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, and Ogron. The passageways eventually led to a reconstruction of the TARDIS console room, complete with a hexagonal console in the centre, flashing lights, sound effects and large windows looking out onto alien worlds and their monsters. All around the edges of the room were interactive computer banks, buttons and levers. Over the years, numerous other aliens were added to the displays including, an

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, Quark, Zygon, Wirrn, a thirteen-foot high

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, Sutekh, and The Doctor mechanical dog K9. The mainstay of the exhibition however was the Daleks, some of which were built especially by Tony Oxley and Charlie Lumm of the BBC Visual Effects department. Life size, moving Daleks were made to be as scary as possible with various Daleks interrogating and threatening the public with extermination. The Dalek Cavern as seen through the window of the console room, at various points incorporated the Gold Dalek, together with the sets and other Daleks from, Genesis of the Daleks,

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, and

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. Arguably the most popular set featured

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, the Daleks creator. The egress of the TARDIS featured a BBC Enterprises gift shop. The exhibition closed in October 1985.

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[Sixth Doctor], and Nicola Bryant Peri Brown, [Peri Brown] visited in 1985, as part of that year's Children in Need. The programme was broadcast on the 22nd November 1985, with film of Colin's visit to the exhibition being shown prior to 20 Doctor Who stars emerging from the TARDIS, live in the studio. At one point, Colin points to a Doctor Who fan in the audience, who he'd previously met at Blackpool, a man now known in Doctor Who circles as "The Man In Blue". Two clips exist on YouTube, one with the Blackpool prelude, and one without. The first has had 34,875 views, the second 197,720.

The ''Doctor Who'' Exhibition, Blackpool (2004-2009)

The Blackpool exhibition reopened in 2004 to coincide with the relaunch of the ''Doctor Who'' television programme. The Blackpool ''Doctor Who'' Museum finally closed on 8 November 2009, the large collection of props, monsters and costumes (including the Doctors' trademark car, Bessie, and classic monsters such as Tractators, Ice Warriors and Yeti) being distributed to other exhibitions around the country.

The ''Dr Who'' Experience, Llangollen (1994–2002)

The "

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''Dr Who'' Experience" opened in 1994 and was sited in

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, Wales, under the auspices of the company that made ''Doctor Who'' merchandise until 2002. It featured many costumes and props, some dating back to the 1960s. It closed in 2003.

The ''Doctor Who'' Exhibition, Cardiff (2005–2011)

The ''Doctor Who'' Exhibition Cardiff was the only semi-permanent exhibition in the UK. Situated in the Red Dragon Centre, Cardiff Bay, the museum opened December 2005, in the city where the series is currently recorded and produced. It was closed on 27 March 2011, and the Doctor Who Experience opened on the other side of Cardiff bay in July 2012. Props on display included an Ood Elder from " The End of Time", a fly-headed Tritovore and Lady Christina De Souza's costume from "

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", plus the 'Flood' monster and Maggie and Tarak Ital costumes from "

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". There was also a special display from the team behind the show's monsters, Millennium FX, showing the production process behind creating an Ood. Costumes displayed included those worn by the characters Martha Jones, Captain Jack Harkness, Donna Noble and the Doctor. The Cardiff Exhibition had a complete refurbishment in October 2008. The ''Doctor Who'' Up Close Shop was stocked with items such as giant inflatable

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s, sonic screwdrivers and talking bottle openers.

The ''Doctor Who'' Experience (2012–2017)

An exhibition titled ''Doctor Who'' Experience, complete with a new interactive ''Doctor Who'' episode with the

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, opened at London Olympia on 20 February 2011 after a number of test days and preview visits. It closed on 22 February 2012. The exhibition moved to Cardiff, opening on 20 July 2012. The new exhibition was housed in an unusual 3000 square metre building in Porth Teigr designed by theme-park company Sarner Ltd. Due to the temporary nature of the exhibition, with a 5-year lease on the site, the building was constructed like a large tent, with a cover stretched over curved steel beams. The exhibition began with a short film and a walk-through adventure inside the

's first

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interior and in various locations. Later, after the replacement of

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, visitors were instead led through the experience by a guide and the

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). Following the adventure portion guests were free to roam two floors of exhibitions including original costumes from ten of the twelve Doctors (the first two being replicas as the originals were lost). Alien prosthetics, Daleks and Cybermen over history, Sonic devices, and the TARDIS interiors belonging to the First Doctor,

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, and the Ninth Doctor and Tenth Doctor. Many other show memorabilia and artefacts were also on display, including costumes from the companions since 2005 including:

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, Martha Jones, Donna Noble, Captain Jack Harkness,

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and

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. Each year since opening, costumes and props used from new series were showcased. In 2013, props, such as Porridge's costume, the deactivated chess-playing

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(from "

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") the costumes of the Eleventh Doctor and Clara Oswald, along with the giant snow globe from the Christmas episode entitled " The Snowmen", were also added to the collection. In late 2014 props and costumes from "

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" were added. Museum patrons could also take pictures in front of a green screen, with multiple backgrounds to choose from including Totter's Lane (from the Doctor's first adventure) and inside the time vortex, as well as several props such as various Sonic Screwdrivers and articles of clothing symbolic to several Doctors (e.g. Matt Smith's fez). Cardiff Bay is home to the BBC Roath Lock production studios, as well as locations from the ''

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'' series. The experience closed its doors on 9 September 2017, due to the site's five-year lease running out. BBC Worldwide said at the time that they were "not sure yet" if it would reopen elsewhere.

