Masks & Models @ Peterborough

A mixed bag of miscellaneous models, masks and other assorted items this time - though they are themed by coming from just two design sources.

These items are mostly to be found between the two main costume / prop rooms at Peterborough. Most are original models, the first few provided by Mat Irvine, including props from The Face of Evil and The Stones of Blood on which he was the VFX designer. (I've previously shown images of models from one of his other stories - Warriors of the Deep).

From The Face of Evil we get the mountain carved with the Doctor's features - the face of the title - as well as the Tesh spaceship. We also get a couple of weapons - the small handgun as well as the larger laser cannon wielded by Neeva.

From The Stones of Blood we have the Hyperspace projector device and the model of the convict spaceship.

Other items from Mr Irvine include one of his earliest model builds - the Master's prison ship from Frontier in Space:

And we also get "Boris the Spider" and the blue Metebelis crystal from Planet of the Spiders:

As an arachnophobe I found it really creepy to be anywhere near this, even though you know it's only a model and it's behind glass.

The biggest and most impressive model on display is the massive Time Lord space station from Trial of a Time Lord:

Some items from the McCoy era to end this post on, starting with Haemovores from The Curse of Fenric. These come courtesy of designers Sue Moore and Stephen Mansfield:

Next is the melting head of Kane from Dragonfire:

Then, from The Happiness Patrol we have Fifi:

And finally, for now, the Destroyer from Battlefield:

I'll post just one more photo selection from the exhibition, covering the later Cybermen.

What I'll have shown in this series is just a selection of the items on display. There are a lot more masks, models and costumes, and it is claimed that some other items will be added later in the summer - plus there are supposed to be some events planned around the exhibition as well. It's only £5 to enter, and Peterborough itself is well worth visiting if you've never been. (The cathedral contains the burial place of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife, as well as the location where the body of Mary Queen of Scots was first deposited. Her son had it moved to Westminster Abbey on being crowned James I of England).

I'll be back in London at the end of July, and am already planning another day trip...