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This is a link post The New Tardis and Other Versions For Comparison I made this!


There's a lot of hoo and haa and the new Doctor Fop having a new Tardis (furthest left), he biggest hoo being that it seems to have traveled back in time to it's original 1963 version (furthest left inset tho this is a mock up of it) and the biggest haa being that the St John's Ambulance logo is back on it, tho I'm not sure why this matters, and the inside will get a bit of a spring clean too tho as yet nobody knows quite what.

Anyhoo I thought I'd put together a nice easy pull out comparison for you of the most relevant different takes on the Tardis' design in decent detail for you all to squint at and stick an actual real Police Box at the end to demonstrate they're all wrong anyway and the Tardis sucks at being one.

The top most linky gets the biggest piccy, feel free to add other relevant pics or links to this thread, I thank you.

*edit* Oh look, I just found this: www.themindrobber.co.uk/tardis-police-box.html
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:07, Reply)
This is a normal post I genuinely have no idea if this is meant in jest or not
So if it is, you win.
 (I helped save b3ta! wangmaster2000, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:12, Reply)
This is a normal post It is what it is, take it as you will,
but the main point of interest in comparing them for me is there's really no relevant major change at all EVER to my eyes, and none of them are actually 'correct'.
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Ah, that makes sense.
Were there no real police boxes with 3x2 windows, though?
 (I helped save b3ta! wangmaster2000, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:19, Reply)
This is a normal post they all look pretty similar to me
are people really getting hot under the collar about this?
 (I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Yes.. yes we are
honest! *fans face*
hehe, nah, but you get your hardcore fans (like trekkies, but for Doctor who), there was a huge hullabaloo when the first pics surfaced last year, before David Tennant regenerated. People thought the were going to reboot the franchise from the first doctor again, hence the return to the original tardis. A sort of "William Hartnell: The young years" - Bonkers theory, but people have their passions I suppose.
 (Virulent, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh dear...
I spent a lot of time over at Gallifrey Base, and some of the hardcore fans are getting very *very* het up about the new TARDIS.

As ever, I'm just happy that it's still on the air.

The 'official' term for Doctor Who fans is 'Whovians', but over in the over-18s section on GB we use the slightly more perjorative 'Mingmongs'

Oooh. And I've just noticed the new one seems to have a cat flap at the back.
 (I helped save b3ta! moogthedog, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:23, Reply)
This is a normal post that makes sense
aren't they bringing K-9 back?
 (I helped save b3ta! robtoo is all out of gum, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:27, Reply)
This is a normal post An australian company...
... has picked up an option to do a series about K9, and (if it's not out already) it's in the latter stages of production. First episode he 'Regenerates' into a more modern version...

reilly2040.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/new_k9.jpg
 (I helped save b3ta! moogthedog, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:38, Reply)
This is a normal post What, seriously!?
Robo-Skippy!?
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:43, Reply)
This is a normal post Trailer here...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8uqKLA6ObU
 (I helped save b3ta! moogthedog, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:47, Reply)
This is a normal post I can see little kids going for it
they don't worry about nostalgia stuff - they'll just think "robot dog! cool!"
 (I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:48, Reply)
This is a normal post That's essentially why The Sarah Jan Adventures exist
I love the 40-year olds on Gallifrey Base discussing continuity in a show aired on CBBC.
 (__, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:52, Reply)
This is a normal post I haven't watched that...
have a mate who insists it's brilliant...but...meh.

Suppose it has to be better than Torchwood.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:01, Reply)
This is a normal post I've got most of it on DVD
but I've only actually seen one (double) episode - The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith.

It is actually quite good :)
 (I helped save b3ta! moogthedog, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:04, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm happy / slightly ashamed to boast that I have every Doctor Who episode on DVD
Including the reconstructions of the lost episodes.

I even printed out covers for them.

What do I win? Is it a beating?
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:12, Reply)
This is a normal post You win me badgering you
for a copy of 'Power of the Daleks'
 (I helped save b3ta! moogthedog, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:17, Reply)
This is a normal post No probs.
PM me yer address :)
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:20, Reply)
This is a normal post It makes for good watching on 4oD during the small wee hours I've found,
for an old bird that bitch can run! I do have to giggle every time she gets her lipstick out tho, durty sod!
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:12, Reply)
This is a normal post I saw one episode
Russ Abbot was the villain!
 (I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:15, Reply)
This is a normal post No change there, then...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFPLk5mJ1D4
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:16, Reply)
This is a normal post yeah I like the show and never miss it
but I don't bother watching the making of show they stick on with the BBC staff bigging up their slightly crap CGI.

what level of fan does that make me?
 (I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:28, Reply)
This is a normal post When Russel said they'd found a perfect match for the bottom of The Statue Of Liberty when it was plainly a welsh dry stone wall,
I LOLed and pointed at his stupid fat face, it was NOTHING like it by any stretch of anyone's imagination and he was a total fail!
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:33, Reply)
This is a normal post That wall is next to my local leisure centre
TJ over, normal service can now be resumed.

