Review: Doctor Who Exhibition, Cardiff

(The next Doctor. Honest) Work brought me to Cardiff, Wales for a few days last month. I asked on twitter if anyone could suggest things to see in Cardiff and nearly dropped my sonic screwdriver when Curlydena told me there was a Doctor Who exhibition. The Cardiff exhibition is one of five throughout the UK (admission: £18 family, £6 adults, £4.50 child/concession). It’s in a relatively small space in the Red Dragon Centre in Cardiff Bay, but is dense with actual props, masks and costumes from the show. I love looking at this stuff up close. Part of the magic of television is that you seldom see seam lines, staples or brush strokes on aliens heads or laser guns, but with an exhibition like this you can get right up close and see the sieve that was butchered to make a detail on a control panel, or the wavin pipe … There’s more