home :: 19 April 2008
Myself and J are taking off to London to see the Doctor Who exhibition at Earls Court. The day started out at York Railway Station.
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We got the train down to Kings Cross.
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This was a picture of me J took on the train. It's not very good.
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Right, here we are in London. J loved the tube.
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Here follows a few shots of J with London landmarks.
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Here's J with his Big Ben hat on.
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More landmark shots. This is J in Trafalgar Square with the lions.
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More landmark shots.
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Here we are arriving at the Earls Court exhibition centre.
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Inside the exhibition. And here's J with the one and only true Doctor. Nothing the new series will
ever produce will be one tenth of the quality as the classic series from 1970 through 1973. In my opinion.
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Here's J with the Doctor (well the current one anyway) and the TARDIS. David Tennant's face was
quite cleverly projected onto a blank mannikin head so he could rattle off some of the crap he does in the new series, accompanied by the (now) rather
wearing facial expressions and mannerisms he brings to the role.
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Moving on through the exhibition in order, next up was the magnificent Face of Boe.
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Here's me with the Face of Boe....
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...and J.
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J with Cassandra.
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A terrifying Slitheen.
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J with the Sycorax Leader.
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Something's Coming....
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The fearsome Empress of the Racnoss.
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This was the actual animatronic rig that moved up and down from the episode. All
the kids at the exhibition loved this one.
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And here's an Ood.
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This was definitely a highlight, the brilliant K9. He had a button next to
his pedestal which animated him. His eyes lit up, his head would raise and he would say phrases.
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This part of the exhibition showed how the monsters were made. This exhibit
J is looking at here showed how animatronic levers changed the expressions on an Ood's face.
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Here's definitely one of the best monsters there has ever been on any series
of Doctor Who, the Weeping Angels.
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There were also displays of some of the costumes and outfits worn in the episodes.
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Here's the costume worn by Kylie Minogue in the Christmas special.
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Then we moved into the Cyber Zone.
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These Cybermen were animatronic also and moved around and shouted DELETE a lot.
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There was some quite good A/V in the Cyber Zone. There was a projector fixed to the
ceiling and it projected down the Age of Steel episode onto a projection background on the floor. All the kids sat down and watched it.
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And here's the fearsome Cyber Leader.
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DELETE!!!.
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And then it was on to the Dalek Zone. This was animated as well, the Dalek
exhibits moved around on tracks and screamed EXTERMINATE and terrified the kids. J actually ran out of the Dalek Zone, he
didn't like it.
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This is the Dalek Emperor exhibit.
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OK that was the exhibition. It's back onto the tube. I took J around my
old stomping ground, the Tottenham Court Road.
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On the way back to Kings Cross we stopped off at Green Park and went to see Buck Pal.
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This isn't a great picture but it's the only one of both of us together from the day. Signing off
from London.
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