Monitor
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warmcanofcoke
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if I read this right you are looking for the 2005 Console monitor
It doesn't look like a specific monitor - probably 17/19 inch and it has a frontispiece facade to obscure the make and model. Though it does look like an older flat panel because it doesn't look like it is a widescreen or panoramic.
It doesn't look like a specific monitor - probably 17/19 inch and it has a frontispiece facade to obscure the make and model. Though it does look like an older flat panel because it doesn't look like it is a widescreen or panoramic.
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galacticprobe
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There's a nice almost head-on shot of the monitor here http://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=2634.0 (first post) and it's definitely not a wide-screen monitor. There is a label on the back of the monitor in one of the Eccleston era images http://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?action=dlattach;k=-362;topic=2634.0;attach=32982;image
(Eccleston console) but it pixelates too much when enlarged to see what it says. Also, it looks like the monitor may have been changed out sometime between Eccleston and Tennant as in the Eccleston image it has a silver back covering, and in a later Tennant era image http://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?action=dlattach;k=-362;topic=2634.0;attach=33022;image
(Tennant console) the monitor's back has a black cover (or has had the silver cover removed).
All in all, any flat panel LCD monitor would work well, and I think warmcanofcoke is pretty well spot on with the size of the monitor. (A monitor with a silver case might make for less work fabricating the odd zigzag frontispiece; you'd really only need to make the top that turns back a little, and bottom shelf that stick out in front.)
Dino.
(Eccleston console) but it pixelates too much when enlarged to see what it says. Also, it looks like the monitor may have been changed out sometime between Eccleston and Tennant as in the Eccleston image it has a silver back covering, and in a later Tennant era image http://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?action=dlattach;k=-362;topic=2634.0;attach=33022;image
(Tennant console) the monitor's back has a black cover (or has had the silver cover removed).
All in all, any flat panel LCD monitor would work well, and I think warmcanofcoke is pretty well spot on with the size of the monitor. (A monitor with a silver case might make for less work fabricating the odd zigzag frontispiece; you'd really only need to make the top that turns back a little, and bottom shelf that stick out in front.)
Dino.
museumdave
Member
Hello All,
I don't know that any one is going to care much about this, but I have been examining reference images of the monitor / scanner frame and come p with some small points of difference. So early on the frame had a more open box look to it. If you look up at the bottom of the frame above the plastic version of Mickey's head you can see what I am referring to.
The later version seems to have a closed in bottom to it.
Small detail, but it has a longer leather strap mounted to both the top and bottom of the front projection.
Later it is shorter and only mounted from underneath.
Some times the top (rear) projection has some sort of knurled fastener in or near the top groove.
There are also times when it seems that the mount is attached to a pivot right behind the Top/rear projection of the frame,
and other times when it looks like it is built in, though this maybe because of camera angles. the way it looks here
I know these are really rather insignificant details on a console that never seemed to be the same two episodes in a row, but I found this a bit interesting and thought a couple of you might as well.
Be well
Cheers
Dave
I don't know that any one is going to care much about this, but I have been examining reference images of the monitor / scanner frame and come p with some small points of difference. So early on the frame had a more open box look to it. If you look up at the bottom of the frame above the plastic version of Mickey's head you can see what I am referring to.
The later version seems to have a closed in bottom to it.
Small detail, but it has a longer leather strap mounted to both the top and bottom of the front projection.
Later it is shorter and only mounted from underneath.
Some times the top (rear) projection has some sort of knurled fastener in or near the top groove.
There are also times when it seems that the mount is attached to a pivot right behind the Top/rear projection of the frame,
and other times when it looks like it is built in, though this maybe because of camera angles. the way it looks here
I know these are really rather insignificant details on a console that never seemed to be the same two episodes in a row, but I found this a bit interesting and thought a couple of you might as well.
Be well
Cheers
Dave
galacticprobe
Active member
I can't believe I never noticed that open frame version before! 
(I must be losing my touch - or eyesight... hard to tell which at my age.) Nice catch on that open-type framework, M.D.! Might be the easier kind to build from scratch. (I wonder when that was replaced with the solid frame: before or after the silver cover came off the back of the monitor.)
That photo with Billie on the bench is early in the Tennant era; you can tell because the Gyro Compass Repeater is on the metal mesh panel with that switchboard the Doctor loved to bash with the mallet. That Repeater moved there between the end of "Parting of the Ways" and the minisode Children in Need special (before "The Christmas Invasion"). And in that photo the silver backing from Eccleston's run is still on the monitor.
