The Tardis is promoting the Barbie movie!

[Angelus Lupus]

So a pink Tardis has appeared by Tower Bridge, to promote the new Barbie movie that Ncuti Gatwa (our next, non-repeat Doctor) is in.


Ignoring the (temporary) colour change (shades of The Happiness Patrol) - It's worth noting the windows are a little different:


The top row seems to be the original fluted plastic, but the bottom row has changed. The outer panes looked frosted, and the middle one is blue!

[Audrey]

I'm currently under the impression that this is a brand new promotional box (from whom I'm not certain - the usual tells of This Planet Earth's aren't present here, and this box has such significant and odd characteristics..), regardless I'm noting a few differences:

- The box is entirely wooden, even the window frames which were cast metal in prior constructions
- The smooth, angled parts of the window frames are of a different shape
- The bevel on the base (as well as on the panels) is much shallower
- The handle and lock are of slightly different makes to prior constructions, being heavily polished and with a smoother shape, the lock is also clearly branded Yale where the prior boxes are blank
- The lamp, while of a very similar make, seems unmodified; being taller, struts sitting lower, and with extra 'clips' that are removed on prior boxes
- The base of the lamp is much taller
- The upper signage is much shallower in the sign-boxes

While I was requested to keep the full photos private, I have been given permission to post excerpts for the purpose of comparison:






And, outside of reference, what lovely changes! The more MET-like windows especially are gorgeous, and I'm hoping their presence here implies that they'll make their way to the program proper.

Edit: Some measurements were taken of the box by way of phone-app, while there is an obvious margin of error I did double-check these measurements against prior plans by forum members/other sources and they seem to be in the right ballpark. Distortion/margin of error of course increases the further up you look.

Bottom-most part of corner posts are 5cm/~2 inches tall
Lock is ~5cm/~2 inches tall (a smidge less than this)
Metal door sign is 28cm/11 inches tall by 26cm/~10.25 inches wide
Panels are 38cm/15 inches tall
Window frames are ~2cm/~0.78 inches thick in the center
Base is ~1.42 meters/56 inches wide (corroborated by This Planet Earth's site stating their Jones boxes are 1.4 meters wide)
~1.31 meters/51.125 inches post-to-post
Posts are 2.3 meters/90 inches tall
Sign boxes are 1.18 meters/46.5 inches wide
Signage is 84cm/33 inches wide
Doors are 50cm/~19.7 inches wide
Uppermost part of corner post (above top indent/cut) are 24cm/~9.5 inch tall

Doubtful/wavier:
Panels are 1cm/~0.4 inches deep
Sign boxes are 21cm/~8.25 inches tall (this feels WAY too tall. I'd estimate closer to ~14/5.5)
Panels are 36cm/14.1 inches wide (this measurement was taken at an angle and its selection overlapped the surrounding door stiles)

[Teppic]

It's still got those sodding notches, though. Get rid of those and you'd have the perfect box.

Sometimes I have a dream about buying a Whittaker box from TPE and filling the notches in...

[Angelus Lupus]

It's still got those sodding notches, though. Get rid of those and you'd have the perfect box.

Sometimes I have a dream about buying a Whittaker box from TPE and filling the notches in...

I've actually become quite fond of the notches. It's an idiosyncrasy unique to this iteration of the box - like the flat-roofed Newberry, the chunky Hudolin, the tall stack above the signs on the Brachacki, or the bird-feeder on the 2005 version.

Thanks for the close-ups, Violet! I think you're right: it feels to me like this is a purpose-built, custom job, rather than using one of the hero boxes. Shame, I thought the blue panes were a nice evolution for the look that referenced actual Met Boxes - kind of like when 2010 brought back the St John's Ambulance badge.