Watch King Charles and Queen Camilla Take a Trip in the Tardis in a Doctor Who Themed Commonwealth Games Opening

When you’re late to open the Commonwealth Games, King Charles and Queen Camilla had only one option – to requisition the Tardis to ensure that they arrived on time. That’s the amusing premise of this intro to the opening of the games. Echoing his mother’s (the late Queen Elizabeth II) James Bond escapade for the opening of the London Olympics in 2012, another Great British Institution (that’s GBI for short) has been used to create a playful and unforgettable entrance to the Commonwealth Games 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland. Yet there is backstory – and while not the new material that fans have been wishing for – it’s a typical Tardis tale, with a twist. It’s the Tardis that kick-starts the whole adventure. Created by the BBC especially for the event, it shows Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy and comedian Greg McHugh walking past a seemingly innocuous police telephone box, only for its phone to ring. On answering, they learn that their majesties are going to be late for the opening ceremony,…