 (I helped save b3ta! wuffle, the b3ta bunny 's flea collar isn't working on, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:46, Reply)
This is a normal post About the same as me :)
I can generally name stories from the old series when people have vague memories, and know more than is probably healthy about the history of the Daleks and Cybermen. But I don't get bothered when there's a crap bit of acting or a ropey bit of CGI or scenery. It's about the stories.

But then I did watch the last Tennant episode with a room full of fellow fans, and we spent most of the rest of the evening going through the trailer frame-by-frame on the big screen to see what was coming... :)

And I'm going to have to iPlayer the first one of the new series, as I'll be in London seeing Priscilla.
 (I helped save b3ta! moogthedog, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:34, Reply)
This is a normal post I watched Confidential when Who first came back in 2005...
...but gave up when it just became Russel T Davies saying "HOORAY" and "MARVELLOUS" about his own creations, and talking heads explaining every plot point of the episode you've just watched interspersed with montages set to Snow Patrol.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:39, Reply)
This is a normal post Hahaha!
I'm very tempted to click your post for being a wonderful summary of why those things can be very annoying!

Marvelous! *fat self satisfied camp wobbly grin*
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:45, Reply)
This is a normal post trekkers

(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:40, Reply)
This is a normal post trekkIES.

(Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:44, Reply)
This is a normal post TrekkIES are the lightweights.
The *real* anally retentive, devote-your-entire-life-to-it mentalist brigade refer to themselves as TrekkERS.
 (I helped save b3ta! Kerrisis There's someone in my head, but it's not me., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:55, Reply)
This is a normal post I know that Trekkers is the preferred term.
I just like annoying them.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:03, Reply)
This is a normal post They really are, just had a wander thru a squillion geek sites goin on about it like it really mattered,
and as you say, I really can't see much difference, it just looks like it got a decent wash n brush up to me, tho apparently it's a bit taller (or possibly the new doc's a lot smaller, not sure...)

example of geek discussion thread: www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=99272
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:21, Reply)
This is a normal post I seem to recall reading
One reason for the vibrant colour and size was because new episodes were all to be filmed in HD and the "current" tardis looked a bit pants therin
 (Virulent, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:22, Reply)
This is a normal post It's based on the TARDIS in the Cushing movie, apparently.
Moffat is a fan of that one.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:24, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh really!?
Hold on I'll see if I can find a decent sized pic of that one...

*edit* see new link in original post, that seems to sort things out much clearer than my effort!
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Well that makes sense,
the last one was a bit grubby n lumpy...
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:27, Reply)
This is a normal post I love the guy trolling about the Magenta one
he's fantastic.
 (Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:50, Reply)
This is a normal post smallest game of tetris ever!

(I helped save b3ta! robtoo is all out of gum, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:18, Reply)
This is a normal post This is the only pic of the new interior so far:


Looks faiiiiiirly similar to the old one.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Well actually that looks quite different to me! More so than the outside does,
I did miss all the other rooms and interiors on the last one, the one and only thing the crappy Merkin film got right (apart from the titular casting) was giving the Tardis a bloody HUGE expanse of rooms and courtyards all with an odd 'victorian steampunk' look and the last one did seem like a big step backwards in that respect. Even Colin Baker had a few other rooms to play with. I mean, where did they sleep or eat FFS, on the floor!?
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:26, Reply)
This is a normal post Suppose it looks less organic...but similar colour scheme.
Always assumed that the Doctor has a bedroom somewhere. Or doesn't sleep.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:28, Reply)
This is a normal post I reckon the tardis has a double bog design
because the Doctor has two arseholes
 (I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Any wonder he's popular with teh gayz!!
;)
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:36, Reply)
This is a normal post it's so he can have turd races

(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:37, Reply)
This is a normal post Nah, he's only had one arsehole recently.
Catherine Tate.
 (I helped save b3ta! Kerrisis There's someone in my head, but it's not me., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:46, Reply)
This is a normal post www.instantrimshot.com
*edit* Here's a pic from the days when he had two.


 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:48, Reply)
This is a normal post Thanks, you've been marvellous!
I'm here all week! Try the Veal!
 (I helped save b3ta! Kerrisis There's someone in my head, but it's not me., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Actually there were a couple of rooms in the last one
They just never really went there.

Well actualy it was a room with a rack of clothes but still a different room!
 (I helped save b3ta! Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:54, Reply)
This is a normal post And there's the Punishment Room...
with the gimp swing and stirrups.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:04, Reply)
This is a normal post There has been...
... a very brief view of another room. It was in the first Christmas special, after Tennant has chosen his outfit, and you get a drawn back view of the wardrobe room.

mattcbr.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/016.jpg
 (I helped save b3ta! moogthedog, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Oooh
looks quite pretty.

