On the 19th of October 2010, I went to see Doctor Who live in Birmingham.
Now as you may know, previously this year, I went to the Doctor Who Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. So not only will this be review by me, I will also be comparing it to it’s older brother.
First of all I must point out that this show was not put on by the BBC, this was a third party company who had brought the rights of Doctor Who and created a show to make a profit, and the profit side of it was clear as soon as you entered the
The Daleks and Cybermen battled live on stage during the show
building. There was, DVDs, t-shirts, booklets, CDs… you name it, they where selling it. The costs of these products where very expensive as well. The brochure cost £10, and for what? A several pieces of paper stick together full of adverts for more
Doctor Who related stuff you will be able to buy later this year.
The venue wasn’t exactly the Royal Albert Hall but you could see why they chose to preform the show there. The show did offer us a lot of monsters, possibly more than the proms.
Matt Smith made an appearance, but only as pre recorded video displayed on several screens around the stage. This is disappointing, but they must have spent a lot of money to be able to employ the actor alone, so the fact that this company
didn’t have Matt Smith live every night wasn’t surprising to me in any way.
Dispute all these things through, the show was very good, not as good as the proms, but all the same it was very good. The only thing that spoilt the show for me through, was the audience. They where really
impatient when waiting for the show to start, hardly ever clapped or cheered during the show and where in a huge rush to get back home again. This to me, really spoilt the show. This wasn’t for true Doctor Who fans, this was for the audience of small kids who watched Doctor Who every week just to get their TV fix and then flick
channels as soon as the credits start rolling.
This is really sad because the show itself would be greatly improved, if the crowd of the proms had turned up instead of the audience that came to live.
At the end of the day through, if you are a Doctor Who fan, a REAL Doctor Who fan. Please buy your place on the next Doctor Who live show, because your all that’s needed to make this one of the best shows of the year!