lipman@decwrl.UUCP (02/22/84)
Message-Id: <8402221707.AA14831@decwrl.ARPA> Date: Wednesday, 22 Feb 1984 08:53:42-PST From: mother::hughes (Gary Hughes - CSSE/MicroVMS) To: net.tv.drwho Subject: Tardis interior I don't have exact informaation (my library is still in storage) but the alternate control room was 're-discovered' by the Doctor in the Tom Baker period (Masque of Madragora perhaps?) and was introduced as a backup console that he had not used for some time (or space, sorry). He does not recall why he had stopped using it and in later story decides that the reason he wasn't using it was that it was 'warped' in some fashion and unable to navigate correctly. In all likelyhood, the older set fell apart and the BBC decided to try something different. I for one prefer the older style console. Maybe this will be the fate of the 'new-look' exterior too! BUT, if the chameleon circuit functions correctly think of the marketing possibilities! Anything can correctly be claimed to be a scale model of the Tardis - police boxes, shoe boxes, rocks, hula hoops, princess phones, little pieces of wire with fuzzy stuff on them etc.... Back to the console...the interior of the Tardis has changed quite a lot over the years. Usually minor changes here and there. In the older (Hartnell) stories a significant amount of time was spent inside the Tardis and if you get a chance to see some of those and then watch some of the current episodes there is a marked difference. At least one story (Edge of Destruction, I think) took place entirely within the Tardis. Someone asked about tapes of Dr. Who episodes. I have not heard of any plans BUT the exisiting Hartnell footage is mostly 16mm prints that BBC Merchandising had made in case they wanted to sell it (they promptly filed it away and forgot about it for a decade or two). Also, in the last year or two, quite a lot of BBC programming has been coming out on video on the EMI label (at least it was EMI in Australia) and I think the BBC has its own label on some things now, so there is hope. Of course, now that the supreme court has said it is not illegal to tape from broadcasts... Gary Hughes