Show your Dr. Who props!
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TimeyWhimyStuff
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Found the thread. I never looked at it because I assumed that it was about the older keys (that don't look like keys). Thanks.
TimeyWhimyStuff
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You're welcome.
Straker
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Yup, that thread is all about the Tardis keys that are actual keys. We recently just changed the thread title to add the classic series as well since new reference materialhad come to light about the keys seen during the Hartnell, Pertwee and Davison eras too.
Jack T Chance
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This is the Universal Remote, the newest addition to my collection... here's a very nice picture of the remote on its stand that I found on a Google Image Search...
While it IS good for the price (especially if you catch a good sale) it has numerous inaccuracies. First off, the metal colors are all wrong. The copper-plated parts are too bright, having been polished to a chrome-like shine. The silver-tone parts (aluminum on the original prop) are too dark, with a color more like, I don't know, steel or pewter. And the knurled struts have variations in the shade of the metallic silver that make them look like PLASTIC with a silver color molded into it. And the "rivets/screws" on the copper-plated struts are simulated, just a detail that's molded in as part of the strut, rather than being a separate part as on the original props.
There is NO activation button on the central black grip, and that black grip is NOT wrapped in leather. It is one piece of molded "faux leather" that seems to be made of vinyl or something. Even the stitching is simulated and molded in as part of that piece.
The remote does NOT extend and open, there is no way for it to do so. In good closeups of the emitter head, you'll notice that the claws have a metal rod securing them to the center shaft just below the emitter.
The tail cap does NOT open revealing the red button underneath, nor is there even a simulated hinge on it. There IS a button, though, as that's how you turn the remote on and off, and engage the programming modes. But that button is also copper-plated to blend into the pommel.
The emitter, while colored correctly, is totally CLEAR at the very tip, to allow proper transmission of the signals that control your TV. Some good closeups of the head of the remote may show that, as well.
So, it is what it is... a mass-produced, die-cast metal TOY. I'm using it as a display piece, displayed next to my RussRep Original Series Sonics and my MFX New Series Sonic (yes, I still own one and display it proudly!
) The remote is basically a "placeholder" to stand in for a better, more accurate prop replica that will hopefully join my collection at some point in the future.
While it IS good for the price (especially if you catch a good sale) it has numerous inaccuracies. First off, the metal colors are all wrong. The copper-plated parts are too bright, having been polished to a chrome-like shine. The silver-tone parts (aluminum on the original prop) are too dark, with a color more like, I don't know, steel or pewter. And the knurled struts have variations in the shade of the metallic silver that make them look like PLASTIC with a silver color molded into it. And the "rivets/screws" on the copper-plated struts are simulated, just a detail that's molded in as part of the strut, rather than being a separate part as on the original props.
There is NO activation button on the central black grip, and that black grip is NOT wrapped in leather. It is one piece of molded "faux leather" that seems to be made of vinyl or something. Even the stitching is simulated and molded in as part of that piece.
The remote does NOT extend and open, there is no way for it to do so. In good closeups of the emitter head, you'll notice that the claws have a metal rod securing them to the center shaft just below the emitter.
The tail cap does NOT open revealing the red button underneath, nor is there even a simulated hinge on it. There IS a button, though, as that's how you turn the remote on and off, and engage the programming modes. But that button is also copper-plated to blend into the pommel.
The emitter, while colored correctly, is totally CLEAR at the very tip, to allow proper transmission of the signals that control your TV. Some good closeups of the head of the remote may show that, as well.
So, it is what it is... a mass-produced, die-cast metal TOY. I'm using it as a display piece, displayed next to my RussRep Original Series Sonics and my MFX New Series Sonic (yes, I still own one and display it proudly!
) The remote is basically a "placeholder" to stand in for a better, more accurate prop replica that will hopefully join my collection at some point in the future.
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This is true. Starting in the Narnia Christmas special.
Jack T Chance
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What is the "Narnia Christmas Special"? Are you referring to the 2011 Christmas Special? :confused
ponchopanda
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Ask and you shall receive!
Where did you get the suit?
Pet name for "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe".
JohnsonArms
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Here's a replica that I'm currently painting. It was made by vistaVision here on the RPF (of course he's here! hehe) S
See the build here: http://www.therpf.com/f9/river-song-s-alpha-meson-blaster-finished-pics-post-14-a-157457/
Terrasolo
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Are you asking about my blue suit or the Judoon suit? If my blue one, Magnoli made it. If the Judoon suit, she made it herself.
greatwazoo42
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Re: Show your Dr. Who props!
Geepers...No Tardis is going to stay locked with you around. Sweet collection there dude!
Geepers...No Tardis is going to stay locked with you around. Sweet collection there dude!
TimeyWhimyStuff
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Straker
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Re: Show your Dr. Who props!
Thanks. Scarey part is that this was literally taken two weeks ago and I've added to it again XD I just got another 800-TREKKER key off Etsy and it's even more mint than my previous one. Then I added blank chrome plated Yales too. lol, it's a fun obsession...I think keys are my favorite prop...
I win SO HARD at internets!
Thanks. Scarey part is that this was literally taken two weeks ago and I've added to it again XD I just got another 800-TREKKER key off Etsy and it's even more mint than my previous one. Then I added blank chrome plated Yales too. lol, it's a fun obsession...I think keys are my favorite prop...
I win SO HARD at internets!
TimeyWhimyStuff
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Re: Show your Dr. Who props!
So you ended up with a plating method that works? Was it cheap?
So you ended up with a plating method that works? Was it cheap?
Re: Show your Dr. Who props!
Ive done a couple of Daleks. Posted these in another thread a while ago.
The black one is radio control, the bronze one is get in and ride.
Ive done a couple of Daleks. Posted these in another thread a while ago.
The black one is radio control, the bronze one is get in and ride.
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