Bromyard’s The Time Machine Museum of Science Fiction – home to a plethora of props from Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, Star Wars, Star Trek, Thunderbirds, Stingray and Captain Scarlet, and more – has a new, spruced up web site, offering plenty of teasers to encourage new and returning visitors.
We last reported on the Museum back in 2019, pre-COVID, when there were fears it might close – but we’re delighted to learn it’s very much in business and hope our readers are, too.
The museum, privately owned and run by the Glazzard family, incorporating the Midlands Who Exhibition and more, occupies a large building situated on the corner of The Square and Sherford Street in Bromyard town centre. The building was originally a Bakery for the local area, its cellars and bakery rooms now used to house the exhibits.
Dominated by an amazing array of Doctor Who-related exhibits, including actual screen-used props and costume which makes up the Midlands Who Exhibition, visitors can also enjoy seeing items from Red Dwarf, the Gerry Anderson puppet shows, Star Trek: Voyager and some Star Wars items.
The Exhibition has been open since 2007, but the items have been collected over many years, resulting in a spectacular display. Many items used to be at the old Blackpool, Longleat, Llangollen and Cardiff Exhibitions of yesteryear, but now reside permanently here in Bromyard for visitors to enjoy once more.
All of the exhibits in this independent exhibition, which has no connection to the BBC, are stunningly displayed and lit very atmospherically. There’s something lurking around every corner!
Its Doctor Who items – which include the last surviving Mechanoid, featured in the First Doctor story The Chase, are widely considered to be one of the finest anywhere with many screen used items from both the Classic and the New series, while the Gerry Anderson items include 16 full size puppets, dioramas and memorabilia.
The Museum also owns the original flying model of the Red Dwarf Starbug, and the Series 8 Kryten Gold costume.
Although not a modern, purpose built Museum with all mod cons, part of its charm is how it manages to house so many treasures within its confines, as if mirroring the vast inside of the TARDIS itself.
Being located in an old building gives the exhibits an especially menacing presence and this is enhanced with the correct use of lighting. Visitors go from room to room and into sinister looking arched cellars, which lends a truly spine chilling frisson to the whole experience.
Be afraid, very afraid you might say, but if you can brave it then it is well worth visiting a unique part of living sci fi history!
• The Time Machine Museum of Science Fiction is at 12 The Square, Bromyard, Herefordshire, HR7 4BP. Entrance to the exhibition is via a police box which is in the foyer of the museum. The museum is unfortunately not suitable for wheelchairs.
Web: timemachineuk.com | Facebook | Read reviews of the Museum on Trip Advisor
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Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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