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Dalek brings some bank holiday fun
AN alien visitor failed to exterminate bank holiday fun on a visit to a South Tyneside library.
A Dalek – best known as an enemy of Doctor Who – was at South Shields Museum and Art Gallery, in Ocean Road, on Saturday as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations.
The visit by the out-of-this-world creature coincided with a space-age exhibition and proved a big hit with both youngsters and adults attracting 1,800 people through the doors.
As it made its way along a recreation of a turn-of-the-century South Shields street, the Dalek was stopped by visitors keen to have their picture taken with it.
Among them was six-year-old Doctor Who fan Max Mellor from Forest Hall, Newcastle.
The youngster was with parents Candy and Stephen Mellor, and had taken along a selection of his drawings of the creature in action to show the alien.
Max said: "It's good. It's pretty cool."
The Dalek was designed and created by Robert Bosher of Birtley, Gateshead.
Meanwhile upstairs, youngsters were being turned into aliens with the help of face-painters.
Mum-of-three Karla Turnbull, from Whiteleas, South Shields, took along youngsters Grace, two, and Ben, four, to the event.
Mrs Turnbull said: "We didn't realise the Dalek was here. We just called in on our way to the Marine Park. When Ben saw the Dalek he was mesmerised."
Friend Rebecca Whitehead from Hetton-le-Hole, Sunderland, added: "We just called in for the children to have a look around the museum as part of our day out. It's really good what they are doing."
Sue Beeton, museum services manager for South Tyneside, said: "It really was a fantastic family-friendly fun day. It was really busy, and the Dalek was well-received. It was unbelievable how many people came along just to see the Dalek. It was brilliant.
"We even had some visitors coming in with their own remote-controlled Daleks, which added to the fun.
"The Dalek helped make this one of our most successful events, and brought a lot of new visitors to the museum."
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