For anyone who has an inkling of the passion of Dr Who fans, there was never any doubt that the MSO’s foray into the cult phenomena would be a popular success. Expanding on the 2010 BBC Proms and translating it into a two and a half hour ‘Symphonic Spectacular’ however was also an ambitious world first.

Not many orchestral performances could take over the 5,500+ seat Melbourne Exhibition Centre Plenary Hall (twice the size of the Hamer Hall) for two performances and pretty much sell out both. Continue reading →