UK Tourist & Leisure Attractions

Outside Brighton Pier and we see the Tardis - but no sign of The Doctor or Rose.  The pier used to be called Palace Pier but for some reason they changed the name.
 

At almost the end of Brighton Pier is the Dr Who exhibition, housed in what used to be the amusement hall.  The entrance cost £6 and it was with some trepidation we entered.  Ooo ar!

The general view just inside the entrance, here we see 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 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 rather tasty!  Now, where's the The Daleks?

Mike remembers Dr Who from behind the sofa in the 70s!  This is a section at the exhibition on 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!", says Mike, remembering a program earlier in the new series.
 

The second main section in the exhibition at Brighton housed many of the monsters seen in the new Dr Who series.  Mike's 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.  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!  This shot shows Belinda just before the Dalek said "exterminate" followed by the vaporisation of Mike and camera!  He returned in time for lunch though!

Hmm... the Daleks are showing their age - or maybe it's just got back from clubbing in Brighton last night!!  This is one of the models made for the original 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 well worth the visit and blended the old with the new nicely.
Dr Who with the Tardis and Daleks is at Brighton Pier until September 2005.

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, maybe they'll be in a later series?
For related websites to the Dr Who exhibition, see our UK tourist links page.
 

And finally, the gift shop.  Think I'll buy an exterminator to keep Belinda at bay.  Actually, a Tardis would be handy to visit the previous Drs' gorgeous assistants!