The Doctor Who Experience thingy...

[caz963]

It's half-term and I've had a hectic couple of days so far this week. I took the kids out shopping yesterday and today we all schlepped to London and back for the Doctor Who Experience at Olympia

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[zinke]

MY TARDIS!!!! *clings*

Yeah, I'd love to get my hands on that coat. And who was inside it, come to think of it.... *g*

[caz963]

It was a real "awww" moment when I got to the old TARDIS. And add to that Vale Decem and THAT scene playing over and over and it was quite emotional. *sniff*

And who was inside it, come to think of it....

Well, I thought that kinda went without saying :)

[beachy_geek]

Does anyone know if this is a permanant exhibit? I'll be coming from the US to London in June for Much Ado, and would love to see this.

[caz963]

It's running until the end of November, so you should be able to get there. When are you coming over?

[beachy_geek]

Hooray! I'll be over the second week of June, so I'll keep my eyes on the DWE website for when they're taking bookings for that time. I've always been over for the touristy/historical things primarily, so this will be my first Tennanty/Whovy/geeky pilgrimage! (And there's even a Who store down the street from the hotel--I can buy stuff!)

[seri_scribble]

This looks pretty awesome actually. (AND I WILL BE IN LONDON SOME TIME IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. And in the last two hours I managed to get my sister into Doctor Who.... I bet I can convince her... :D )

Also: Ten's coat is epic. I LOVE that the BBC actually makes licensed replicas, though it crushes my soul that they cost so much money. D: On the bright side I got to try one on?

[caz963]

Excellent! It's not a cheap thing to do - but then nothing in London is!

I've read various blogs by people who've made replica suits and coats... I can't sew for toffee, so I am in awe :-)

[seri_scribble]

At least my sister works for a hotel, so that will be cheap(er). Otherwise my bank account is going to crying. XD

I have a rather large amount of epic costumes because my mom is super-talented and strangely willing to assist when I'm all "I NEED A SIR ROBIN COSTUME!!!!1" or whatever it is I happen to need at the time. Although I must admit, I want Sherlock's coat more than Ten's at the moment... I also want Captain Jack's coat. DAMN YOU BBC AND YOUR AWESOME COATS.

[chloris]

That looks like a great exhibit! (except for the wait times) How cool that you got a good closeup look at Ten's TARDIS. Though I can understand how it was tough watching him regenerate over and over. Why couldn't they have used happy, fun times instead? There were a lot of them after all!

[caz963]

It was very good, although yeah, the wait times were a bit of a downer. Maybe when it's been running longer (and it's not a school holiday) it 'll have settled down a bit.

I heard Vale Decem wafting in when I was in the previous room so I was prepared for that... but not for the big video screen. I tried not to be a total wuss, but I couldn't watch it. I started to get a bit choked up as it was and the last thing i wanted was to start blubbing - my kids would have disowned me for one thing!

[develish1]

I so hope I get to go when I'm next down in London, although I expect I'll be as bad as you when it come to the Nine/Ten TARDIS set

[caz963]

It's not just the pictures - Vale Decem punches me in the gut every time, so with that AND picures, I'm fighting a losing battle.

But it's definitely worth seeing - and I hope that once it's been up and running for a while, the timings will have settled down a bit.

[develish1]

I know exactly what you mean, it's one of the few pieces of music I actually don't listen to from my DW CD's.

I'll be done there in June, I think *crosses fingers* for Much Ado