Proms and Exhibitions

Wow!
What a great day we've had. We took Luke to the Royal Albert Hall today for the Doctor Who Prom. It was wonderful, really wonderful. The orchestra sat with the TARDIS behind and Bad Wolf written on the plinth of the statue of Prince Albert.
There was a great atmosphere, as the RHA was full of families, and there were gasps of amazement as Odd, Cybermen, Judoon, Cybermen, Daleks and most wonderfully of all Davros all turned up at various points to add to the excitement. The Dalek/ Davros cameo were a big highlight (and the music played then was extra wonderful too).

Freema was there to present and was as enthusiastic as ever, and there were huge cheers for Camille Cadouri and Noel Clarke and a really huge (and much deserved) ovation for Catherine Tate who turned up by surprise. Wonderful!

The music was well chosen, especially so the Non-Who bits. They certainly held Luke's attention- Ride of the Valkeryies had him humming along and he liked the jolly Jupiter from the Planets Suite too. The Doctor Who bits were again well chosen- the most iconic incidental music, the big ones, the atmospheric and Song for Ten, which had the whole audience clapping along (which always sounds great at the RHA). The Dalek Suite was a highlight, as was the music from Journey's End when they're towing the Earth with the TARDIS. That came across as really joyful and lovely.

Great stuff but it wasn't half hot in there! My only regret was that I didn't get to say thanks to Murray Gold himself who was sat in the row in front of us. That would have been nice, but I did as I was told and went to sit down. Ah well.

From there we had a quick trip to the Natural History Museum, where Luke refused to eat anything (I'd forgotten how fussy he is with his food) and we had a quick look at the dinosaur gallery, which is as impressive as always. We'll have to go back sometime and have a proper look round I think. It's been a long time.

From there we headed to Earls Court to go the Doctor Who exhibition there. That was great too. Lots to see, some great exhibits (K9 was there. Hooray!) and well laid out, with a busy, overpriced tat store at the end. We got away with just buying Luke a Slitheen/ Space Pig figure, which wasn't too bad really. Could have been far, far worse! I was very impressed, but it was probably a little overpriced really. We probably got some good pictures there though.

Really good day. Luke fell asleep in the car on the way home. I think we all felt really tired- the sun was really strong all day and all the places we visited were really warm. Actually that's an understatement really!