The fan who re-worked the original picture to make it look like it was under studio lighting is on the right track.
It's passable, and I'm sure when we see it in action we'll all accept it - just like almost everything new in Doctor Who, Doctor included. I love the layered walls and how it surely come off in moving shots. The lack of a physically moving central column is odd, but it's not the first one we'll have, and I'm sure there will be pulsing LED light elements within that will give the same look despite this. I'm sure the crew will like not having to shoot around a moving prop that would be prone to breaking down, and also be noisy to work with.
What I'm disappointed with is the loss of the vertical element. I loved the upper and lower galleries of the previous set, which allowed for a lot more places for people to talk and exposition besides the area just around the console. Even the 9-10 room had an upper scaffolding that was rarely used, plus grating that covered access to deeper machinery and storage that the Doctor was seen digging around in on occasion.
Still, I'm wondering is this set is a full 360 degree set of not. If it is, the central might be offset from the geographic middle of the room as it has been in previous iterations, as the look through the police box doors didn't go straight to the console. This then suggests that there ARE other areas to the console room set, such as a place to sit down (no chairs on this version of the console, a first in the revival era) or work. With a supposed increase in the TARDIS crew count this series, logic suggests that there are other places in the ship for action to happen, because otherwise shooting four people on this decidedly smaller set could be troublesome over time.
Mark
Wow. The new console room looks awful. Hopefully we won't see it that much.
