BBC Doctor Who Concert for Children in Need

About a month ago Becky suggested that we all go to a concert featuring the music from Doctor Who as performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC National Chorus of Wales. Doctor Who, and the spin-off series Torchwood, are filmed in Cardiff which also played host to the concert at the impressive Cardiff Millennium Centre.

Tickets for the concert sold out within two hours of going on sale. Becky was lucky to get us tickets at all. We ended up sitting at the back of the upper circle, as high up as you can possibly get. However we did have a very good view of the whole stage. Unfortunately a representative of some sort of Doctor Who fan club was seated next to James. The fan then proceeded to chat incessantly with James about the cast, crew, and all the various writers who were wandering about, expecting James to know everything about everybody.

The show was compered by the current Doctor, David Tennant, and included live performances by some of the Doctor’s many enemies from the last two series. This included cybermen and a dalek. Each piece of music was accompanied by video clips from the TV show shown on a giant screen. We also got to see a preview of the Christmas episode which is due to be broadcast on Christmas day.

After the show Becky insisted on having her photo taken on top of the ‘Torchwood elevator’.