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My goal with the Monroe statue is to only post unique photos and it doesn't get much more unique than this Dalek v Monroe shot I got today! It was out and about the CBD today doing some promotional work for the upcoming Bendigo Record Comic & Toy Fair coming up in March
ISO 200 | 1/1250 sec | f/5.6 | 9mm
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Visiting Glasgow I have passed a few of these original Police boxes in various locations, I have posted photo's I've taken previously here oin Flickr, this one is located at Wilson Street in Glasgow City centre.
Although these police boxes were designed to help the public and act as a miniature station, they found fame as the shape taken on by Doctor Who’s TARDIS.
This box located on Wilson Street was previously red and located on the traffic island that once divided the street entrance. It was renovated in 2010, and the box was moved to the pavement when the island was paved over.
These boxes have their own web page with more information here
www.discoverglasgow.org/police-box-walk-02/4578988612
A police box, used in the United Kingdom throughout the 20th century, is a public telephone kiosk or callbox for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police.
Unlike an ordinary callbox, its telephone was located behind a hinged door so it could be used from the outside, and the interior of the box was, in effect, a miniature police station for use by police officers to read and fill in reports, take meal breaks and even temporarily hold prisoners until the arrival of transport.
Police boxes predate the era of mobile telecommunications; now members of the British police carry two-way radios and/or mobile phones rather than relying on fixed kiosks.
Most boxes are now disused or have been withdrawn from service.
The typical police box contained a telephone linked directly to the local police station, allowing patrolling officers to keep in contact with the station, reporting anything unusual or requesting help if necessary. A light on top of the box would flash to alert an officer that he/she was requested to contact the station.
Members of the public could also use the phone to contact a police station in an emergency or, in the case of the Metropolitan Police, for assistance with any matter normally within the purview of the police.
Police boxes were usually blue, with the most notable exception being Glasgow, where they were red until the late 1960s.
In addition to a telephone, they contained equipment such as an incident book, a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit.
Today the image of the blue police box is widely associated with the science fiction television programme Doctor Who, in which the protagonist's time machine, a TARDIS, is in the shape of a 1960s British police box.
In the context of a TARDIS, the image of the blue police box is a trademark of the BBC.
Imagine my surprise as I was walking along the sidewalk in a quaint Bovarian village and this 4th dimensional vehicle appeared out of nowhere!
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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3] In late 2014 props and costumes from Last Christmas were added.
Museum patrons can also take pictures in front of a green screen. There are multiple backgrounds to select from including Totter's Lane, from the Doctor's first adventure and inside the time vortex, as well as several props such as various Sonic Screwdrivers, and articles of clothing symbolic to several Doctors (e.g. Matt Smith's fez). Taking the pictures are free, but visitors must pay for a physical copy. They do, however, receive a digital copied emailed to them after purchase.
The Experience is located in Cardiff Bay, home to the BBC Roath Lock production studios, as well as locations from the Torchwood series.
Christmas gift for Becky. The inside took forever!
I picked a bunch of details I wanted to include (like the 6-paned windows, recessed panels, protruding police signs, etc.) and then pushed it as small as I could. I guess the "Police" bricks forced the final scale. I felt the "wanted sign" tile was a close match for the text on the phone panel. The roof is the most complex part of the build (studs on opposite sides) and it lifts out with a secret compartment inside (which is how the lantern on top got a little loose in this photo).
Sorry for the grainy phone pic; I'll try to get a better (less dusty) photo soon!
Dr Who themed Composite using my image of Roald Dahl Plas in Cardiff Bay.
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One just does not run into SciFi Daleks and Time Travelers on the Bike Path in DsM. But this really ignited memories and my imagination. The recycle can and a pole does have a similar shape, resembling the the Daleks from the Dr. Who UK TV series (1963-89, and some post 2005).
The Daleks were a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants /Dr. Who's adversaries/ and one group was blue. their favorite phrase "Exterminate" exemplified their cruel intention for all other "inferior" life in the universe. Save us from their blasters.