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MADNESS IN THE AIR

As the Doctor Who circus comes to Camden Town, Benjamin Cook heads on set to get the lowdown from David Tennant, Yasmin Finney, Phil Collinson, Russell T Davies, Vicki Delow, Rachel Talalay, and more! We’ll walk there as the sun goes down…
The Doctor (David Tennant) emerges from the TARDIS in The Star Beast (2023)…

‟IT’S MENTAL... WE’VE GOT THREE MORE MONTHS OF THIS!”

There’s a buzz in the air in Camden Town tonight as the market vendors shut up shop. Businessmen wait on the bridge by the lock. Students rush from the Starbucks, buskers busk. Tourists jostle for a selfie spot, next to the bronze statue of Amy. At the northernmost point of Camden High Street, a man with a mohawk folds away his cardboard placard (‘HELP A PUNK TO GET DRUNK’) and heads across the road to buy a Red Bull from the 24/7. Three men in North Face jackets, one on a stepladder, yank a tarpaulin sheet off a police box. Security guards change shifts.

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