Looking back at the other photos, that "top pivot" looks like it's there in all of them, possibly to help with the monitor tilt (so it didn't keep "drooping" downward after it was tilted up). The thing almost looks like a small pneumatic piston, but in this instance I'd guess it's just a friction-type of thing: one tube or rod/dowel tightly fitted inside a bit if PVC pipe, possibly with a felt lining to help with smooth movement. But it's definitely there in just about all of the photos where it's visible (even the dark ones when you lighten them).
I hope my thoughts on that Top Pivot are a little helpful.
Dino.
(I must be losing my touch - or eyesight... hard to tell which at my age.) Nice catch on that open-type framework, M.D.! Might be the easier kind to build from scratch. (I wonder when that was replaced with the solid frame: before or after the silver cover came off the back of the monitor.)That photo with Billie on the bench is early in the Tennant era; you can tell because the Gyro Compass Repeater is on the metal mesh panel with that switchboard the Doctor loved to bash with the mallet. That Repeater moved there between the end of "Parting of the Ways" and the minisode Children in Need special (before "The Christmas Invasion"). And in that photo the silver backing from Eccleston's run is still on the monitor.
Looking back at the other photos, that "top pivot" looks like it's there in all of them, possibly to help with the monitor tilt (so it didn't keep "drooping" downward after it was tilted up). The thing almost looks like a small pneumatic piston, but in this instance I'd guess it's just a friction-type of thing: one tube or rod/dowel tightly fitted inside a bit if PVC pipe, possibly with a felt lining to help with smooth movement. But it's definitely there in just about all of the photos where it's visible (even the dark ones when you lighten them).
I hope my thoughts on that Top Pivot are a little helpful.
Dino.
CannertheNaner
Member
I personally think that the monitor is a custom built prop with the frame being made out of metal and other bits with the actual monitor just being strapped on the back, hence the change in monitors from 2005 to 2006
Unknown #10
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Finally! I get to be the one to post something here instead of reading through everyone else's amazing discoveries!
Now, like most things, I can't 100% confirm I'm right. However, I think I've ID'd the exact monitor used from Series 3 onwards.
To the best of my knowledge it's a Samsung Syncmaster 193V N, 19" monitor.
I've attached some photos of it and some reference pics to show why I think this.
The main thing to look at is the sticker on the back of the monitor where you can make out the Samsung logo (just about), as well as the rest of the legal stuff. This photo is from the DW experience days. During the its use on the show, it seems this label was covered by some mechanical gizmo - which is where you can see the adhesive black marks covering parts of the sticker.
Trawling through reference photos, it would seem to be the same monitor used from Series 3 onwards, albeit with a variety of greebling and mounting changes. This doesn't look like the monitor used in Series 1 and 2 - although I will keep an eye out. Who knows, maybe I'll get lucky!
Now it is possible I'm only on the right track, and this isn't quite THE monitor. There is the 913BS, or the 192N, or who knows what else, which are possible contenders. Also, there is a 17" version of this monitor, but I've discounted it because it's label doesn't match as well and I'm fairly sure the TARDIS one was 19". Again, could be wrong there too.
I'd be more than thrilled to have someone challenge this and give an alternative monitor some love (mainly because I'd love to own one!), but I'm quite happy with this for now at least.
Thanks,
Matt
Now, like most things, I can't 100% confirm I'm right. However, I think I've ID'd the exact monitor used from Series 3 onwards.
To the best of my knowledge it's a Samsung Syncmaster 193V N, 19" monitor.
I've attached some photos of it and some reference pics to show why I think this.
The main thing to look at is the sticker on the back of the monitor where you can make out the Samsung logo (just about), as well as the rest of the legal stuff. This photo is from the DW experience days. During the its use on the show, it seems this label was covered by some mechanical gizmo - which is where you can see the adhesive black marks covering parts of the sticker.
Trawling through reference photos, it would seem to be the same monitor used from Series 3 onwards, albeit with a variety of greebling and mounting changes. This doesn't look like the monitor used in Series 1 and 2 - although I will keep an eye out. Who knows, maybe I'll get lucky!
Now it is possible I'm only on the right track, and this isn't quite THE monitor. There is the 913BS, or the 192N, or who knows what else, which are possible contenders. Also, there is a 17" version of this monitor, but I've discounted it because it's label doesn't match as well and I'm fairly sure the TARDIS one was 19". Again, could be wrong there too.
I'd be more than thrilled to have someone challenge this and give an alternative monitor some love (mainly because I'd love to own one!), but I'm quite happy with this for now at least.
Thanks,
Matt