TARDIS Provided By Quantum Mechanix

[DoctorWho8]

So if you haven't heard of Craig Ferguson's Scotland Week this week, he had a full-sized TARDIS for the first show.

Of course it was the Matt Smith model, all nice and proper.

At the end of the show, it's credited that the TARDIS was provided by Quantum Mechanix.

Based on a conversation I had, that TARDIS I believe was Phil W's/Rebelscum's excellent build.  I think he sold it to QMx because they liked it so much, they wanted to use it for promo purposes.  And now it's been used on National Television and mad a trip overseas.  So if it's Phil's old TARDIS, congrats!
Bill "the Doctor" Rudloff

[galacticprobe]

HA! If that is indeed Phil's box, then that's my St. John logo I sent him on the door! My 15 seconds of fame.

(I wonder how much in royalties Craig Ferguson had to pay for that little stunt.)

Dino.

[superrichi1a]

The one in the studio does indeed look like his - it has that characterisitc thinner base and lighter shade due to it's Tennant origins. Not sure about theother one at the end though, that rematerialises outside, the base on that looks much bigger, and it looks an awful lot more tatty than the one in the studios and Phil's excelent build (not that tatty is necessarily a bad thing!).

[DoctorWho8]

It's possible they were lent a TARDIS prop by the BBC.  It'd be cheaper than shipping, but then the BBC would have been credited for a prop too.  Maybe that deal was in secret.
Bill "the Doctor" Rudloff

[DoctorWho8]

Just asked Phil over at RPF, he checked with qMX, and they confirmed that his old box was used on LA and the one in Scotland was a BBC prop.  So there we go!
Bill "the Doctor" Rudloff

[mobius]

that was insane. and brilliant.