I have high hopes, mainly because I send bottles of my urine and the occasional human heart to Stephen Moffat sometimes.

And the Tardis from the American movie was fucking ace, if I travelled around time and space I'd do it in comfy chairs in a steampunk castle while listening to jazz.
 (Cap'n, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:27, Reply)
This is a normal post that's the inside of an art deco lamp

(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:29, Reply)
This is a normal post I like this design:

(Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:32, Reply)
This is a normal post now that would be an interesting show
the doctor as a compulsive hoarder - he's got infinite space in that Tardis - why throw anything away?
 (I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:36, Reply)
This is a normal post Ya know, I like that thinking,
think of the cupboard space and story possibilities that would open up! 'Just a minute, I think have a replacement engine for that car in my front room!!'

Mind you how teh feck would you find anything, it'd be like a recycling skip behind every door...
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:42, Reply)
This is a normal post I like to think that by his 13th life...
...he'll be keeping his own shit in carrier bags and sellotaping it to the wall.

Proper mental like.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:47, Reply)
This is a normal post I recognise that flat...

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Propps, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:43, Reply)
This is a normal post Why isn't he regenerating?

(Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:44, Reply)
This is a normal post Timelords can't regenerate when they've been killed by a staph infection caused by a 3 year old pork pie
Dur.
 (I helped save b3ta! Monty Propps, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Well, that's made me look like a cunt.

(Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:00, Reply)
This is a normal post Actually I made that up
He really killed himself because he was falsely identified as John Venables on Facebook.
 (I helped save b3ta! Monty Propps, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Pfffthahahaha.
I presume that even if he did regenerate, The Sun would insist on his new identity being revealed...
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:13, Reply)
This is a normal post I think I see my breakfast

(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:32, Reply)
This is a normal post In the Eleventh Doctor trailer aired on New Years Day, there were two very quick clips of the inside of the TARDIS

(__, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:41, Reply)
This is a normal post Here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOhO-JE_slk
 (__, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:42, Reply)
This is a normal post The real one
ain't quite the same as the ones on the streets of Edinburgh..

Is it possible that in real life the design varied? Humm? Bumm?
 (1obster twunter.com/I'm bored of it too now, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:27, Reply)
This is a normal post Please to post example of one off the street of Edinburger?

(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:38, Reply)
This is a normal post There's one in Glasgow as well.
But I seem to have deleted all the pictures I had of it. :(
 (I helped save b3ta! moogthedog, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:59, Reply)
This is a normal post And there's one outside Earl's Court tube station too.

(Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:11, Reply)
This is a normal post That pic IS the one outside Earl's Court tubestation,
apparently made of concrete!
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:15, Reply)
This is a normal post It has a funny lamp thingy on top...

(Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:19, Reply)
This is a normal post Yeh I thought it looked like one of them extendable antennae jobbies,
I cut it off in this piccy 'cos it was obviously not the original light and would just confuse matters...
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:23, Reply)
This is a normal post Tardis design
Covered nicely here - www.themindrobber.co.uk/real-police-box-history.html . The Edinbugger ones - www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_my_p_0/0_my_photographs_0_edinburgh_police_boxes.htm or www.flickr.com/photos/photojoy/sets/706576/ the standard Edinburgh police box was designed by City Architect Ebenezer James MacRae and his assistants A Rollo and J A Tweedie, 1930-31 as it was reckoned that Edinburgh needed that extra bit of quality for its street furniture compared to the rest of the UK (or probably just Glasgow).
 (Benzyl, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 22:34, Reply)
This is a normal post they should make it smaller on the inside than it is on the outside

(likeajackhammer, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:28, Reply)
This is a normal post hahaha this

(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:38, Reply)
This is a normal post Like Iris Wildthyme's?
tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Iris_Wildthyme%27s_TARDIS
 (__, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:51, Reply)
This is a normal post you'd think if he wanted it to blend in he would something less anachronistic
they should update it to a portaloo
 (I helped save b3ta! mutated monty, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:38, Reply)
This is a normal post Turdis jokes ahoy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZahysN2sIIw
 (I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:42, Reply)
This is a normal post Well as a kid we used to sing these lyrics to the theme song:
Doctor Who-o-o-o, Needs a poo-o-o-o,
Traveling thru time n space, lookin for, a loo-o-o-o
Ooh we yoo-o-o-o...

Sorta peters out at the end like and everybody seemed to have a slightly different version but you get the idea
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:49, Reply)
This is a normal post
I must have clicked into Digital Spy by mistake..
 (jonnyo74, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:02, Reply)