After five years enchanting Doctor Who fans, The Doctor Who Experience is set to close this weekend, with the collection of Whoniverse props, sets and costumes facing an uncertain future as the BBC sci-fi series begins a new era.

Here’s everything you need to know about the final days of the exhibition.

When is the Doctor Who Experience closing?

The Experience will officially close on Saturday 9th September, though tickets are all sold out for the last day.

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Why is the Doctor Who Experience closing?

The five-year sub-lease on the building (leased from Cardiff Council) has come to an end, with the land now reverting to the council.

“The Doctor Who Experience has enjoyed a fantastic five-year run in Cardiff Bay but, sadly, our five-year sub-lease from the City of Cardiff Council will come to an end in Summer 2017,” BBC Worldwide said in a statement last November.

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Will the exhibition open anywhere else?

Rumours have circled for a while that a new version of the Doctor Who Experience could be opened in Manchester, though the BBC has yet to announce any such plans officially.

Such an idea isn’t completely out of the question – a different Doctor Who Experience previously existed in London before the move down to Cardiff – but given the silence around the project, any such move can only be in the very early stages of planning, if the rumours are true at all.

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What will happen to the props and costumes?

When the closure of the exhibition was announced, BBC Worldwide suggested that there could be a future for the valuable Doctor Who props, sets and costumes on display, saying that while they were “not sure” what was coming they were “exploring ways in which we can use the artefacts in possible new events.”

They added: “BBC Worldwide is always looking at new and exciting ways to increase fans’ enjoyment of Doctor Who.”

However, as of yet there’s no word on what these events may be, with the BBC remaining tight-lipped about whether the props could be toured around the country or donated to other museums (assuming rumours of a new Doctor Who Experience elsewhere are false).

If no such role is found for them, RadioTimes.com understands that the props would be returned to BBC storage or their private owners, waiting for use at future events.

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