1960's TARDIS interior
This is a reconstruction of the 1960's TARDIS interior at the Doctor Who experience.
The TARDIS is dimensionally transcendental, meaning it’s bigger on the inside than the outside. The interior exists in a different, relative dimension to the exterior. In the very first story it was established that the TARDIS usually changes its exterior appearance on each trip to blend in with its surroundings. The Doctor later stated that it was the broken chameleon circuit that caused it to be stuck in the shape of an old style police box.
In the autumn of 1963 designer Peter Brachacki created an iconic control room for the TARDIS in Doctor Who. His vision of a room dominated by circles and repeating hexagons was realised by Shawcraft Models - an outside company contracted to supply special props for the series - and they also built the console at its centre which went before the cameras for the first time on September 27th 1963.
In the first four-part story generally known as An Unearthly Child, the TARDIS interior featured heavily and the occupants didn't leave its confines until nearly eight minutes into episode two. At the end of the serial a Radiation Detector was seen in close-up on one panel but it would turn out to be a rarity that a featured component was built into the prop in advance. On future occasions, any direct reference to part of the TARDIS tended to result in something being added hastily added before recording.
The original TARDIS console was a hexagonal shape with different controls on each of the six panels. In the middle is the central column time rotor which moves up and down when the TARDIS is in flight. Most of the TARDIS functions are controlled from the console including setting destinations, opening the main doors and operating the view screen.
The original console room featured a large computer along one of the walls. One of it’s functions was to locate faults with the TARDIS. The fault locator appeared in many early episodes in the background even through the second Doctors era. It was referenced and used in The Edge of Destruction and The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
The original console room introduced the TARDIS roundels which were built into the walls. It was not clear what these were for originally apart from decoration. From the fifth Doctor’s era onwards the roundels were shown to contain circuitry behind certain, if not all roundel panels.
The TARDIS doors from the exterior looked like normal police box doors, from the interior no reference to the police box was made. The doors were bigger and more solid and featured the roundels which were a key part of the TARDIS design.
For the 50th anniversary a drama was created exploring the origins of Doctor Who. This recreation of the original TARDIS console and the set featured heavily in the programme.
An exhibition titled Doctor Who Experience, complete with a new interactive Doctor Who episode with the Eleventh Doctor, opened in London on 20 February 2011. The exhibition moved to Cardiff in July 2012, opening on 20 July and will remain there until 2017. The immersive exhibition was designed and installed by the UK-based theme park design and installation company Sarner Ltd.
The exhibition begins with a short film and a walk-through adventure inside the TARDIS and in various locations. The group are lead through the experience by a guide and the Twelfth Doctor. Initially the Eleventh Doctor featured in the experience, but was replaced after he regenerated.
Following the adventure portion guests are free to roam two floors of exhibitions including original costumes from nine of the eleven Doctors (the first two being replicas as the originals were lost). Alien prosthetics, Daleks over history, Sonic devices, the interiors of the Fifth Doctor's and Ninth Doctor's/ Tenth Doctor's TARDIS and other show memorabilia and artifacts are also on display. There are also costumes from the companions since 2005 including: Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Donna Noble, Captain Jack Harkness, Amy Pond, and Rory Williams. In 2013, props, such as Porridge's costume and the deactivated chess-playing Cyberman, from Nightmare in Silver have been added. The costumes of the Eleventh Doctor and Clara Oswald, along with the giant snow globe, from the Christmas episode entitled The Snowmen were also added to the collection in 2013. In late 2014 props and costumes from Last Christmas were added.
The Experience is located in Cardiff Bay, home to the BBC Roath Lock production studios, as well as locations from the Torchwood series.
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1960's TARDIS interior
This is a reconstruction of the 1960's TARDIS interior at the Doctor Who experience.
The TARDIS is dimensionally transcendental, meaning it’s bigger on the inside than the outside. The interior exists in a different, relative dimension to the exterior. In the very first story it was established that the TARDIS usually changes its exterior appearance on each trip to blend in with its surroundings. The Doctor later stated that it was the broken chameleon circuit that caused it to be stuck in the shape of an old style police box.
In the autumn of 1963 designer Peter Brachacki created an iconic control room for the TARDIS in Doctor Who. His vision of a room dominated by circles and repeating hexagons was realised by Shawcraft Models - an outside company contracted to supply special props for the series - and they also built the console at its centre which went before the cameras for the first time on September 27th 1963.
In the first four-part story generally known as An Unearthly Child, the TARDIS interior featured heavily and the occupants didn't leave its confines until nearly eight minutes into episode two. At the end of the serial a Radiation Detector was seen in close-up on one panel but it would turn out to be a rarity that a featured component was built into the prop in advance. On future occasions, any direct reference to part of the TARDIS tended to result in something being added hastily added before recording.
The original TARDIS console was a hexagonal shape with different controls on each of the six panels. In the middle is the central column time rotor which moves up and down when the TARDIS is in flight. Most of the TARDIS functions are controlled from the console including setting destinations, opening the main doors and operating the view screen.
The original console room featured a large computer along one of the walls. One of it’s functions was to locate faults with the TARDIS. The fault locator appeared in many early episodes in the background even through the second Doctors era. It was referenced and used in The Edge of Destruction and The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
The original console room introduced the TARDIS roundels which were built into the walls. It was not clear what these were for originally apart from decoration. From the fifth Doctor’s era onwards the roundels were shown to contain circuitry behind certain, if not all roundel panels.
The TARDIS doors from the exterior looked like normal police box doors, from the interior no reference to the police box was made. The doors were bigger and more solid and featured the roundels which were a key part of the TARDIS design.
For the 50th anniversary a drama was created exploring the origins of Doctor Who. This recreation of the original TARDIS console and the set featured heavily in the programme.
An exhibition titled Doctor Who Experience, complete with a new interactive Doctor Who episode with the Eleventh Doctor, opened in London on 20 February 2011. The exhibition moved to Cardiff in July 2012, opening on 20 July and will remain there until 2017. The immersive exhibition was designed and installed by the UK-based theme park design and installation company Sarner Ltd.
The exhibition begins with a short film and a walk-through adventure inside the TARDIS and in various locations. The group are lead through the experience by a guide and the Twelfth Doctor. Initially the Eleventh Doctor featured in the experience, but was replaced after he regenerated.
Following the adventure portion guests are free to roam two floors of exhibitions including original costumes from nine of the eleven Doctors (the first two being replicas as the originals were lost). Alien prosthetics, Daleks over history, Sonic devices, the interiors of the Fifth Doctor's and Ninth Doctor's/ Tenth Doctor's TARDIS and other show memorabilia and artifacts are also on display. There are also costumes from the companions since 2005 including: Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Donna Noble, Captain Jack Harkness, Amy Pond, and Rory Williams. In 2013, props, such as Porridge's costume and the deactivated chess-playing Cyberman, from Nightmare in Silver have been added. The costumes of the Eleventh Doctor and Clara Oswald, along with the giant snow globe, from the Christmas episode entitled The Snowmen were also added to the collection in 2013. In late 2014 props and costumes from Last Christmas were added.
The Experience is located in Cardiff Bay, home to the BBC Roath Lock production studios, as well as locations from the Torchwood series.
newportcityradio.org/index.php/blogs/film-tv/791-cardiff-...
www.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/tardis/interior/season-1-inter...
www.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/tardis/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_exhibitions