UK Tourist & Leisure Attractions - Dr Who

Right outside Brighton Pier we saw the legendary Tardis had landed - but no sign of The Doctor or Rose.  The pier used to be called Palace Pier but for some reason they changed the name.

The Dr Who exhibition was almost at the end of Brighton Pier, housed in what used to be the amusement hall.  Entry cost £6 and we entered with some trepidation.  Oo-er!

This is a general view just inside the entrance to the exhibition, and here we saw a transparent Tardis with Dr Who's and Rose's costumes.

Need a new hairdo Belinda?  Watch out, that nasty mechanical Trinny is about to go snip snip a-snipping!  It's behind you!

There were plenty of information panels with a lot of interesting stuff about Dr Who past and present.  Mike fancied Rose while Belinda thought the new Dr Who was rather fit!  Now, where's those diabolical Daleks?

Mike remembers Dr Who from behind the sofa in the 70s!  This was a display at the exhibition featuring all the past Doctors, although there wasn't much about his previous gorgeous assistants though.

"I hope the plastic on this bin isn't going to melt and drag me in!", Mike remarked at this point, recalling a programme earlier in the new series.

The second main section in the exhibition at Brighton housed many of the scary monsters seen in the new Dr Who series.  Mike scuttled away behind the stands!

Ah, so that's where you are Mike, you can come out of that showcase on the left now!  Also seen here are the Dalek boss and the Tree People; it was good to see some new 'characters' in the new series as well as Daleks and the Tardis.

Of course the Daleks featured in the new series and we found out at last that they CAN climb stairs.  Here this Dalek guy growled "exterminate", following which Mike plus camera vaporised!  He returned in the Tardis in time for lunch though.

Hmm... the Daleks were showing their age - or maybe this shabby specimen of a Dalek had just returned from clubbing in Brighton last night the worse for wear!  In fact this was one of the models made for the original TV series back in the 60s; you know, the ones that caused Mike to hide behind the sofa when he was little.  We thought the Dr Who exhibition on Brighton Pier was excellent - well worth the visit and it nicely blended the old with the new.

Watch out Mike, there's a Slitheen behind you!  The Slitheen was one of the new monsters developed for the new Dr Who.  There was a button here to do the 'gas exchange' sound they made, which Mike took great delight in pressing - again and again!

The Cybermen didn't feature in the re-vamped Dr Who, so perhaps they will in a later series.  Dr Who on Brighton Pier was a time-limited event, but we've also visited the more permanent Dr Who exhibition at Land's End in Cornwall.

And finally, the gift shop.  Time to buy an exterminator to keep Belinda at bay, oh, and a Tardis would be handy to visit Dr Who's previous gorgeous assistants!  For related websites to the Dr Who exhibition, please see our UK tourist resources page.