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TARDIS lands at Wellington Airport ahead of Dr Who exhibition

2 May 2024 admin Comments 0 Comment

The TARDIS sits on the runway at Wellington Airport.

The TARDIS appears to have materialised at Wellington Airport, ahead of a Doctor Who exhibition that has fans ready to break out their multi-coloured scarves and open a bag of jelly babies.

The “bigger on the inside” blue British police box, or TARDIS (time and relative dimension in space), is the recognisable ship used by The Doctor to travel through time and space on the hit TV series which has been running since 1963.

Its arrival in New Zealand comes as the Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction exhibition opens in Wellington next month.

The exhibition, which opens on June 1 at the Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, will give Kiwi Whovians the chance to get up close to some of the show’s most famous alien adversaries and learn about their connections with real science.

“It’s time to get ready to travel through time and space and explore the universe of Doctor Who and the science that has played such a crucial role in the show’s history,” Mayor Tory Whanau said.

“I know Wellingtonians and visitors alike are going to love this exhibition and we can’t wait to welcome people to another great event at Tākina.”

Tickets are available now and can be purchased at WellingtonNZ.

Ingrid Oliver still wants Osgood return after show closed down UNIT

12 May 2019 admin Comments 0 Comment

Doctor Who has plenty of poetic licence in its remit, thanks to all that timey-wimey, wibbly-wobbly stuff, so there’s every chance Ingrid Oliver’s dreams of a series comeback can still come true. Right?

After her last appearance in series nine four (!) years ago, Ingrid has revealed that she would “love” to reprise her role as UNIT scientist Petronella Osgood – despite Osgood now being out of a job.

Chatting to Entertainment Weekly about Osgood’s potential, Ingrid said: “Osgood never got to go in the TARDIS, and I think that’s such a shame, and I’d love her to be with a female Doctor as well.”

Keen for Osgood to work alongside Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteen, the actress added: “I think Osgood and a woman Doctor would be brilliant. I still work for UNIT, as far as I’m concerned!”

Unfortunately, not everyone has kept Osgood on UNIT’s books – if the Unified Intelligence Taskforce’s books even exist anymore, that is.

That’s because, as revealed in this year’s New Year special, UNIT no longer exists. In ‘Resolution’, the Doctor demands to speak to Kate Stewart at UNIT, only to be redirected to a special armed forces helpline.

“UNIT operations have been suspended pending a review of funding,” a disappointed Thirteen is told.

There’s no need to give up on Osgood entirely, though. There’s every chance the Unified Intelligence Taskforce can make a comeback – just ask the Daleks.