Young reviewers take a shine to Star Trek - the adventure in London's Hyde Park.
| Flashing lights and excellent sound effects made you really feel like you were in space being attacked by aliens. |
Star Trek has been on our screens for almost forty years. It's so popular that an exhibition has just opened celebrating the series in a massive tent in Hyde Park. It's filled with everything a sci-fan would love - costumes and models, sets, special efforts and artwork.
One of the highlights was a flight simulator where you get to experience what it is like traveling in a space shuttle. It was well designed, and better than similar things we'd been in elsewhere.
There were interactive exhibits throughout. We enjoyed the touch screen quizzes testing our knowledge of the series and films. And you could even be filmed acting out a scene from the series and see what you would have looked like alongside Captain Kirk.
We were impressed to see a full size replica of one of the alien fighters from the new Star Trek movie. And we got to see all the series' weapons in the armory.
The best bit was the "spectacular exit" where you got to walk around the famous starship, the USS Enterprise, and be part of an adventure. Flashing lights and excellent sound effects made you really feel like you were in space alongside the crew, being attacked by aliens.
And to top it all we were allowed to sit in the captain's chair on the bridge and experience what it was like to command a star ship.
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Although we had a great time, we felt that Star Trek - The Adventure was pretty expensive. Around fifteen pounds for a ticket (more at weekends) is a lot of money.
It was great fun standing in the transporter and being "beamed up" but we really weren't going to pay £8.50 for a photo souvenir. Thankfully, there was no extra charge for the excellent flight simulator.
We think the exhibition will appeal mainly to fans of the programme, although there are elements that most people will enjoy.
Star Trek - The Adventure has been extended to run until March 30th. Beam us up!
About the team
This review was produced by Sean Sabbage, 14, and Harry Salter, 11.. It was published in the Clerkenwell and Islington News.
