Until recently, there was a permanent long-running Doctor Who exhibition at Longleat. Now that's gone, a new one has opened up on the seafront in Blackpool. It's easy to find, but quite a walk from the Pleasure Beach, so take the tram!

No booking is required, and the exhibition costs a meagre £6 to get in

Imagine Longleat, but much bigger and a bit less tatty. The avuncular man in charge told us that it contained items from Longleat, Llangoln and the BBC props cupboard (or something). Which basically means, all the existing old tat in one place together. Hurrah!

As far as the layout goes, there are again no surprises if you've done the Longleat thing, except for it being much larger. The intrepid exhibition trawler once more faces a walk through lots of darkened tunnels filled with props from the series, taking in a (very generic) mock-up of the TARDIS console room along the way. There is now one really big room in the middle, around which lots of (quite obscure) monsters are displayed, plus a few more audio and visual clips playing as you walk around.

There are lots of props from the series, and it's good for the Who beginner - a monitor looping through the regeneration sequences in order was a nice idea. There's more old costumes than at Longleat, and seeing one of Jon Pertwee's old frilly shirts and Tom's burgundy costume in all their glory sends a shiver down the spine! Sensible lighting hides the age and tattiness of a lot of the props too. Marks are won for the innovative TARDIS model you could make 'dematerialise' by pressing a button, but a lot of the switches next to the display cases did nothing.

As per Longleat, there's still a gutting lack of things you can actually touch. It's understandable that the original Bessie prop needs to be protected, but what's with the bars round the TARDIS console? In fact, the lack of interaction in the exhibition (which is mindlessly called a "museum" outside) is a key feature - we should be able to walk through the magnificent Dalek diorama and maybe even have the bloke dressed as a Cyberman lumber out at us from the Telos set - rather than encountering him helmetless and eating a jacket potato, as was the case. Marks are lost for an unforgivable ignorance of the new series - no sign of Eccleston in the line-up of Doctors on the wall for example.

If you don't live too far away, the answer is a resounding "yes"! The TARDIS console is still a thing of wonder, regardless of not being able to grab hold of it and pretend to be Jon Pertwee in "Inferno". There's also stacks of rare costumes to see, though Fan Dad should explain their origins to Fan Youngster himself, rather than read out the confusing and grammatically appalling plaques next to the exhibits. Best of all, it takes quite a while to get through the exhibition, so hopefully there's lots of room for improvement for the future.