Nice, I like it, although I'll wait to completly pass judgement until I get a close look at the console. Although to be honest, I agree with EMH... I wish they had sat on this until after "Eleventh Hour" aired. I mean, we only have four days!
New Radio Times reveals new TARDIS interior
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That was a nice little alternative, I was disappointed when they switched back.
I like it. Especially the brassish metal style.Holy Crap
NEW TARDIS set pics!
I like it. It has an almost retro/art deco feel to it, in an alien sort of way. And I love all the stairs, especially those ones that go up into unknown areas. The positioning of the outer doors is perfect, and the pull down viewscreen is cool. In those pix it does have a bit of a "set piece" feel, but that will undoubtedly evaporate once we see it in an episode.
So if RTD's console room had the coral desktop pattern, what do you think this one could be called?
So if RTD's console room had the coral desktop pattern, what do you think this one could be called?
So if RTD's console room had the coral desktop pattern, what do you think this one could be called?
The Red Light District.
Gouda or Swiss
Episode 13 will feature Wallace and Gromit mining the TARDIS for cheese.
Episode 13 will feature Wallace and Gromit mining the TARDIS for cheese.
Those are awesome. I really am looking forward to seeing it on the tele though.
Looks pretty good.
I still like how lived-in and "real" the RTD's set looked, but this one looks pretty good. Not too keen on the glass floor, or that they actually used that little girl's design for the console, but, oh well. At least it isn't white.
I do miss how tall the RTD set was, though. Can't believe the set is only twice the height of the actors...
Kinda off topic, but wasn't there a RTD episode where the Doctor (can't remember which one) said that Earth got it all wrong, and that red isn't the galactic equivalent for emergency, but blue , or maybe mauve, was, or something?
Or maybe it was a different sci-fi show (maybe Hitchhiker's?)...
Anyone remember this?
I still like how lived-in and "real" the RTD's set looked, but this one looks pretty good. Not too keen on the glass floor, or that they actually used that little girl's design for the console, but, oh well. At least it isn't white.
I do miss how tall the RTD set was, though. Can't believe the set is only twice the height of the actors...
Kinda off topic, but wasn't there a RTD episode where the Doctor (can't remember which one) said that Earth got it all wrong, and that red isn't the galactic equivalent for emergency, but blue , or maybe mauve, was, or something?
Or maybe it was a different sci-fi show (maybe Hitchhiker's?)...
Anyone remember this?
"Step up to red alert!"
"Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb."
"Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb."
"Mauve alert" is indeed a reference to the beginning of "The Empty Child."
I'll criticize whatever I damn well please, thanks.
I like it. It's different, it's colorful, it's clearly not RTD's TARDIS but is nonetheless still clearly the TARDIS. I continue to enjoy what I'm seeing. 
No reason it can't look mechanical and still be grown, however. After all, it is science fiction and fantastical, so the idea of something having grown that appears mechanical seems perfectly reasonable. Especially with the Desktop Setting concept.
Plus, how can a time machine ever be boring or unspecial? It's a time machine!
I really liked the RTD TARDIS with the whole coral/organic look to it. Will always like it. But I don't want to see a whole lot of focus on other parts of the TARDIS, or even often on the TARDIS itself. A reference here, a five minute bit there, that's all I really want, with the occasional focus, "Parting of the Ways" style and reminding of the TARDIS' significance. The Doctor has adventures all over time and space, with special attention to Earth and especially the UK. That's where I want to see the focus, what's outside the time machine.
It lasted 26 years. 26 years! I mean, when the old show started, JFK had been dead for one day. When the old show ended, Bush the first was president. For any fiction show to last that long, it has to have had some level of mainstream success or respect. After 26 years on the air, "petering out" isn't such a bad plan.
No reason it can't look mechanical and still be grown, however. After all, it is science fiction and fantastical, so the idea of something having grown that appears mechanical seems perfectly reasonable. Especially with the Desktop Setting concept.
Plus, how can a time machine ever be boring or unspecial? It's a time machine!
I really liked the RTD TARDIS with the whole coral/organic look to it. Will always like it. But I don't want to see a whole lot of focus on other parts of the TARDIS, or even often on the TARDIS itself. A reference here, a five minute bit there, that's all I really want, with the occasional focus, "Parting of the Ways" style and reminding of the TARDIS' significance. The Doctor has adventures all over time and space, with special attention to Earth and especially the UK. That's where I want to see the focus, what's outside the time machine.
It lasted 26 years. 26 years! I mean, when the old show started, JFK had been dead for one day. When the old show ended, Bush the first was president. For any fiction show to last that long, it has to have had some level of mainstream success or respect. After 26 years on the air, "petering out" isn't such a bad plan.
Just realized there are railing's(so no one's going to fall 6ft into a hole) they were taken out for the photo shoot.
There are a thousand and a half time machines in science fiction. One of the things that made the TARDIS interesting the first time I watched "Rose" was that, well, it was as much a time creature as a time machine.
Also:
The entire concept of the "desktop theme" presents us with a dilemma. If the TARDIS can just generate a new desktop theme whenever it likes, why does the Doctor ever need to repair it? Why did the console look like it was falling apart throughout the first four seasons of the new series? Why didn't he just tell it to give itself a new desktop setting?
Maybe the doctor liked it that way. What kind of maniac fun would be if all you did was say "engage" and off you go?
Using the mallet,pumping the pump, turning a dial makes things more fun and chaotic.
Using the mallet,pumping the pump, turning a dial makes things more fun and chaotic.
