A visit to Coventry
Doctor Who exhibition, Transport Museum and Canal Basin
1 August 2009
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Stephen outside the Tardis at the entrance to the exhibition
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The Empress of the Wracnoss, from the Christmas special The Runaway
Bride
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One of the Slitheen, a family of monsters who have appeared several
times in new Who
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And an Ood, another popular new alien
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The device which with the Doctor destroys a werewolf in Tooth and Claw
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And the diamond which was needed to make it work
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Stephen stirs the cauldron while a witch from the Shakespeare Code looks
on
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Another popular episode, a clockwork droid from The Girl in the
Fireplace
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Rose's costume from the Idiots Lantern
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A favourite character from both classic and new Who, Stephen almost
touching K-9
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From the Tenth Doctor's first ever episode, the Sycorax leader
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From the latest Easter special, Michelle Ryan's costume and a Tritovore
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A Sontaran, another returning alien first seen in the early days of
Doctor Who
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One of my favourite new aliens, the half-human, half-fish Hath
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Another old favourite, the Cybermen return!
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And the best known of all, the Daleks from the planet Skaro
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'Exterminate, exterminate!'
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Davros, the creator of the Daleks
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We then had a little look round the rest of the Transport Museum, joined
by Mark, Debbie & Ben - here is the vehicle which once held the land
speed record
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And the current holder of the land speed record
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Ben has a go driving a truck
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Ben driving Brum, a superhero car!
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On the way back to the car, we visit the Coventry Canal basin where
Snipe and Taurus, the hotel boat pair, are moored
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James Brindley, engineer of the Coventry Canal, looks away from the
basin up the canal
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Another arm of the canal basin
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