June 23rd, 2009
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Yesteryear Feature – Dapol Doctor Who Exhibition
For many years Dapol played host to the BBC Doctor Who Experience, a permanent exhibition based next to the Dapol factory at Lower Dee, llangollen.
On display were many costumes, monsters and exhibits from the shows History and many special events were held there.You were greeted at the enterance by A Dalek and The Tardis.
Sadly, this unique and quite superb exhibition closed in 2003 after Dapols licence expired and was not renewed.
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Commander Strax
November 12th, 2011 - 4:41pmBooboo,did you vist?
booboo
November 12th, 2011 - 5:03pmyes they are my pictures
FloPro
October 23rd, 2011 - 5:23pmI went here many times over the years, it was a great place not just Doctor Who, it showed the making of the Dapol figures and had many train sets there going around in a glass cabinet. I went there just after it had closed, it was being turned into some sort of block of flats, such a waste. I went to the Blackpool one the next year, it just wasn’t the same and now they have got rid of half of the exhibition at auction. If the Dapol Exhibition had stayed maybe for another years then the new Doctor Who would of been made and it would of stayed.
CatManWho
October 16th, 2011 - 5:10pmThe Dapol Doctor Who Exhibition was very good and well worth a long journey there. The shop was good also. I would have loved to visited the mould shop but it was closed that day. What struck me about this exhibition was the strong smell of the materials used to make those magnificent monsters. It is great that we had the Brighton and Cardiff exhibitions and currently the London one, but I was particularly saddened by the Dapol loss; it was part of Doctor Who history as was the Longleat exhibition and shop. Great losses, both of them.
The Last Centurion
October 15th, 2011 - 8:05pmIn went there when is was 3 lol
Doctor Who DVD Collector
August 13th, 2011 - 6:51pmIt’s a good that there is a DW Experiance in London now.
bleazy
February 16th, 2011 - 1:42pmSome good comments to read through also at the Doctor Who Blackpool blog website which can be googled! (it is not a commercial site)
the trail of a time lord to the 6th doctor
January 12th, 2011 - 3:47pmi want to go now
the doctors hand
January 6th, 2011 - 8:13pmit looks briliant i want to go shame it moved
Cyber-Pandorica-Guard-VS-Amy Pond
January 5th, 2011 - 3:58pmI really enjoyed Blackpool museum because i really wanted to return to get the dapol tardis with 7th doctor.
doctorwhoforever
December 6th, 2010 - 8:15pmEveryone was mentioning Blackpool, I have travled the world (litteraly) but I have not been to Blackpool. Shame because I always here of great Doctor Who exhibitions. I may have gone to that if it was open now but only if it was free and in Kent. If it was about the new series I wouldn’t care if it was at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean (the largest in the world, not the Atlantic.) I didn’t like Doctor Who in 2003 but I have to admit. In the words of the ninth doctor (Christopher Eccleson.) FANTASTIC!
Prefer GERONIMO!
superdalek
November 26th, 2010 - 4:27pm🙁 Oh I wish I could’ve gone!
GeronimoDoctorWhofigure collection
October 2nd, 2010 - 2:45pmi went to it in bpool when i was 5 i was scred i would go back if it wass still open though
ellie
June 15th, 2010 - 7:56pmi used to go to this all the time when i was younger but didnt fully understand it and was slighlty scared of it all. if it was open now it would have been very popular
Sontar 7
May 28th, 2010 - 7:01pmI never made it to the Blackpool one though I was planning a trip sometime.
dalekship 101
May 28th, 2010 - 6:35pmthe blackpool museum was an amazing experience and it was a shame it has to close 😥
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December 22nd, 2009 - 3:55pmWell even Blackpool’s shut now
Stewart
August 8th, 2009 - 4:44pmLooks like this was a great exhibition, shame i never got there
ryan
June 28th, 2009 - 2:18pmAll the exhibits have gone to the doctor who exhibition in blackpool!
The 7th Doctor
June 23rd, 2009 - 12:52pmGood grief,thats awesome where are all these exhibits now?
Torchwood Hub
June 23rd, 2009 - 10:45amWow, i had now idea there was such a fab exhibition. what a shame it had to close.
Terence Glazzard
August 13th, 2023 - 5:26pmA lot of the exhibits at Llangollan including Norman the welcoming dalek can now be found at te Time Machine Museum Bromyard Herefordshire, along with a multitude of screen used Dr Who props, to include Jon Pertwee’s last Tardis.