BioDoctor900's Eccleston/Tennant Console

BioDoctor900 · Aug 31, 2013, 09:15 pm

Hi Guys,
Well Time is Ticking, Ironic when you're building a Time Machine

I have till the 5th.....ARGHHHH

Anyway been doing a few bits of last minute shopping and last minute making. I've made the mushroomy control using a peanut butter lid, a fabric softener lid, a couple of screws, a fob watch lid and and a wall plug and silver spray. I also finished off my push light, using a funnel, drawing pins and some gold paint.

I also bought a LED light ring to possibly use for the rotor, although im not too sure... I also put the first coat of paint on the back of the TARDIS doors. I still need to finish of the rim, but need to get some glue sticks for the glue gun to finish them. I bought a staple gun to finish the bench seat, but even though on the packaging it said it came with staples, it didnt!

Anyway more soon

BioDoctor900

FloppyDiskNinja · Aug 31, 2013, 11:44 pm

that door looks pretty awesome

Will you be making a hatch for the phone?

-FloppyDiskNinja

BioDoctor900 · Aug 31, 2013, 11:59 pm

Ahh, unfortunately not, thats the phone from my TARDIS. The PTO door on mine has warped and needs replacing. This is the front of my friends Portable TARDIS, but for the time being these are going to be the doors for the set of the console for the event that its going to be at. I plan to finish painting it and then drawing on top to make it look like it has the recessed panels as its flat

BioDoctor900

galacticprobe · Sep 01, 2013, 08:43 pm

Looking good, BioDoc!

Dino.

BioDoctor900 · Sep 01, 2013, 09:02 pm

Hi Guys, well more progress has been made. The Rim Sections have been made and just need painting. The Bench Seat is finally finished, so its nearly finished

its just going to be interesting on thursday when it comes to taking it all apart. Anyway with the TARDIS doors finished it was a perfect photo opportunity, so here are some pics

Anyway More soon, Possibly after the event

BioDoctor900

galacticprobe · Sep 02, 2013, 03:32 am

Everything is looking great! Love that photo through the doors, looking inside without the flash. Very cool! Good luck with everything on Thursday.

Dino.

FloppyDiskNinja · Sep 03, 2013, 06:33 am

I would love to see this in person

oh well, stuck with the snakes, spiders and kangaroos.

looking very interesting indeed,

-FDN

BioDoctor900 · Sep 07, 2013, 09:33 pm

Hi Guys, Well KnightCon has happened and it was hectic. Friday was really stressful as we had to fit a Dalek, 11 Manikins, 11 Costumes and the Console, Bench Seat, Rail and Hatstand into a Transit van! Luckily it all fitted. Setting up this morning was something I wish I didn't have to go through on the stress side as I nearly had a meltdown, I finished putting up the console, which took nearly 3 hours! with ten minutes to spare.

The Day was really good, Hundreds of pictures were taken and it had a really good response from the public. There were a few downsides, like another 10 look a like who leant back on the bench seat too much and after he left I tried moving it the middle seat came off and he also made one of the console panels fall in, so I dont think ill be having him on board again lol

Anyway Pictures;

Had to glue a lot of bits onto the console as they had fallen off in transit, this was the clear panels, so remember Dave, Bring a Glue Gun!! For Doing the Event I got the lovely backdrop walls and coral buttresses

The buttresses are made from 20mm MDF

More Soon

BioDoctor900

expendable · Sep 08, 2013, 03:18 am

Wonderful location shots at the con! Sounds like it was very well received! Congrats!

galacticprobe · Sep 08, 2013, 05:11 am

Brilliant work, BioDoc! Fantastic! (Looks like some of your photos didn't come through, though, and if they're as good as the ones that did, me, Grimlock, want to see!)

Dino.

superrichi1a · Sep 08, 2013, 10:03 am

Those pictures are truly amazing! Your console looks fabulous on display in a larger area where you can really get a good look at it. It really does look likeit is growing out of the floor, and the lights in particular have a great effect! Where have the walls come from? Have I missed a build diary for them? They really do create a very nice illusion altogether

Also I'm intrigues by the TARDIS visible at the top of your first picture. It looks very real! Very 7B. And swear that's the back of a magically unshaven Smith head next to it...

BioDoctor900 · Sep 08, 2013, 01:14 pm

Right I've sorted out the other pics. The Conosle was very well received, I was quite shocked, although there were a few people who decided that even though the area was cordoned off that they would just come in and start playing. It was also slightly disappointing with the DVD I had made for it, as SFX of the TARDIS hum, Take off, Flight and Landing couldn't really be hurd as there were soo many people and they hadn't given me a large speaker and amp.

In answer to your question about the TARDIS Walls Superrichi1a, No you didn't miss anything in the build. These were made by the guy who runs the event, using Hi Resolution images of the TARDIS walls at the Doctor Who Experience. They were blown up onto Plastic sheet/Banner material and I was given these along with the buttresses you can see in return for bringing the console to the event. Also the TARDIS is another Fan built prop, the owner has a classic series box aswell, the classic is waterproof where as the smith box is MDF, although he was saying he's thinking about possibly selling the MDF to make a Plywood one so that it can stay outside, he said it was also dependant on the Capaldi box, which actually his box looks how the new Capaldi prop does anyway as it has taller panels and thinner bars on the doors and sides, so he was glad of that information

Ooh and a pic I forgot to upload....

Rebecca Holden from Knightrider with me, my friend Em as Rose and the TARDIS Console, She told me I had a lovely smile

BioDoctor900

galacticprobe · Sep 09, 2013, 01:26 am

I think anyone posing for a photo with Rebecca Holden would have a lovely smile. (Well, a huge one anyway!) Jeez, BioDoc; you really had one heck of a time there: 2005 TARDIS walls - to go with a killer console, a great Sarah Jane, a fantastic Rose, a Klingon! And to top it all, "April Curtis" herself: Rebecca Holden! (I know... another redhead; what can I say? Raising the bar on the

scale yet again.)

I'm definitely living at the wrong coordinates!

Dino.

museumdave · Sep 09, 2013, 12:38 pm

BioDoctor, Looks like a great event, and a great set up. Sorry to hear about the damage to your items..... Love the butruses and the walls look WAY cool- I would love to hear how you did those.... Thanks for sharing all this

This build Has earned a rating of ONE out of ONE possible Klingons 100% Good work.

Cheers

BioDoctor900 · Sep 09, 2013, 01:15 pm

Cheers for the comments guys, but my mood has just been really, really dampened by the news that the guy who runs the event, who stated on a number of occasions that in return for doing the event, I would get the backdrop, has now gone back on that, saying that I was getting a free display at the event and not a free display to take home and he now wants the walls back.

So at the moment I'm not in the best of moods, I've been sitting here for the past half an hour, shouting and swearing at him over facebook, telling him that I left myself short with money on some weeks to get the console to the standard it was and this was what I got in return and hes not battered an eyelid......

More Soon

BioDoctor900

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