Former temporary and touring exhibitions

*1982–1986 & 1999: The ''Doctor Who'' Experience, Madame Tussauds wax museum, London *1986–1988: ''Doctor Who'' USA Tour / ''Doctor Who'' Celebration & Tour 87–88, USA *1988–1989: The Space Adventure, London *1988 Fan exhibition at Paisley Museum and Art Galleries (part of Paisley 500 Celebrations) - opened by Sylvester McCoy *1990: Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh *1991–1994: Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI), London. This exhibition was titled "Behind The Sofa" and after closing at MOMI moved to the Exploratory, Bristol. *The MOMI "Behind the Sofa" exhibition also moved to Paisley Museum & Art Galleries in spring 1992, with an accompanying display of Dr Who art by local artists. An event featuring several Dr Who guests was held by JNT's Teynham Productions at the nearby Paisley Arts Centre. *1990 - 1992: Annual exhibitions at Uddingston Library, South Lanarkshire - 1992 exhibition opened by Terrance Dicks *1993: Official 30th Anniversary Exhibition as part of the Birmingham ''Doctor Who'' Festival. Science Museum, Birmingham. Organised by the local Wolves of Fenric club with the BBC and local council. *1993: Spaceblasters *1994:

The Needles The Needles is a row of three stacks of chalk that rise about out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight in the English Channel, United Kingdom, close to Alum Bay and Scratchell's Bay, and part of Totland, the westernmo ...

, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight – a summer attraction. *1997: Hamilton Central Library - opened by Terrance Dicks *1998: Uddingston Library, South Lanarkshire *1998: The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock - opened by Raymond P. Cusick *1999: Viewfield Museum, Nairn *1999: The Meffan Institute, Forfar, Angus *2002:

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*2002: Dunfermline Pittencrieff House Museum - opened by Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks *2002: MOMI,

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*2002: Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling *2004: Motherwell Heritage Centre *2005: National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford *2005:

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*2005: National Space Centre, Leicester *2006: National Waterfront Museum, Swansea *2006:

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, Merseyside – September 2006 to January 2007 and May 2008 to March 2009. *2007: MOSI, Manchester – March 2007 to January 2008 The exhibit featured Daleks, Cybermen, a Slitheen and the Racnoss. *2007: National Space Centre, Leicester – November 2007 to January 2008. Featured the Emperor Dalek, the Moxx of Balhoon,

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, Auton and pigmen from ''

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''. *2007:

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, Cornwall – April 2007 to January 2011. *2007: Dorking Museum *2007: Paisley Museum & Art Galleries *2007: Out of the Box Exhibition,

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, Somerset. A showcase of the box art of ''Doctor Who'' collectables, made by the illustrator Graham Humphreys. The exhibition also included a life sized red Dalek. *2008:

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, London – Easter 2008 to January 2009 *2009: Coventry Transport Museum – March 2009 to early 2010. *2009: Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow – a year-long exhibition, it closed in January 2010. The exhibition featured many props from the 2005 series, including the Tardis, Cybermen, Daleks, Autons, K9, Hath, Judoon, Abzorbaloff,

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, Ood, The Host, Sybilline Sisterhood,

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, Sisters of Plenitude and Sontarans, as well as many character costumes and sets. *2010: City Museum,

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– June 2010 to January 2011. Part of the Alien Invasion exhibition of film and TV props and costumes. Displays include a Dalek from '' Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.'', a suit worn by

, an Ood, K-9, the TARDIS and a Sontaran. *2010:

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, Newcastle upon Tyne – May 2010 - October 2010. Featured props and costumes from the series between 2005 (Series 1) and 2010 (Series 5). *2013: November 2013 - February 2014 - Doctor Who and Me - National Science and Media Museum, Bradford - an exhibition celebrating the series' 50th anniversary through the eyes of Doctor Who fans and their collections and creations. *2015: Made in Wales Exhibition. Original costumes and props from a private collection *2022: a new exhibition "Doctor Who:Worlds of Wonder" is scheduled in Liverpool World Museum - 27 May 2022-6 Nov 2022
Doctor Who:Worlds of Wonder website
It is then scheduled to move to National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh from December 2022.

References

List of Doctor Who exhibitions

External links

Doctor Who Experience website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doctor Who Exhibitions Exhibitions Exhibitions in the United Kingdom Mass media museums in the United Kingdom Science fiction exhibitions

Former permanent exhibitions

Longleat (1973–2003)