Colin Baker adds star quality to a Leicester hotel’s new Space Room

A city centre hotel has unveiled a family bedroom that’s truly out of this world.

Former Doctor Who Colin Baker parked his TARDIS in New Walk outside the Belmont Hotel to open its new Space Room.

The room commemorates Leicester’s location as home to the National Space Centre and the University of Leicester’s successful developments in space research since the late 1960s.

Baker, the sixth in the series of time lords in the world’s longest running Sc-fi show, popped along to add a bit of star quality.

A room dedicated to the historic Premier League victory by Leicester City Football Club in 2016 is planned for later this year.

General manager Eloic Montagnier said: “The Belmont Hotel has been at the heart of Leicester for over 80 years now and these two themed bedrooms pay homage to two of the city’s most famous connections.

“The Space room is ideal for families whose children aspire to be astronauts and will provide an out of this world experience. The King Richard III room will take guests back to the days of the Battle of Bosworth when the Richard III became the last English King to be killed in battle.”