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Day of the Daleks

A little incongruous was the view looking up, at Olympia’s grid of ceiling tiles and fixtures. children probably won’t notice, but it made the exhibition feel a tad temporary to me.

Doctor Who Experience

Console-ation prize

Meanwhile, kids can learn to walk like a Cyberman, or remix the theme tune, and there’s another photo opportunity offering green screen effects, as well as a collection of artefacts and displays with information about the evolution of two of the show's longest standing foes, Cybermen and Daleks.

There are two Tardis control rooms to see, along with some other monsters – but with a couple of exceptions, the focus is squarely on new-era creatures.

One of the things that longer-term Who fans will probably be disappointed with is the comparative lack of detail about the show’s past. Sure, there’s every Sonic Screwdriver ever used, but ultimately, the chief representation of each previous Doctor amounts to a costume with a short descriptive notice.

Doctor Who Experience

Matt Smith played with this massive organ in the Christmas special

Of course, many of the kids will be quite happy with material from recent series – the squeals of delight when they recognised K9 and Sarah-Jane warmed even my cynical old heart – but what of Jo Grant? Or the 1970s Unit? Or clips from some of the classic stories like Genesis of the Daleks?

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Anonymous Coward

London and then Cardiff

why are these things never located somewhere central to the country?

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Danny 2

Didn't American children ever get so scared by a TV programme that they hid being their couches?

Probably not due to the warnings before each program..............

The following program contains scenes of death by falling from heights

The following program contains scenes of death by stabbing

The following program contains scenes of death by death ray (various)

The following program contains scenes of death by machine gunfire

The following program contains scenes of death by gassing\axphixation (sic)

The following program contains scenes of death by explosions

The following program contains scenes of torture & mutilations

The following program contains scenes of death by falling from heights

The following program contains scenes of death by stabbing

The following program contains scenes of death by death ray (various)

The following program contains scenes of death by machine gunfire

The following program contains scenes of death by gassing\axphixation (sic)

The following program contains scenes of death by falling from heights

The following program contains scenes of death by stabbing

The following program contains scenes of death by death ray (various)

The following program contains scenes of death by machine gunfire

The following program contains scenes of death by gassing\axphixation (sic)

The following program contains scenes of death by explosions

The following program contains scenes of death by drowning

The following program contains scenes of death by explosions

The following program contains scenes of death by virus or infections

The following program contains scenes of death by falling from heights

The following program contains scenes of death by stabbing

The following program contains scenes of death by death ray (various)

The following program contains scenes of death by machine gunfire

The following program contains scenes of death by gassing\axphixation (sic)

The following program contains scenes of death by explosions

The following program contains scenes of death by ood

Viewer discretion is advised, as it's a family show

We regret the episode of Doctor Who has been replaced by The A-Team,

The following program contains scenes of falling from heights, but no bodies

The following program contains scenes of people waving a knife about menacingly

The following program contains scenes of machine gunfire, people falling down but no blood

The following program contains scenes of explosions & people flying through the air & landing without injury

Viewer discretion is advised

We regret the episode of The A-Team has now been replaced by Hannah Montana

The following program contains no deaths

The following program contains family friendly humour (none)

The following program contains scenes too sickening for words

The following actress is now 18 & allegedly self-destructing according to her father, because she smoked something funny & should be removed from the airwaves immedietly.

A pint because scenes would be set in a pub, where booze was consumed & fags were seen to be smoked.

This post will probably be shortened.

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Life Before RTD

What a shame that despite the promises suggested by the Giant Robot and Zygon pictures, this sounds like it continues the trend of trying to forget about the heritage of the 'original' Dr Who, like hiding a senile grandparent under the stairs when anyone calls. It's ironic that a programme that's based on time travel seems so embarrassed about its own past. Yes, some of it was appalling and lacked the flash-bang CGI that seems necessary in today's short attention span rating wars, but without William Hartnell there would be no Matt Smith.

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