First glimpse of new TARDIS control room!

[ROBE]

She must have her gloves off between takes.

[Allyn Gibson]

Mark_Nguyen wrote:

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Dunno about that, sets are supposed to be dismantle-able... they did it with the previous one at least once. I'm surprised they managed to keep this a secret, a console room change is almost like a new companion, really!

Unfortunately, the season 5-7 console room set wasn't made to be dismantled. They had welded it into the soundstage beams, probably for stability reasons. Oddly, I think it would have been easier to move the 9/10 console room (assuming they didn't finally strike it after "The Doctor's Wife").

One interesting possibility next year is that there could be a Hartnell console room standing set, thanks to the Gatiss drama about the creation of Doctor Who. Its construction would come out of that film's development, but it would be available for Doctor Who to use.

[Rarewolf]

Allyn Gibson wrote:

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Unfortunately, the season 5-7 console room set wasn't made to be dismantled. They had welded it into the soundstage beams, probably for stability reasons.

And it was purpose built in the soundstage that housed the Torchwood Hub.

It didn't occur to me at the time, but on hindsight the area seemed smaller than the hub looked on TV!

[Saul]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p00pqj2g
Some Tardis concept Art here.

I hope they do something that looks less like a toddlers playboard.

[Alidar Jarok]

Ar-Festivus wrote:

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Perhaps the TARDIS is reflecting the Doctor's mood & mindset.

Also, why are Vastra's hands white?

The leading theories are plot point and production error.

[StCoop]

Alidar Jarok wrote:

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The leading theories are plot point and production error.

Neve McIntosh is usually wearing gloves so they don't bother making up her hands. And that particular photo was a publicity shot rather than a still from the actual episode.

[Nightowl1701]

Can easily be explained away as her wearing synthetic "human gloves" under her regular ones. Helps her blend in with the locals - and would presumably make nights with Jenny a bit easier.

[Alidar Jarok]

She's actually wearing someone's actual hands.

[Mr. Laser Beam]

captain crow wrote:

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I hope the new console room's console has proper buttons, switches, and knobs for controls this time.

<Shatner>
Oh, cut the bleeding heart crap, will ya? Down here, there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking and flashing and beeping...they're blinking and flashing and beeping I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE! THEY'RE BLINKING AND BEEPING AND FLASHING! Why doesn't somebody PULL THE PLUG?!?!
</Shatner>

[Ar-Pharazon]

Alidar Jarok wrote:

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She's actually wearing someone's actual hands.

She has man hands.

[ATimson]

Allyn Gibson wrote:

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Unfortunately, the season 5-7 console room set wasn't made to be dismantled.

It's called a "standing set" for a reason - the need to be dismantled and stowed isn't really something they consider (unlike swing sets).

Allyn Gibson wrote:

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Oddly, I think it would have been easier to move the 9/10 console room (assuming they didn't finally strike it after "The Doctor's Wife").

The room, probably. I doubt the console would have survived the trip; wasn't it basically falling apart?

[Candlelight]

Chris3123 wrote:

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Relax, it's just Clara's Tardis.

[Mitty]

The 9/10 Control Room is at the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff. It was in pretty good condition when I visited

[FreddyE]

Practical reasons aside...I would rather have them save the money and make a few more episodes a season instead of building a new tardis set every few years.

[Alidar Jarok]

I'm sure there are other roadblocks to making more episodes than the money spent on the TARDIS.