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Daleks descend on CMAG for ‘Doctor Who’ show

“WELCOME, Earthlings” was the greeting by CEO of the Cultural Facilities Corporation, Harriet Elvin, at today’s launch of the exhibition, “Bigger on the Inside: Collecting Dr Who.”

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The Canberra Museum and Gallery was crawling with Daleks, doctors, queens and post boxes this afternoon as Arts Minister Chris Bourke launched the show of 3215 of “Doctor Who” artefacts collected by Canberra Whovian, schoolteacher and scout-leader, Timothy Kirsopp.

Children, parents and grandparents vied for attention in the Dr Who costume competition, some whizzing around the foyer shrieking “Exterminate”.

After an erudite introduction to the show by author Kath Orman, co-author with her husband (whom she had met in a ‘Whovian’ context) of science fiction “Dr Who” books, who asserted that “The Goodies” on TV had been much scarier “Doctor Who”, where good always triumphed over evil.

It was something to celebrate, she said, that even now the Good Doctor had millions of fans the world over.

Dr Bourke, while he admitted to having liked The Goodies as well as the Doctor, drew an intriguing comparison between the Aboriginal Dreamtime and time-travel as shown in “Doctor Who.”

r. April Herzog as Queen of teddies
r. April Herzog as Queen of teddies

The Goodies surfaced again when Kirsopp took the stand to reveal that he had been named after Goodies’ team member Tim Brooke Taylor. He told those present that while he expected to take out the Guinness Book of Records title for the biggest “Doctor Who” collection, he would welcome competitors.

As the noisy crowd descended on the popcorn, donuts and cutout Tardises, Mal Brigg from Impact Comics announced the winners in the Doctor Who dressup competition, Leroy de Costa as villain and Dalek creator Davros and April Herzog as Queen of Teddy Bears.

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Bigger on the Inside: Collecting Dr Who” continues at Canberra Museum and Gallery until Nov 20, Timothy Kirsopp floor talk 1-2pm, August 24.

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