Exactly, contrived, that sums up the movie console nicley. Don't get me wrong, it's nicely done, but like I say it screams HG Wells just a bit too much.
New "Blue Peter" Competition - Design A TARDIS Console
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Exactly, contrived, that sums up the movie console nicley. Don't get me wrong, it's nicely done, but like I say it screams HG Wells just a bit too much.
It's easy to joke now, but it did the job on a budget. It never troubled my suspension of disbelief.
Lol. As opposed to the original console, which looked like it was made out of a few sheets of plywood.
And let's not even talk about the white dinner plates glued to the wall...
Or the Doctor, as he's also known.
You can call it contrived if you're looking for an excuse to criticise it. I still regard it as the best Tardis interior we've seen in the show.
As for the 2005+ interior, the coral bits really did look fake to me, perhaps more so than the silly controls. And it's dark and unwelcoming. Not somewhere I'd want to spend a lot of time. I can tell they were trying to make it look alien, but that seems to be all they were going for.
You wouldn't ever be guilty of such a thing yourself, would you?
Hahaha! Hoisted by my own petard! What a negative fool you've just proven me to be!
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I don't criticise things for the sake of it. After all, why would I want to dislike something about Doctor Who, a show I care about? But I think this criticism of the TV Movie Tardis interior is an excuse to maintain the notion of superiority of all things in the new show over the film.
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But the Doctor isn't from Earth, he's from Galifray, and the TARDIS was built by Timelords, not humans. I like the movie console room, , I just feel its a little too perfect, and a little too Victorian time travelling adventurer that's all. Interesting to note of course that the console room in the new series owes a lot to the movie console room, in scale if nothing else.
The movie console room was a progression from the short-lived wooden/brass/stained glass console room from the Tom Baker era. If anything the Baker one was too small: the movie console room was too big, too cathedral-like. And who wants to run down a huge flight of stairs to get to the console?
I've always known it to be called an auxiliary console room but I've never seen anything official that named it as such. It certainly has a less functional console.
I think the scale of Coral is OK but I've never really liked it from a design perspective. I quite like the structure but not the detail.
I think the scale of Coral is OK but I've never really liked it from a design perspective. I quite like the structure but not the detail.
Actually I've always kinda liked the TV Movie. The underlying plot isn't very good of course, but the style, characterizations, and music are all about perfect, I think.
In fact watching it again recently, I was amazed how much it kind of felt like the New Series in tone.
And I DO like the movie console room as a standalone design. I just don't think it holds up as "alien" enough today.
^ The direction of the TV movie is brilliant.
I'm hopeful that this indicates a console change. Hopefully back to something more reminiscient of the classic series ones. I'm over the 'cobbled together from a junkyard' look..
Though being small was the point - in production terms. They wanted a set that would take up less room in the studio.
Hmm, difficult to determine whats meant by featuring in teh show, so it could be anything.
Doubt highly that its THE console, but it could be something featured somewhen.
But yeah, the BBCs track records of competion winners having things incorporated into shows is pretty bad.
Dude, where would the fun be in that. The Doctor would love to tinker around with the Tardis to keep it ticking, excuse the pun.
Seriously though, i didnt like the tardis when we saw it in Rose, but i grew on me and i kinda like it now. Just wonder how drastic a re-design Moffat will comission.
Doubt highly that its THE console, but it could be something featured somewhen.
But yeah, the BBCs track records of competion winners having things incorporated into shows is pretty bad.
Dude, where would the fun be in that. The Doctor would love to tinker around with the Tardis to keep it ticking, excuse the pun.
Seriously though, i didnt like the tardis when we saw it in Rose, but i grew on me and i kinda like it now. Just wonder how drastic a re-design Moffat will comission.
The kid in "Utopia" was a competition winner, and I thought did quite a good job.
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