Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Doctor Who Experience + Bus Tour

My little Tardis on the Torchwood entrance. 
We had a hell of a time trying to get to Cardiff since we overslept and missed the bus out from Victoria station. By the time we finally made it there we had to pay the £16 amendment fee to get on the next bus that of course leaves in an hour. So we just sat at the bus station waiting, when we finally got on the bus and was on route there was a car accident. Of course this would happen so the bus driver took a detour to get around the whole mess since it was blocking traffic. The driver mentioned that it would delay us about 30mins which isn’t that bad. I’ve been delayed for 10 hours once suck at the airport for that long isn’t a whole lot of fun.

When we arrived we headed straight for our hostel River House Hostel a quaint little place near the river across from the Millennium stadium. From there we were really close to city centre but this trip is just for the huge Doctor who day of FUN! I love this little hostel ran by a couple with a self service kitchen that had labels and free coffee and tea. A cozy living room area with a wii, movies and sofas, on top of all of that they do free food and drinks night so people can hang out.

Now for the fun, first thing in the morning we ate a very good spread of help yourself buffet. Now we hop on the bus straight to the Doctor Who Experience. Here are some videos we took from the day to start you off on this blog since these were so hilarious I couldn't pass up uploading them.

This is the scene in the episode from the skit above.
Like the bus ride out there wasn't exciting enough, we arrived to this huge building bought out tickets for £17 and we were ready for the next adventure.

During the line up we were briefed not to take any photographs in the first 30mins of the tour, next thing I knew I was talking to Matt Smith in the Pandorica and saving ourselves from Daleks where we had to navigate and drive the Tardis. There we watched the best 3D video I have ever seen and was sucked through the crack of time into the Doctor Who museum.

Inside was everything from the Doctor's screwdrivers over the years, outfits, characters and the development of. Wow I took over 300 photos!!
The 10th doctors tardis!
Emperor Dalek! 
Angels, Don't blink or I die.

The bus tour, we bought tickets in advance £25 each and this guy who has been an extra picked us all up from the Millennium centre. There was a fair group of us and it was a beautiful day out! We went to filming sites all over Cardiff. We saw so many places, were Cybermen fought the Daleks, the news stand of old Wilfred from the Christmas episode(Donna's Grandad), Leadworth (Amy's Village), the church that Van Gogh painted with the monster inside and many more. The tour was 4 hours long!

During the 11th hour episode, where everyone was pointing their cell phones at the sky. Amy's village Leadworth.
We are standing in the same spot as the Doctor and Martha when they said goodbye to Captain Jack. 
Van Gogh painting with the monster inside.
Next to it is the real church that we visited where
Amy and the Doctor watched Vincent paint. 



Here is me standing in the same spot as the Doctor, wooohoo!! We even at the same table as them! Table 11  FTW.

I had a wonderful time and if you want to see more pictures just message me! Definitely worth the money if you are a Doctor Who fan.

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