Doctor Who Laserson Probe

KevinD

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Here is my scratchbuild of the Laserson Probe from the 4th Doctor story The Robots Of Death (one of my favourites). I've been meaning to do this one for decades.

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Yes, amazing job on the color. You really captured the unique weird fake look it has in the episode. (Which I just now realized was possibly meant to resemble the speckle interference from a laser? It doesn’t, quite, but maybe that was the concept?)

I always considered this an un-replicable prop because of the integral special effect, but this looks great. Any tips on how you got that look?
 
Thank you. My idea was to use some sort of glittery paper. I went to a craft shop 'Hobbycraft', in this case and found a holographic iron on foil that looked perfect. No idea what it is actually meant to be used for!
 
Oh, that makes sense! There are lots of holographic foil patterns these days. I never thought of that, even though I've been a fan of holographic foil since the Tom Baker era. I actually already have a few samples that aren't too far off from this look (but not in red...yet).

I...might have to make one of these eventually. I'm quite fond of this episode.

(Come to think of it, a trash-picked road reflector standing in for a corpse marker was one of the very first prop replicas in my collection. I wonder if I still have that? I should make a better one.)
 
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