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« Reply #40 on: November 15, 2010, 10:14:34 am »

Tickets didn't go on sale til 9 so I'm intrigued how they sold out before then (unless my clock's out again & you guys were posting after 9!) - according to the nice people at Ticketmaster I was successful in getting a pair  Smiley - they had better not be lying  Undecided
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« Reply #41 on: November 15, 2010, 10:19:46 am »

It's probably just me getting it wrong and mishearing the radio this morning Smiley
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« Reply #42 on: November 15, 2010, 10:35:15 am »

No they possibly did say it - it took me a while to work out what I needed to do & one of the ticket providers was telling you to come back when they went on general sale (implication here is 'they are sold out') plus you had to choose time slots & many were pinging back as unavailable  Smiley

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« Reply #43 on: November 25, 2010, 03:05:38 pm »

Interview with Philip Murphy (Head of BBC Live Entertainment) - http://www.denofgeek.com/television/687003/philip_murphy_interview_the_doctor_who_experience_doctor_who_live_and_the_50th_anniversary.html
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« Reply #44 on: December 27, 2010, 06:39:29 pm »

Kazrans isomorphic sky controlling machine will go on display at the Doctor Who Experience. It was announced today Smiley
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« Reply #45 on: January 02, 2011, 02:34:14 am »

As big a fan as I am, its not really an iconic prop and I would probably look at it on the tour and wonder what the hell it was
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« Reply #46 on: January 19, 2011, 04:50:10 pm »

SFX have an awesome interview with Mike Tucker who is doing all the design and work on the DWE. This is the best part, but there is loads more through the link at the end.

So, how did you become involved with The Doctor Who Experience and what is your role?

“I was contacted by BBC Worldwide last year and asked if I would be interested in pitching for the refurbishment of some of the props from the classic era of the show that had been on display in various places like Longleat and Blackpool over the years.

“So I went down to the store in Cardiff and took a look at some of the key items that they would like to refurbish. And I basically made the recommendation that the best way forward was to strip everything back down to its component parts and try to put them back together as close as possible to how they looked when they were last seen on screen.

“Now, some of these things are 40 years old, and at the time they were designed to last for, what – two a half weeks of filming? So some of them were in a reasonably poor condition.

“But obviously, with my background as a BBC visual effects designer and with a lot of my crew being ex-BBC staff, I was in a position to say to the Beeb, ‘Well, look, not only do I know how these things were put together, but in some cases I can use some of the designers and assistants who worked on them the first time around.’

“So they agreed to that. We came up with a list of certain items that they would like in this exhibition and we’ve been in the process of making them look better than they’ve ever done before.”

Was there any monster that was completely beyond hope?

“You’d be surprised. One of the items that we’ve been doing is the only surviving Zygon. Now, that had rotted to the point where literally all of the foam rubber was falling to dust. And the Latex had gone extremely crispy. Because they’ve had actors sweating inside them; they’ve had slime spread on them; and they’ve been stuck under studio lights. Plus, it was, what, ’75 when the Zygon was done.

“But because some components of it are fibreglass, and there is such good photo reference of it around, we were able to do quite a good job by taking out all the pieces that were still in a repairable state, and then taking moulds off other items that weren’t, and just looking at how it had originally been put together. Also I gave that project to Colin Mapson, who is one of the original BBC effects designers from the ’70s and worked on a lot of Doctor Whos. So he has actually recreated the Zygon from the ground up.”

So, how “original” is the Zygon you’ve turned out?

“I would say we are 80% original and then 20% new build. But it has been done in such a sympathetic way to how the originals were made, I think people are going to be pleasantly surprised how good that looks.”

“It’s been that sort of juggle. I mean, one of the items we’re doing is an Ice Warrior. Now the Ice Warrior itself – the sort of turtle shell torso – is fibreglass, and that has survived very well, given that it was built in ’67. So we took that off the mannequin that it was on, and we discovered that it’s still got Bernard Bresslaw’s name written on the back of it – he was the enormously tall actor from the Carry On films who played the first Ice Warrior. So we’ve established that it is the original one.

