davidnagel
Sr Member
I love the gadgets and contraptions the Doctor reveals in the TV Show and given there isn't really a continuous thread about people making em, I thought 'why not!'
So I thought I'd make a series of these posts/threads
I'm cross posting this from dw_cosplay/crafty_tardis LJ communities for wider spectrum of responses - and maybe some help!
Originally posted 6 June 2010! (sorry)
Today's gadget is the Mirror Matcher (did it have a name on screen?)
Firstly, I can see that there is a big ribbed rope (or pipe) that runs around the piece through brass coloured rings. I think this is more a rope as its green, don't ask why I think its a rope I just do! LOL
It should be easy enough to find the leather straps that hold it onto torso. It has a bike's handlebars at the bottom. And those strange glass insert connector things that I swear I've seen in Back to the Future. Actually, most of the bits and pieces look like bike pieces, including the ball joint for the mirror itself. Funny, I have a suitcase that is more or less exactly like the one seen on screen for this gadget.
Here is concept art now of the this prop from Peter McKinstry, it doesn't shed any light on what the TV prop is made of but its certainly cool to look at
Its called the Visual Recognition Device - I think I prefer my name!
Update 19/10/2010 My new graphic of what I think bits and pieces are
Click for bigger picture
And a quick sketch
Next - finding the various pieces!
Any help in identifying some bits is greatly appreciated. Also any advise on what I might construct the main body from, I'm thinking a clock in a similar shape ...
So I thought I'd make a series of these posts/threads
I'm cross posting this from dw_cosplay/crafty_tardis LJ communities for wider spectrum of responses - and maybe some help!
Originally posted 6 June 2010! (sorry)
Today's gadget is the Mirror Matcher (did it have a name on screen?)
Firstly, I can see that there is a big ribbed rope (or pipe) that runs around the piece through brass coloured rings. I think this is more a rope as its green, don't ask why I think its a rope I just do! LOL
It should be easy enough to find the leather straps that hold it onto torso. It has a bike's handlebars at the bottom. And those strange glass insert connector things that I swear I've seen in Back to the Future. Actually, most of the bits and pieces look like bike pieces, including the ball joint for the mirror itself. Funny, I have a suitcase that is more or less exactly like the one seen on screen for this gadget.
Here is concept art now of the this prop from Peter McKinstry, it doesn't shed any light on what the TV prop is made of but its certainly cool to look at
Its called the Visual Recognition Device - I think I prefer my name!
Update 19/10/2010 My new graphic of what I think bits and pieces are
Click for bigger picture
And a quick sketch
Next - finding the various pieces!
Any help in identifying some bits is greatly appreciated. Also any advise on what I might construct the main body from, I'm thinking a clock in a similar shape ...
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