So who's liking the 2014 TARDIS console room?

[Chaos Descending]

I love it.

 

[Skellington]

Judged by roundels alone, the War Doctor's console room b!tch-slaps all of the other NuWho ones.

Going off-topic a bit, I was thrilled to see the McGann-esque TARDIS clone from The Lodger. It added a bit of grandeur to proceedings

 

[Candlelight]

I prefer the coral dome of Eccleston and Tennant. It was vast and had an alien quality to it.

Smith's first console room was bizarre, and I never warmed to it (and from what I hear neither did the production crew).

The current one is ok - and looks much better with bookshelves etc - but it feels very cramped and claustrophobic for some reason.

 

[R.Data]

I like the new Tardis, is cool, the Daleks' eyes in the wall are such a genial idea! The library and the blackboard are amazing too, even if the tardis had a library yet
Did you watch this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vULp7cj6pCE

 

[Stevil2001]

I miss the movement of the time rotor-- the set seems a lot more static without it.

 

[Christopher]

I like the new Tardis, is cool, the Daleks' eyes in the wall are such a genial idea!

I don't think they said the roundels were based on Dalek eyes -- they're too big for that. Rather, IIRC, they were based on the interior structure of the mold the prop department uses to make Daleks' upper domes.

 

[Doctorwhovian]

Kind of funny the Doctor misses the 'round things' when they're clearly still there, although not quite the same as the classic series (But then again the roundels changed quite a bit in size and general looks throughout the show.)

 

[Christopher]

Kind of funny the Doctor misses the 'round things' when they're clearly still there, although not quite the same as the classic series (But then again the roundels changed quite a bit in size and general looks throughout the show.)

His actual line was that he felt there should be "more round things," which acknowledges that there are some.

 

[Green Lantern]

I really like it' The only problem with the other one was it was too dark and murky, now it's pretty much the best TARDIS of the revival.

 

[Gepard]

I'm not thrilled with it, though the new lighting and added set dressing doesn't hurt. It just looks too cheap. Like, there's certain angles such as the up-angle looking at Clara in the opening of Robot of Sherwood where we're just staring at these vast, smooth areas of painted plywood and it looks really bad.

 

[Doctorwhovian]

I think the reason they went with the redesign is partially because of the 50th anniversary. The console itself (apart from the time rotor) is very classic series with a few modern touches such as the scanner that Christopher mentioned.

Same with the 'face in space' and general look of the opening titles last year-a sort of homage to the older sequences.

The browner look I think also makes it look a bit like the console room Tom Baker started using in "Masque of Mandragora" although that only was around for that season I think.

 

[Redfern]

For some time I wondered how the Eccleston/Tennant console might look if the scrapyard "bits & bobs" were removed. So the other weekend I took a Poser based mesh made and shared by a fan named Arjin and did just that. As a temporary "stop gap", I positioned a "series 18" Tom Baker inspired console model I made to occupy the now empty stations. Another short term solution was using CastIronFlamingo's Baker/Davison era control room. Finally, I topped it with a "holographic" time rotor.

I'm not sure if the idea "gels" or not, but it was an interesting exercise..

(The Doctor is a combination of various DAZ items fitted to the Michael 3 mesh.)

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[Sindatur]

I absolutely love it. Though, I think the walls are TOO Classic Era for the General Audience.

I think Late Matt Smith/Early Capaldi is the closest you can get with the walls to being like classic Serials

 

[Skellington]

 

[Green Lantern]

Other than that dreadful holographic column, nice!

 

[Mark_Nguyen]

Hey, look - the round things!

I love the round things.

Mark

 

[publiusr]

I've liked this basic console room design ever since it debuted in "The Snowman" -- it's the first console room in the new series that brings back the high-tech look from the original series. I never cared for the Eccleston/Tennant console room, and the first Smith console room was a garish nightmare. This console room is much nicer, and the new additions add character. I hope they keep this basic set intact for a long time to come.

Although I wouldn't mind more round things.

I wonder if they lowered the floor a bit. I seem to remember the time rotor in a more central, elevated position.

The control panels on the rails surrounding the central rotor are a nice touch.

 

[SeerSGB]

Love it. Big improvement over what it looked like at the end of Smith's run.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

Having just seen "Listen", I found that the console room was very well used, and the episode changed my mind about it.

 

[MacLeod]

I do like the new control, much better than the Eccelston/Tenant control room except it could do with a few more round things.