Dr Who: Time Fracture - An Immersive Theatrical Adventure

I believe they have edited John Barrowman out of the presentation after recent allegations.

Someone I know went and said they would have loved to explore the entire adventure themselves but its a led walkthrough so you only get a limited amount of time at each part.

Today Tix has a few dates in July for £25 a head, usually the later ones!

Don't bother with this. It is pretty dire. Imagine any immersive production (a la Punchdrunk) and make it 1000x worse.

I just bought a £15 ticket. No idea what to expect but it's during the day so at least I can fit it in before my evening show at Soho Theatre.

Finally saw this today. The value was fine for a substantially reduced price, but I'm glad I didn't pay more (and this is speaking as a Doctor Who fan).

Looking at some of the earlier reviews (including on other sites), the performance now is much simplified. Essentially, you go through four areas, a large group welcome, a separate area with small group quests, a spaceship bar (with music) and then the final scene as a large group. Smaller groups are staggered moving about, but everyone ends up joining and leaving at the same time. There are a lot of actors, some with multiple roles and they do very well to balance the timings and all end up in the right place at the right time. If you're a theatre fan, you'll also recognise some of the cast (and wonder how they ended up performing the same scene ten or more times a day).

But what you mostly get is a lot of people shouting over each other, it being rather difficult to follow one conversation as everyone is crammed into a small space and a plot which makes absolutely no sense (if you can hear the plot in the first place and if you know any Doctor Who history).

The advertising says that audience interaction is not required. Not true, you really don't get a choice.

Some of the actors are much more into this than others. There were certainly some who were testing out what they could get away with saying, bearing in mind that unless you were perfectly positioned, you couldn't hear them anyway.

You do have to make an effort to join a small group for the second scene, otherwise you won't have much to do. I tagged onto a group who for some reason were solving riddles, but then accidentally unleashed some cybermen who had to walk exceptionally slowly to avoid catching the paying audience who were waling even slower. But at least I found out that humans can hold back Daleks with the power of their mind.

The highlights really are looking around at the sets and plots. Some very elaborate designs, lots of show in touches, interesting post-it notes on desks, that kind of thing. Do explore the offices which are slightly out of view. There's even a K9 tucked away on top of a cupboard.