Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder
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Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder was a Doctor Who exhibition at the World Museum in Liverpool. The exhibition covered various aspects of Doctor Who's history, focussing on the various links to real world science. It featured many screen-used props, costumes and models, along with explanatory text, interactive displays and videos.
Overview
An exhibition covering the links between Doctor Who and science, as well as housing many props, costumes and models from throughout the show's history. It was situated on the second floor of Liverpool's World Museum and also featured a shop selling many different pieces of Doctor Who merchandise.
Notable elements
The exhibition was broken up into a series of relatively large rooms. While given no formal designation by the exhibition, these rooms have been given descriptive names and used to structure the following list of notable elements.
Before the exhibition
- A statue of a Weeping Angel was located in the entrance to the museum.
- A statue of a Dalek was located on the ground floor of the museum.
- The exhibition was on the second floor. A large full-length painting was located on the wall of the corridor connecting the exhibition's entrance to its shop and exit. Among other things, the painting depicted:
- Sontarans
- The TARDIS
- Weeping Angels
Quotes room
After entering the exhibition, visitors would find themselves in a dark hallway with quotes from the Doctor and many famous real world people. These were:
Throughout the rest of the exhibition, there were further quotes from the following people:
- The Doctor
- Nikola Tesla
- Professor Brian Cox
- E. O. Wilson
- Stephen Hawking
At the end of the hallway, there was a TARDIS-themed door leading into the next area.
Console room
At the centre of the next area was the reconstruction of the original TARDIS control console used for the An Adventure in Space and Time docudrama, marked by an accompanying information panel as "The TARDIS console Mk 1". Exhibits and information panels were located around the walls of this room. Turning left from the TARDIS door entrance and following the console room round clockwise to the exit, these were:
- A timeline of console rooms from the post-2005 revival of Doctor Who from a real world perspective.
- A display case containing:
- The original design sheet for the original console room.
- Designs for the Thirteenth Doctor's console room.
- A timeline showcasing people who made significant contribution to the show regarding science. This included the following people:
- A graphic showcasing all 13 "main" Doctors, along with the War Doctor and Fugitive Doctor.
- Interestingly, while the War Doctor was positioned between the Eighth and Ninth Doctors, the Fugitive Doctor was positioned after the Thirteenth Doctor.
- An introductory video featuring Mark Gatiss.
- A display case showcasing the First Doctor costume used by David Bradley.
- A video display the various Time Vortex effects used by the show's post-2005 revival.
Technology room
The next room focussed primarily on the technology exhibited by the show, both realistic and otherwise. It was comprised of information panels, props, models and videos. To aid in listing these elements, they have been split up by the wall they were on, relative to when you first enter the area.
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Promotion
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Gallery
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