The Doctor Who Experience in Both London and Cardiff sadly closed down some time ago. We hope it comes back but it’s not looking likely. We thought you’d like to see our photos from the Doctor Who Experience, it was an incredible thing to visit and be a part of, for my then, very small kids. Both, like their mum, are still devoted Whovians.
The Doctor Who Experience in London
We, kind of almost, flew half way around the world just for this Doctor Who Exhibition, from Australia, to the UK. (visiting my parents and my home country, Wales, was a big pull, too).
The boys and I are huge Doctor Who fans. The Doctor Who Experience exhibition at Olympia, London will stay in our memories forever, it was awesome and such a great mother-son bonding trip.
There are so many great things to do with kids in London, but on this trip, the Doctor was the winner.
It may sound stupid to you, but we build a lot of the boys’ homeschool curriculum around what comes up in Doctor Who, it’s a great way to introduce a topic or an era and get them excited by it, everything from Van Gogh to Hitler to the Romans, it gets their imaginations sparking. The Who curriculum will be a future post over on my homeschool website.
Just a few self-indulgent photos for now, of one of our best days out, ever.
D was inside the Dalek, driving the egg whisk and talking into the voice changer. All photos of me were taken by a six-year-old, he did OK!
That Doctor Who toy in Boo’s hand got us into a lot of trouble with customs, another post for that one too!
That is the actual Pandorica chair that the Doctor sat in. They took photos and superimposed us onto some cool backgrounds, which I can’t find midst the chaos of packing.
My Doctors. Pertwee and Baker. I’m not a big fan of the wet vet as a character but we bump into the actor from time to time in Richmond, our London base.
Console rooms from many eras.
Monsters and aliens from the whole history of the series.
No, they’re not upside down.
It’s not just a display of costumes, sets and creatures, there are also a couple of amazing interactive experiences, the Doctor himself taught us to fly the TARDIS at one point. But I won’t spoil it for you.
Suspend disbelief, tap into your inner child, or better stil, l take a few kids and just watch their joy. It’s absolutely brilliant!
I’ve saved the best ’til last.
The Doctor Who Experience then moved from London to Cardiff Bay, where Doctor Who was made. We visited that one too.
UPDATE: We visited Cardiff, the home of Doctor Who at Christmas 2013. The post is here!
If you have an interest in Doctor Who, sorry you missed it, it was great. Any other Who fans out there?
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We are huge Doctor Who fans too. I’ve actually been trying to find/create a Doctor Who curriculum for my 12 year old for next year. She’s only interested in the Doctor and art trying to do anything else is a battle. So we ditching the typical book curriculum. So far I’ve managed to create a list of people, places, and events that are visited or mentioned in the series. I’m really looking forward to seeing your Doctor Who curriculum.
Hi Kelley, I started to touch on some of the educational benefits of Doctor who in a post on my other site, Homeschool Group Hug http://homeschoolgrouphug.com, the one about movies and TV shows for homeschoolers, but it’s a big undertaking. I may have to sit and watch every episode again!
Have you posted your Dr Who curriculum? I’d love to check it out. Great pictures!!!
No, I haven’t done it yet sorry Arionna, it’s on the to-do list still.
Alyson
Thank you for the link. Great photos. I’ve homeschooled Tyler for 4 years now (he’s 11 and in grade 6). We love all the historic stuff in DW. Van Gogh is Ty’s fave artist.
We are huge Doctor Who fans and took the boys to this exhibit in London. I love that you base some of your homelearning on Dr Who, and will be checking out that section of your blog!
I love the freedom of homeschooling to kids’ interests. Wrapping curriculum around DR Who installments is brilliant if that is what you guys are into.