the exhibition and merchandise shop, and was also responsible for recruiting, training and briefing staff.[17]
- Within the exhibition was the "first ever shop devoted to Doctor Who"[18]
- There was around 4000 square metres of exhibition space at Olympia Two.
- Steven Moffat wrote all the interactive story elements.[4]
- It took 2 years and over 150,000 construction hours to construct the exhibition.[19]
- Mike Tucker was behind the restoration and assessment of which costumes and props were placed on display at the exhibition.[19]
- For the 2011 interactive story element, Matt Smith played the Eleventh Doctor and Nicholas Briggs voices the Daleks.
- Peter Capaldi plays the Twelfth Doctor from 2014
- In her youth, future actor Millie Gibson attended the exhibition.[20]
Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
An Ironside Dalek
Zygon and Ice Warrior
K1 Giant Robot
Time Lord costumes
The TARDIS Console room from The Five Doctors (TV story) onwards
The TARDIS Console room for the Ninth and Tenth Doctors
Examples of 2005-2011 companion costumes
One of Sarah Jane Smith's costumes
First Doctor's costume
Second Doctor's costume
Third Doctor's costume
Fourth Doctor's costume
Fifth Doctor's costume
Sixth Doctor's costume
Seventh Doctor's costume
Eighth Doctor's costume
Ninth Doctor's costume
Tenth Doctor's costume
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Prince, David (14 June 2017). This is when the Doctor Who Experience will close. Wales Online. Retrieved on 9 September 2017.
- ↑ Fullerton, Huw (9 September 2017). What is the future of the Doctor Who Experience?. Radio Times. Retrieved on 9 September 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 CultBox - 'Doctor Who Experience' coming to London in February 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Q&A: Philip Murphy talks 'The Doctor Who Experience' - Digital Spy
- ↑ Making my 4th Doctor costume: Doctor Who Experience - Fourth Doctor incarnation
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Making my 5th Doctor Costume: Doctor Who Experience -Fifth Doctor incarnation
- ↑ Making M y 6th Doctor Costume: Doctor Who Experience -Sixth Doctor incarnation
- ↑ Making My 7th Doctor Costue: Doctor Who Experience -Seventh Doctor incarnation
- ↑ Making My Tennant Coat: Doctor Who Experience - Tenth Doctor incarnation
- ↑ Flikr - The Doctor Who Experience
- ↑ The Doctor Who Experience - Flikr
- ↑ The Doctor Who Experience - Flikr
- ↑ Doctor Who Experience - Silence - Flikr
- ↑ Doctor Who Experience - Melkur - Flikr
- ↑ Doctor Who's Cybermen invade London to promote Doctor Who Experience - Mail Online
- ↑ London Evening Standard - The Doctor will see you now...show is a Who's Who for fans
- ↑ Event - BBC brings in Brandnew for Doctor Who Experience
- ↑ BBC - Press Office - BBC Worldwide breaks new ground with retail and mobile plans for Doctor Who Experience
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 BBC - Doctor Who - The Doctor Who Experience: Making It Happen
- ↑ DWM 586 - Hello, Ruby Sunday, Page 19
