BBC Make it Digital
Sunday, 7 June 2015 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who is to form a major part of the new BBC Make it Digital Campaign, heading across the United KIngdom, this summer. The initiative is a project of BBC Learning and BBC English Regions, with the aim of inspiring a new generation to get creative with coding, programming and digital technology. Over the next three months the tour will travel to 13 locations across the UK beginning in Plymouth Hoe on 27 June. The BBC’s Make it Digital tour is aiming to put digital creativity in the spotlight, and help build the nation’s digital skills through a series of free events across the country.
The event is aiming to inspire audiences to learn about digital using some of the BBC’s best loved brands and live broadcasts, including Doctor Who.
The event offers Doctor Who fans the chance to get to grips with coding by programming The Doctor’s arch enemy, the Daleks, on their quest to retrieve the Orb of Fates. Children are encouraged to become a live Dalek, shoot a Cyberman, then drop the drawbridge, before attempting to tackle the devious Dalek maze as part of the BBC’s Doctor and the Dalek game.
Other brands included in the project include BBC Weather, which uses the variables found in the jet stream to introduce visitors to the basics of coding. Some lucky visitors to the event could also get the chance to present the weather with their BBC local weather presenter. The BBC English Regions Bus will also be present, from where local radio stations will be broadcasting live, as well as offering a behind the scenes peep at how the digital world has revolutionised broadcasting.
Sinead Rocks, Head of BBC Learning, says:
This tour is an important part of BBC Learning’s contribution to the Make it Digital initiative. With it being aimed at a wide age range it’s a great opportunity for both young and older to get to grips with the idea of what digital and coding is all about.
By using popular TV programmes such as Doctor Who and the Weather, we hope to demystify the digital world for the thousands of people we will meet face to face across the summer. This will all be backed up by iWonder guides and school activities as we move into the autumn.
The locations the BBC’s Make it Digital tour is visiting are: By using popular TV programmes such as Doctor Who and the Weather, we hope to demystify the digital world for the thousands of people we will meet face to face across the summer. This will all be backed up by iWonder guides and school activities as we move into the autumn.
- Plymouth – 27 June
- Belfast – 2, 3, & 4 July
- Cambridge – 11 & 12 July
- Bristol – 18 & 19 July
- Sunderland – 25 & 26 July
- Nottingham - 1 & 2 August
- Blackpool – 15 & 16 August
- Bournemouth – 22 & 23 August
- Cardiff – 30 & 31 August
- Hull – 5 & 6 September
- South East/London – 12 & 13 September (TBC)
- Dundee – 19 & 20 September
- Birmingham – 26 & 27 September
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