Christopher Mathews
In 2017, the long-running BBC television show “Doctor Who” featured an episode called “Smile,” set on a newly-colonized but strangely deserted planet. The mystery to be solved by the Doctor and his companion, Bill Potts, was simple but sinister: what happened to the colonists? For me, though, the mystery was: where did they film that gorgeous architecture?
The answer turned out to be the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències (the City of Arts and Sciences), in Valencia, Spain. Since then, I’d been jones’ing for a chance to see it in person – and this year, I took myself there for my birthday. Here are a few photos from that visit.
On The Road – Christopher Mathews – The Doctor and the CityPost + Comments (39)
The first of the City buildings to be completed, in 1998, L’Hemisfèric houses an IMAX theatre/planetarium and a huge lobby area that can be used for meetings and special events. It’s also really pretty at night.