Review-Disney on Ice World of Fantasy

On Saturday, my partner and I took our excited three-year-old son to Disney On Ice: World Of Fantasy. When we took our seats and the man on the PA System said “fifteen minutes” our son did a little dance. At the five minute announcement our son grinned – his excitement was palpable.



The theme was World Of Fantasy and it comprised abridged plots from the movies Cars, The Little Mermaid, Tinker Bell and Toy Story 3. The show also featured hosts Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy.

Technically speaking it was a masterpiece. The shows greatest achievement was the animatronic cars; they had blinking headlights for eyes and moving bumpers for mouths. You could see the people in the cars but it didn’t detract from their impact and I’m sure the little eyes watching did not notice this. The choreography from the whole cast was impressive as were the costumes and set designs. The opening of the Toy Story 3 piece – with the green army – was powerful. The set pieces were full of colour, magic and sparkle. It wasn’t just my son grinning like a happy child.

Worlds of Fantasy is on at Wembley until 30/11/11

www.wembley.co.uk

Episode 43: Whooverville Three

Martyn and the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance interview Frazer Hines and Sarah Sutton.

Martyn and the Pharos Project look at Doctor Who: Night Terrors. Martyn begins the podcast by announcing (an attempted) retirement.

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More pictures from the event:

Nicola Bryant and Martyn
With Ian McNeice
With the Head of Pertwee
With the TARDIS

Let’s Kill Hitler: Press Launch

Right. Yes, now. Where to start? I attended the press launch of Doctor Who: Let’s Kill Hitler last night. However I, like everyone else in the room, was sworn to secrecy: to tell you anything about it would completely ruin the story for you. All I can say is it’s good. Very, very good. It feels more like the traditional series opener. It’s funny when it needs to be and thrilling when the episode calls for it.

The cast all put in exceptional performances. I’m finding this extremely difficult to write as it would truly ruin the episode if I were to say anything about it. Look, just come back here on August 28th. I’ll be able to say more then.

Pictures from the event:

 
 



Episode 32: Flashing Blade Picnic

Martyn attends the Flashing Blade Picnic in Hyde Park and Pete checks out ‘Slipback.’

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Pictured: Paul from The Pharos Project

 

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Review-The Doctor Who Experience

Hey guys.

Martyn here. On Friday the 1st of April Gerrod and I, along with our friends Mark and Paul, attended The Doctor Who Experience and a great time was had by all.
I’ve been to a few Doctor Who exhibits in the past and The Doctor Who Experience is far more than your average exhibit. As great as it was to have my picture taken next to Eccleson’s leather jacket, Tennant’s converse and Colin Baker’s technicoloured dream coat, what I really wanted and what all fans really wanted was to fly the tardis. I wanted to step inside that little blue box that’s bigger on the inside. I wanted to feel the awe, fear and excitement of taking on some live-action Daleks. In short, I wanted to be a kid again. That’s what the experience does, it makes you feel like a kid.

The greatest part about the experience is seeing the kid’s reactions to it, they are, after all the target audience.

Now, let’s talk about the actual experience. You start off, by watching selected clips of series 5. Which remind you just how good Matt Smith is.
After a while, a crack begins to appear on the screen, the crack from Amy’s wall.

Shortly after passing through the crack in time those famous blue doors, appear. The way they make the TARDIS appear is nothing short of genius, you take a place around the console and…. I’m not going to say anymore as I don’t want to spoil anything…

Now, on to the actual exhibit. It is, understandably aimed at the post-2005 audience, focusing mainly on the friends and enemies the Doctor has acquired since then. But, that doesn’t mean fan’s of the original series will feel left out, the 4th-7th Doctor’s console room is beautiful.
There are original costumes and there are brilliant recreations, such as the 8th Doctor’s costume. You’ll get to see aliens from Ice Warriors to Zygon’s.
Look out for the Face of Boe, he’s hidden away in the screening room.
The greatest part of the exhibit is the interactive parts, you can remix your own version of the theme tune, change your voice to sound like a cyberman or Dalek, learn to walk like a scarecrow or cyberman in the little dance studio

My only critique about the whole event is the photo opportunities. There’s a green screen and for £12- £15, you can have your picture taken in front of various backgrounds, now, in my opinion, the end result doesn’t justify the price, it’s nothing somebody with ten minutes and photoshop, couldn’t knock up. I feel it would have been better, to have another replica eleventh Doctor’s TARDIS and charged people £15 to have their picture taken in that.
But, that’s just my opinion.

After the exhibit, you exit, via the gift shop. Now, I will warn you everything is marked up at the recommended retail price, the 2005 series, will set you back £55.

Overall it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. I walked away with a song in my heart and a warm feeling inside