^Either way, my point is that the design as it was shown in "The Doctor's Wife" was not as good as it could've been.
The TARDIS shooting set - finally complete!
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I'm all for seeing more of the TARDIS but I think that it may prove to be a disappointment when we finally do. Bear in mind the budgetary restrictions of the show, which may become even more restricted as licence fee cuts kick in. Perhaps how we imagine the TARDIS in our heads will be much more exciting than how it can be realised onscreen.
I don't need it to be elaborate, I just want something to be there. They had a microscopic budget when they made "The Edge of Destruction" back in 1963, but I still appreciated getting to see the TARDIS's sleeping quarters, sitting room, food dispenser, etc. It's nice to see more of the TARDIS than just the console room, at least every once in a while.
A lot of people like to "rag" upon DW's supposed miniscule budget, but wasn't a fact DW fell under the "drama" department of the BBC as opposed to the "children's programming" department, and, as such, garnered a larger budget than it would have otherwise? From what I've read (and I'll freely admit those sources could be incorrect), it wasn't until later years that the BBC didn't raise the budget as much to keep pace with the other dramatic programming, and thus the overall "look" suffered.
I'm speaking (er, writing) of the original 1963-89 series, of course.
Sincerely,
Bill
I'm speaking (er, writing) of the original 1963-89 series, of course.
Sincerely,
Bill
^I intended no "ragging"; I don't consider a low budget to be some kind of moral failing. But I read something recently about how the show was given virtually no resources starting out due to studio politics. The creator Sydney Newman, the original producer Verity Lambert, and the show's first director Waris Hussein were all outsiders at the BBC, not part of its core culture, plus one of them was a woman and one was not only an Indian but a novice director as well. So they didn't get a lot of respect or consideration and neither did their show. I don't recall where I read that, though -- maybe on the Doctor Who Wiki? Or I think maybe there was an article about the show's early days on io9 or some such site.
While Waris Hussein and Varity Lambert were young and relative newcomers, Sydney Newman and Donald Wilson were the Head of Drama and the head of Script Development respectively speaking. Still it took a while for the show to gain some respect, the in house visual effects people refused to touch Doctor Who until the fifth season.
How terrible! Oh and I simply LOVE your sig. I grew up on the Pinnacle and Target adaptations of the original Dr. Who stories.
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