“The legs were in pretty poor condition but we were able to salvage one of them in such a way that we could take a mould off it. So we recreated the legs from the original prop. Then the head and the arms have been brand new sculpts. But having got the leg and torso there, we were able to match textures and colours. So there you’ve got something that is maybe 50% original and 50% new build. But hopefully nobody’s going to able to spot the joins.”

“The idea, though is, ‘don’t try to update them; try to make them as they would have been back in the era the things were made.’”

Doctor Who fans, being Doctor Who fans, will clearly read something into the fact that there are going to be Zygons and Ice Warriors in the Experience. Are the kids being prepped for their return in the new series?

“We haven’t been told anything our end about that. Obviously, if there is a masterplan about why they’ve picked certain monsters we’ve certainly not been made aware of it.

“But one of the things we’ve tried to do is, if the monsters have come back in the new show, is there the possibility of finding an older version of the prop to refurbish? So with the Cybermen, for example, there is going to be an exhibit of Cyberman heads. So they’ve obviously got the ones from the new series, and then we’ve got a number of casts of ‘Silver Nemesis’ and ‘Revenge Of The Cybermen’ and ‘The Invasion’ and ‘The Moonbase’. But we’re also recreating a ‘Tenth Planet’ Cyberman, so you’ve got the evolution of the Cybermen right the way through.

“We’ve done a similar thing with the Sontarans. We’ve refurbished one of the 1980s costumes. And that’s going to be put alongside one of the new series ones to see how the thing has evolved.

“Daleks are the other ones. We’ve done the Special Weapons Dalek from ‘Remembrance Of The Daleks’. And there’s going to be a progression of Dalek types from the ’60s to the present day. And whereas from the ’80s era, we’ve got existing props, we’re actually using replicas to recreate some of the ’60s one. In particular we’re doing ‘The Dead Planet’ and ‘Evil Of The Daleks’.”


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« Reply #47 on: January 19, 2011, 08:21:28 pm »

Awesome. I would like to count myself as one of those fans who now thinks that the Zygons and Ice Warriors are making a return Smiley
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« Reply #48 on: February 07, 2011, 06:43:20 pm »

I know its a tiny picture, but how awesome does the merchandise shop look?

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« Reply #49 on: February 07, 2011, 06:55:56 pm »

I know its a tiny picture, but how awesome does the merchandise shop look?



Very awesome - Oh dear I'm not going to be safe in there!  Tongue

Ok, I've got less than 2 weeks to come up with a spending limit!!!  Cheesy
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« Reply #50 on: February 07, 2011, 07:05:59 pm »

£500!!

That should get you a programme and a badge Tongue
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« Reply #51 on: February 07, 2011, 07:15:48 pm »

Haha that should be about right Tongue
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« Reply #52 on: February 07, 2011, 07:16:13 pm »

£500!!

That should get you a programme and a badge Tongue

 Grin Happily the programme is included in my ticket deal!
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« Reply #53 on: February 11, 2011, 09:27:48 pm »

I have tickets for the first preview day, will anyone else be there?
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« Reply #54 on: February 11, 2011, 09:32:34 pm »

I have tickets for the first preview day, will anyone else be there?

I wish!! I think PRG is going to the preview, but I could be getting that confused. Someone on here definately said they were.
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« Reply #55 on: February 11, 2011, 09:35:51 pm »

I have tickets for the first preview day, will anyone else be there?

I wish!! I think PRG is going to the preview, but I could be getting that confused. Someone on here definately said they were.

Yeah you're right - I'm going to the Saturday preview. Not relishing the early start, but I can't wait  Smiley
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« Reply #56 on: February 11, 2011, 09:36:13 pm »

I shall definitely be taking pictures!  Afro
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« Reply #57 on: February 11, 2011, 09:40:18 pm »

Awesome. You will be sharing them with us poor folk on here who aren't attending I hope Tongue Cheesy
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« Reply #58 on: February 11, 2011, 09:43:08 pm »

Awesome. You will be sharing them with us poor folk on here who aren't attending I hope Tongue Cheesy
... I don't see why not  Wink
Not sure if I'll be allowed to take pics during the interactive bit though...
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« Reply #59 on: February 11, 2011, 09:44:56 pm »

Awesome, thank you Smiley

And don't worry about restriction. Turn the flash off and hide it under your arm Tongue
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