You should have heard the screaming.
While an angel stood poised to attack, Santa Claus waited patiently for the right moment. A shop window dummy inconspicuously flexed its fingers. Tin men stood on sentry waiting for their orders from a crippled robot. Further along, pepper pot-shaped soldiers sprang to life and launched their assault.
The Tardis had landed in Earls Court, London, and where the Doctor travels, death follows. The Doctor Who Exhibition had arrived at the Exhibition Centre, bringing with it the Autons, Slitheen, Cybermen, and the Daleks. While many of the exhibits were various enemies the Doctor has faced over the last four series, he is not alone in his fight to eliminate them.
Some of Billie Piper’s outfits were on display. I especially liked the pink shoes she wore in “The Idiot’s Lantern”, as well as those worn by the Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness, and the Master. The Face of Boe also made an appearance. He wasn’t as big as he looks on television. K-9, on the other hand, was bigger than I imagined.
Indeed, some of the props were huge. The scale model of the Empress of the Racnoss in “The Runaway Bride” and the telescope in “Tooth and Claw” just about managed to fit in under the ceiling. Others were comparatively tiny. The Big Ben model, which was damaged in “Aliens of London”, and a tower block of flats in particular, looked like a doll’s house.
The villains in the show are the most exciting. Roger Lloyd Pack’s Cyberman, perpetually seated in its life-supporting wheelchair, looked very impressive despite its disability. While there are no Daleks roaming free in the building exterminating the troublemakers, they still manage to terrorise, and are undoubtedly the stars of the show.
The first Dalek is the rather humane creature we met in series one’s “Dalek”. Its armour is open, revealing the small alien being inside. It looks rather pathetic; one almost feels sorry for it.
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