Sometimes, the simplest crafts are the best.
Felicitybaby at Craftster and from Seattle, gives us this Matt Smith hoop in honor of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.
She made this for her partner in a recent Doctor Who swap.
Have you ever wanted to lay a big smooch on a cute little Dalek? Anyone? …Just me? Well, just in case I am not the only one, I thought I’d tell you guys about The Doctor Who Experience in London‘s Olympia, where I got to lay one on this little guy (make love, not extermination).
A couple years ago, I wrote about my trip to the Coventry Travel Museums Doctor Who Experience, and that was amazing. I thought this would be a larger scale version of all the awesome I experienced there–hanging out with the Ood and K-9, taking pictures next to the TARDIS, that kind of stuff…
And was I ever wrong. The Doctor Who Experience is truly an experience. Buy your tickets in advance and show up early, because you will join a group, and walk into what is basically an episode of Doctor Who, written for you to play in. Matt Smith (as The Doctor) appears on screen through out, to guide you through Daleks, Weeping Angels, and tons more while you help him get his TARDIS back and defeat the Daleks. I don’t want to give too much away, but let’s just say the two children in attendance were not the only ones having a blast. When you come out the other end of the interactive portion, there are more displays, including all of the Doctor’s costumes, and most of his enemies.
I took a picture of The Silence, because…well, you know. 
There was also a great space set aside to show what the Doctor Who writers’ office looks like, and perhaps geekiest of all, an entire display on how the theme music and sound effects are done (and have been done) throughout the series.
There is no shortage of things to make a Whovian go “squee”. I spent at least an hour snapping pictures of all the displays, which include life sized models of four different TARDIS incarnations, a ton of villains, and many of your favorite companions. I can’t recommend The Doctor Who Experience enough. As we were going in, there was a boy about seven years old, dancing in circles and chanting about how excited he was for the exhibition–when we left, goodie bags full from the gift shop, I admit, I was behaving similarly.
It is a running exhibition with dates through (at least) November, so no reason to miss it, The Doctor is counting on you!
I love Doctor Who, I love classic Who, new Who, I love Number Ten, and I LOVE Eleven. But the character that has been making the last few seasons spectacular, in my humblest of opinions, is Dr. River Song. She is just hot in all the right ways and cool in all the right ways–and now that we know who she is, I can’t wait to see how things play out.
Rain submitted this awesome River Song Plushie from her MoonyCouture Etsy Shop. They can make you a plushie of ANY human character on the show (and I even spotted a Weeping Angel in there)! They are really cool, and I don’t know how anyone could stand to pick just one!
If there is one thing I love, it is a great Doctor Who craft, and as I anxiously await Matt Smith‘s premiere as the new Doctor next month, Kim2.0 is filling the void left by Tennant‘s departure with this great Wooden TARDIS she made from birch & balsa wood and posted on her blog.
One last farewell to the Tenth Doctor seemed appropriate, now that David Tennant’s last episode as The Doctor has aired both in the US and UK.. TeamTHRASH made this adorable Tenth Doctor Chibi featured on Deviant Art. I love his slightly angry looking expression–quite like The Doctor is his final few episodes. Now all that’s left to do is wait until Spring and hope that Matt Smith is able to fill Tennant‘s Converses.
