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    Image of clivex clivex
    10/21/09

    In reply to First Glimpse Of Doctor Who's New TARDIS Interior
    Action-comedy?

    It's supposed to be serious, but it's just crappy... #doctorwho
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    10/21/09

    @clivex: No, it's really not. You can tell that they're joking around a lot with the stuff that's written and that it's intended to be silly, if not always necessarily funny.

    And that's one of the things I like most about it. #doctorwho
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    Image of cadrina cadrina
    10/21/09

    In reply to First Glimpse Of Doctor Who's New TARDIS Interior
    in these times of CG and green screen they use a painted backdrop?
    Really? #doctorwho
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    10/22/09

    @cadrina: Why would you add a special effects green screen shot to your budget when a back-lit photo will work just as well? #doctorwho
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    10/21/09

    In reply to First Glimpse Of Doctor Who's New TARDIS Interior
    "Time-traveling action-comedy"...

    I see what you're doing. And I know your love for The Doctor but... #doctorwho
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    Image of neolex neolex
    10/21/09

    In reply to First Glimpse Of Doctor Who's New TARDIS Interior
    I will get stabby if someone uses the 'St#&mp&@K" word... #doctorwho
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    Harrison_Bergeron promoted this comment neolex was starred neolex was unstarred
    Image of starjade starjade
    10/21/09

    In reply to First Glimpse Of Doctor Who's New TARDIS Interior
    So excited! I always wanted to see more of ten's Tardis' interior. The only glimpse we got was in Christmas Invasion. I am looking forward to new stories! #doctorwho
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    Image of Infernorhythm Infernorhythm
    10/21/09

    In reply to First Glimpse Of Doctor Who's New TARDIS Interior
    I must admit, I miss the Eighth Doctor's library/Victorian Tardis interior. Well, at least there's the audio dramas. Yay Big Finish!

    Still, I'm looking forward to Moffat/Smith's era. RTD really muddled up the show in his later seasons, and I want to be a fan again. #doctorwho
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    Image of teekno1 teekno1
    10/21/09

    In reply to First Glimpse Of Doctor Who's New TARDIS Interior
    Love it...can't wait to see the console!
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    Image of Daumier Daumier
    10/21/09

    In reply to First Glimpse Of Doctor Who's New TARDIS Interior
    There's stairs! Stairs lead to doorways! And doorways mean portals between rooms! Which means that this TARDIS might actually have OTHER ROOMS. #doctorwho
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    Image of cadrina cadrina
    10/21/09

    @Daumier: I like to think that the doctor put a new swimming pool after the last was jettisoned. If only because in tems of fanfiction a pool is always good start... or end... #doctorwho
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    10/21/09

    In reply to First Glimpse Of Doctor Who's New TARDIS Interior
    Looks nipply. #doctorwho
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    10/21/09

    @Annalee Newitz: Totally Nipply - but we all knew the Brits have a facsination with nipply things #doctorwho
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    10/21/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: Do I sense a Doctor Who/Coupling crossover in the works? #doctorwho
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    10/21/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: If you want to die laughing, watch the skit from Fry and Laurie where Hugh Laurie talks about greased nipples for five minutes. #doctorwho
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    10/21/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: Stop talking about Lily Allen - I can't concentrate... #doctorwho
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    Image of Jeriba Jeriba
    10/21/09

    In reply to First Glimpse Of Doctor Who's New TARDIS Interior
    You really can't judge based on the little painted backdrop, since it's only designed to be glimpsed for a moment in the background. Compare the Tennant/Eccleston Tardis interior to the backdrop painting and see what I mean. I'll wait to see the real thing in HD before I pass judgment.

    If this is real, I'm a bit relieved. There were rumors that they were going back to the stark white iPod look of the 1960s, and I'm not sure if I could handle that. If nothing else, this isn't a huge departure from the previous model. #doctorwho
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    10/22/09

    Looks swanky! Can't wait to see the whole thing.

