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Build your own TARDIS

Joe — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:01:52 +0000

This is fab and Sillysparowness is so enthusiastic about it and so darned smiley you’ll find yourself grinning too as she describes just how she set about building her own TARDIS, because a girl just isn’t complete without her own TARDIS, is she? (via BoingBoing)

If Ikea did Sci-Fi…

Joe — Fri, 13 May 2011 00:03:18 +0000

Now this made me giggle – Gizmodo has a post up, what if Ikea made their self-assembly instructions for science fiction devices? Your own Ikea flat-pack TARDIS? Heh. I wonder how the Ikea style graphical instructions would tell you how to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow? And you just know that after assembly you’d find little floggletoggles and other bits left over… (link via Zardoz)

Design the TARDIS console

Joe — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:51:59 +0000

Blue Peter is running a competition for kids to submit their ideas for a re-design of the TARDIS console for the new Doctor Who; the competition will be split into three age ranges from 6 through to 12, with the winner of each age group getting the chance to go on a set visit and meet the new Doc, Matt Smith, who will be one of the judges. Edward Thomas, the Doctor Who production designer, who is also on the judging panel offered up some advice: “Don’t come along with a design that’s finished and too technical – it needs to have a lot of character. It’s about being clever with what you find around the house and make sure it really feels as if the Doctor has put it together.” (via the BBC)

(the current TARDIS console room, (c) BBC)

Doctor Who filming

Joe — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:28:53 +0000

Celeb site Mr Paparazzi has a whole bunch of pictures from the filming of the new Doctor Who, with some pics of Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in front of a somewhat altered looking TARDIS, which looks, to me at least, more like the early 60s version of the famous police box. I wonder if that’s what some of the Twitterverse speculation about a ‘new’ TARDIS was about the other day.

(pic from Mr Paparazzi/Big Pictures, Doctor Who (c) BBC)

Blue Moon – Oli Smith joins the TARDIS

Joe — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:56:28 +0000

We all know Oli Smith for his comics creations, his fascinating (and often inventive) videos and the great public profile he’s given to the UK small press comics scene with his work with London Underground Comics. Now he’s joining the world of Doctor Who – the prologue for his Doctor Who story, Blue Moon, went live on the official BBC Who site this afternoon, with more parts to follow tomorrow, Friday and then the last part on Monday. And so far not a sight or sign of “a wheezing, groaning sound”! The story is set during the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission. On his blog Oli points out Blue Moon is actually his second Who story – he also has Total Eclipse of the Heart in this year’s Doctor Who Storybook whch should be out in August.

(a sketch Oli created to go along with his Doctor Who tale Blue Moon, (c) Oli Smith, Doctor Who (c) BBC)