Dalek Takes Up Residence At Radio Times Exhibition
Friday, 2 August 2013 - Reported by John Bowman
The Radio Times Vote Dalek! cover from 2005
The exclusive Doctor Who display - marking the show's 50th anniversary and its long association with the publication - features covers as well as photographs from the Radio Times archive.
People can also become a cover star for themselves by posing alongside the Dalek against a backdrop of Westminster Bridge, re-creating the 2005 "Vote Dalek!" cover, which was voted most iconic cover of all time in the Periodical Publishers Association's Great Cover Debate in 2008.
Sharon Ament, the director of the Museum of London, told Doctor Who News:
From the TARDIS shaped as a 1960s-style London police box to the many episodes inspired by our capital city, the Doctor is a cultural icon with a strong affinity to London. We are over the moon to have a Dalek as part of the Radio Times 90th anniversary exhibition, along with original artwork and the weird and wonderful Doctor Who covers, which have graced countless editions.
The exhibition is free to go round and is open every day until Sunday 3rd November. The museum is open from 10am to 6pm, with galleries starting to close at 5.40pm.
A taxi halts the Dalek in its tracks en route to the Radio Times exhibition at the Museum of London. Picture: Matt Crossick/PA
The Dalek at the Museum of London. Picture: Matt Crossick/PA