We go on a… fairly leisurely adventure, which involves a series of enthusiastic Gallifreyan guides pointing us in the direction of various bits of timey wimey hijinks – a couple of encounters with figures from European history, a bit of mooching around with aliens… at the end of the day we know the universe isn’t really about to end and the show knows we know the universe isn’t about to end, so really it’s just a question of pottering about and soaking it all up. But now the time of its detonation is approaching, causing reality to break down – and we have to sort it out. It was dropped on London in 1942 during the Blitz, but didn’t explode. To offer only a very mild spoiler, the plot sees us cast as volunteers who have been recruited by the Doctor to stop a ‘time bomb’ from destroying reality. Lows: your ability to follow the plot will wildly depend upon which encounters you’re sent on, there’s a frustrating lack of real agency, and as with most large-scale immersive theatre not made by Punchdrunk, there is a distinct feeling that Punchdrunk would have done it better (not least because they literally did make a ‘Doctor Who’ show back in 2011 that was in fact better).
Highs: it is a big-hearted and enthusiastic tribute to its source material, and as a sort of souped-up ‘Doctor Who’-themed night out it is uncomplicated good fun, with a couple of decent scares.
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Combining sundry English obsessions including the Blitz, heavy drinking, and, of course, beloved time-hopping sci-fi serial ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Time Fracture’ is a major new London immersive theatre show that provides a fairly neat encapsulation of the highs and lows of the genre.
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