00:00David Dennett, I love this. So you are just back from America.
00:04Yes, upstate New York.
00:05You're filming.
00:06And you stumbled upon something very special, and I would have thought quite unexpected.
00:12Very unexpected, yeah.
00:13So I'm upstate New York, I'm in a little place called Beacon, which is a beautiful town.
00:16I know Beacon, yeah.
00:17And I'm on a hotel on the Main Street, which is very nice,
00:22and I come out of my hotel, and I turn right, and I go about 10 feet, maybe 20,
00:28and there's a Doctor Who-themed restaurant.
00:33What are the chances?
00:36Listen to yourself, I mean, was it all kind of...
00:39I mean, those are extraordinary paintings of former Time Lords.
00:43It's called The Pandorica, which is a reference to a Doctor Who story called The Pandorica Opens, obviously.
00:50Of course, yes. You don't need to tell me.
00:52Which is ironic, because The Pandorica seems mostly to be closed,
00:56but every couple of days a week, the TARDIS door, literally, opens,
01:02and you can go to The Pandorica.
01:05And you must have caused a sensation when you walked in.
01:09It was pretty deserted, if I'm actually like this.
01:14I avoided it for a while, because I thought, this is quite unlikely and a bit weird.
01:19But eventually, I thought, I can't visit Beacon and not visit The Pandorica.
01:23Yeah.
01:24So eventually, it was open one day, and I went in,
01:26and there was an old couple sitting in a corner,
01:29and a large screen with me fighting aliens from 2006, very loudly,
01:35layering out across the street.
01:36The couple didn't really seem to know what the reference was.
01:40They were just having some soup.
01:43But it was a little surreal.
01:46And yes, there's those paintings on the wall.
01:47There's a row of crochet dolls down one wall,
01:50representing each version of the Doctor.
01:53Yeah.
01:54And it was deserted, and then eventually, this lady comes from the back.
01:57It turns out, it's a one-man band, this restaurant.
02:00Oh, yes.
02:01And she comes out, and she just,
02:02sit down, I'll come to you in a second.
02:04She's a little flustered because of the soup.
02:07Two tables.
02:10And eventually, she clocks me.
02:13And she was delightful.
02:15She's called Shirley.
02:16Yes.
02:16And she's a big Doctor Who fan, unsurprisingly.
02:20And she opened a theme restaurant
02:22for a British sci-fi series in upstate New York.
02:25Yeah.
02:26Well, it doesn't work.
02:26And now, we checked it out,
02:28and we found the website for the restaurant.
02:31Yeah.
02:31And, well, the arrival of David Tennant
02:33did cause quite a sensation.
02:34They posted a big picture of you and Shirley.
02:37Who she is?
02:37Who she is?
02:38You and Shirley with some giant Alex.
02:42And you know what I mean?
02:44And you're kind of made up for her,
02:45because, you know, if she's struggling with everything,
02:46like, David Tennant eating there,
02:48how great is that for business?
02:50They closed for good on Monday.
02:55They're being serious?
02:57No.
02:57No, listen.
02:58They really did.
02:59No.
02:59They were being serious?
03:00He was only there at the end of last month.
03:03Listen.
03:04David!
03:05Listen.
03:05David!
03:07I can reveal I know why they've closed.
03:09Oh, really?
03:10Yes.
03:11Do you not know this?
03:12No.
03:12It's because she's relocating to the UK!
03:15Oh!
03:16Yeah!
03:16Yeah.
03:17Yeah!
03:18Yay!