    @Jeriba: I am also glad they didn't go back to the white interior. Many more lighting possibilities this way, and the amber color is a much warmer and more inviting space to be in. #doctorwho
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    Image of Jay042 Jay042
    10/21/09

    In reply to First Glimpse Of Doctor Who's New TARDIS Interior
    sort of Victorian art-deco I guess. #doctorwho
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    Image of avalkolinaze avalkolinaze
    10/21/09

    In reply to First Glimpse Of Doctor Who's New TARDIS Interior
    It's a late-90's house music dance club? Sweet!
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    10/21/09

    @avalkolinaze: I was getting a more disco vibe. #doctorwho
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    10/12/09

    In reply to Blue Peter Wants Your Six-Year-Old To Re-design The TARDIS
    I just can't ever get past the idea that in the U.K, there's a TV show for kids called Blue Peter...

    -Kle.
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    10/10/09

    In reply to Blue Peter Wants Your Six-Year-Old To Re-design The TARDIS
    The rules of the contest state that the controls should be made from "odds and ends from around the house" and look like The Doctor built it himself.

    We know the old TARDIS gets heavily damaged, so presumably what we'll see is Matt Smith's repair job (bodged together from bits and bobs nicked from Amy's house) before triggering the self-repair mechanism which resets it to the more traditional white one they're supposed to be using for the rest of season 5.
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    Image of Shai_Hulud Shai_Hulud
    10/10/09

    In reply to Blue Peter Wants Your Six-Year-Old To Re-design The TARDIS
    I love Dr Who, but isn't the TARDIS mostly irrelevant? It seems mostly ancillary to the main story. It's kind of how the Enterprise was to Star Trek--a staging ground for the main action. In fact, most of the action in Dr Who is made possible by, but does not actually take place on, the TARDIS.
    I'm not really sure what point I'm making here. Sorry. :)
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    Image of Mann42 Mann42
    10/10/09

    @Shai_Hulud: A decent number of the older, pre-reboot episodes took place almost entirely, or mostly, inside the TARDIS. The interior of the TARDIS spans a huge area, such that they have even had long chase scenes on it. Every Doctor from the old series spent a significant amount of time fixing and redesigning the TARDIS.

    From some Moffat interviews I've read, I get the impression that Moffat is a huge Dr. Who fanboy, and seems to have a wonderfully nostalgic spot in his heart for the old stuff. I have no doubt that we'll see more of the TARDIS interior and TARDIS tinkering that was common pre-reboot, along with some other modern revisions of older Doctor tendencies/idiosyncrasies.

    I'm actually very entertained to see what comes from this, and how it gets integrated into the show.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Mann42 was starred Mann42 was unstarred
    Image of The Ultimate Tea Cup The Ultimate Tea Cup
    10/10/09

    @Shai_Hulud:
    That's OK, you're amongst friends here. Your comment is correct that the TARDIS is mostly irrelevant to the story in Dr. Who, except for the occasional episode.

    However, its external look is iconic, and its internal look changes fairly regularly, so it is interesting that they are looking for input from children.

    Also, you get an extra point for not referring to the TARDIS as a "MacGuffin".
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    Image of Shai_Hulud Shai_Hulud
    10/11/09

    @The Ultimate Tea Cup: I personally think it's a bit stretching it to call a vehicle a "MacGuffin". I'm not sure that term is even being used properly anymore. But, what do I know.
    I'm also pretty jazzed to see what they'll do with the TARDIS. It reminds me that I haven't been keeping up with Dr Who enough lately.
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    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    10/11/09

    @Shai_Hulud: No, I think you're right to a huge degree. I can remember one episode ages and ages ago (Tom Baker era maybe?) where the Doctor was chasing/being chased by a monster/alien of some sort inside the deep coridors of the massive labyrinth that is the TARDIS. After the plot resolved at episode's end, they never mentioned that there was a creature still somewhere in the gigantic ship. The ship is secondary to many things, except for logic.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    10/11/09

    @ampersandparade: that was 'The Invasion of Time' and due to the use of the D-Mat Gun, never actually happened.....
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