Doctor Who?

Doctor Who?
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Peter Calpaldi and Jena Coleman who play the 12th doctor and his on screen companion will be landing in Sydney 10 August 2014 to take part in a world-wide tour. Launching the eighth series of Doctor Who, they will tacke seven cities in just 12 days. As the hype continues to build around the release of season eight, here is list of the best places to visit in Britain!

Your first port of call will be the interactive Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff Bay, Wales the show’s spiritual home, where fans can star in their very own adventure by flying the Tardis and fighting monsters. A vast collection of props and costumes will be available for use, plus behind-the-scenes set visits when the studio isn’t being used for filming.

The experience will be closed for six weeks from 1 September, reopening mid-October which will feature new props from series eight as well as the 50th Anniversary special ‘The Day of the Doctor’ and Matt Smith's final Episode 'The Time of the Doctor'. Keep an eye out for Zygons, Timelords, the three Doctors' Police Boxes, Cyber Head “Handles” and items from the street scenes of Christmas town.

You can also enjoy a range of weekend walking tours of key Cardiff locations as well as an unofficial bus tour of the Cardiff area. The bus tour includes a four-hour guided trip to Amy Pond’s village, Sarah-Jane Smith’s house and other memorable locations, with photo opportunities galore and even chances to re-enact

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Another one to add to the list is the York Maze in north England (York is less than 2 hours from London) has created a Doctor Who-themed labyrinth to mark the 50th anniversary, complete with a 300-metre Dalek and faces of different Doctors. 

Bad Wolf Bay, scene of the tear-jerking farewell between the Doctor and Rose Tyler in “Doomsday”, was supposed to be in Norway. It is actually the scenic Southerndown beach, 24 miles from Cardiff in Bridgend, where spectacular sedimentary cliffs also stood in for the crash site in “The Time Of Angels” and the ark’s engine room in “Dinosaurs On A Spaceship”.

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Also seen in “The Time of Angels” and its follow-up “Flesh And Stone” were the Maze of the Dead caves and magical forest of Byzantium – both filmed in The Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Explore the stunning woods and find the spot where Amy Pond kept her eyes closed to survive the Weeping Angels. The forest is also home to mining museum Clearwell Caves, which was the Sycorax spaceship in “The Christmas Invasion”, the beast’s prison in “The Satan Pit” and Vesuvius in “The Fires Of Pompeii.”

London has long been a favourite location for Doctor Who adventures, so the capital is crammed with sites to see. Albert Embankment and Battersea Power Station popped up in Cybermen story “The Age Of Steel”. The Doctor met Shakespeare inside The Globe Theatre.

 

Buckingham Palace was almost hit by the Titanic in “Voyage Of The Damned”, The London Eye was the home of the Nestene Consciousness in “Rose”, while Westminster Bridge and its views have appeared in 10 episodes down the years. For a Tardis photo opportunity, you’ll find blue police boxes at London Film Museum and outside Earl’s Court Station.

Glaswegian Peter Capaldi the Doctor’s 12th incarnation maintains his Scottish accent during series eight. Capaldi attended Glasgow School Of Art, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Tenth Doctor David Tennant trained at the city’s Royal Conservatoire. Other places of Doctor Who interest in Scotland include Dunvegan Castle on the Isle Of Skye and Loch Ness, both from classic Tom Baker story “Terror Of The Zygons”, starring no less than the Loch Ness Monster.

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