EyeofSauron
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she said sweety. maybe its river 
New Doctor Who Series Discussion *Spoilers*
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she said sweety. maybe its river
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Must admit. As bad as I thought the episode was the Sontaran was hilarious.
"What worm? Sir! I seem to have been run over by a cab!" :lol
Also, Pertwee was the last one to use the original console IIRC. Once the power of travel was returned to him he got a new one.
The chameleon circuit has been broken since the 1960's. He either can't or won't fix it.
I like the new control room except for the spinning things above the console. But I'm still disappointed that in "The Doctor's Wife" they did not get a really old school console room from Baker or somebody. Granted, with HD it might not have worked as well for TV.
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And a grandfather clock. It was a 6th Doctor story with the Cybermen.
greatwazoo42
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Colin Baker's Attack of the Cybermen: Attack of the Cybermen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The TARDIS changes from its police box shape for the first time when the Doctor manages to repair the chameleon circuit. It takes the shape of a decorated stove, a pipe organ, and an ornamental gateway.
NakedMoleRat
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Simple answer as I said earlier. It didn't.
TARDIS regeneration is only one way to change the look. Smith simply "changed the desktop theme".
greatwazoo42
Master Member
Let me whip out my psychology minor here for a second: 10's regeneration into 11 was heavily delayed so the energies just built and built until he could hold the change back no more. The resultant release of regenerative power destroyed half the console room and forced the Tardis to repair and rebuild herself, going so far as to scan everyday items within a few hundred miles just to get some idea of what to make of the controls and layout. This we already knew.
The exterior of the Tardis was badly scorched by forcing it's way into the temporal mess that was Manhattan in the 1930's. The Doctor and River started to clean it when Rory and eventually Amy got sent back in time by the surviving Angel. This we already knew.
We never saw the Doctor and River do any more cleaning of the scorch marks on the exterior but we did see them traveling and also how totally devastated the Doctor was by the loss of his two best friends. Then the series jumps for an unspecified amount of the Doctor's personal timeline to the XMas ep. That we already knew too.
The Doctor was depressed, in a "Brown Study" (as the 6th put it to Mel when she seemed distracted and down in the dumps as 11 was at the beginning of this) so he more than likely changed his immediate personal surroundings to more fit his mood; blues and grays replacing the brighter brass and reds of the previous Console Room. Mutable lighting for sitting in the half dark and moping but bright spots and plenty of additional lighting to come on when life no longer needs mute, dark and in sad repose. He changed the console room to fit his mood but didn't want to write off the loss of his friends completely; he needed a reminder of some sort. That would be where leaving the Tardis exterior scorched comes in. Inside is different, giving the Doctor some degree of separation from the agony of loosing his two closest and most amazing friends. He has put himself in forced retirement, though, so outside the Tardis remains unchanged so every time he thinks he should venture out and change the world again he sees that terrible reminder of what made him turn his back on it all. Muted and blue on the inside, scarred on the outside. The Tardis is a reflection of the Doctor and the Doctor reflected in the Tardis. Inside and out.
As for his handing over the key time and again to Oswin's Victorian Incarnation: she made him realize that sitting in the dark and trying to die a little each second was not the way to be for him. He saw that no matter how he tried to repress her he failed so he saw in her how to stop repressing himself. Like a drunkard to the bottle he kept returning to her his own key for release.
DuneMuadDib
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Sadly it was cheaper for them to use the saved 9/10 console than to rebuild a previous console room. Budget is also to blame for nephew being and Ood instead of a new alien.
For my money it was nice seeing the previous console room, though seeing an older one would have been cooler.
greatwazoo42
Master Member
Same here. Shall we traipse to petition.org or what ever that site is and start one to inform CO on just how much of a global interest there would be in a console? The question is Hartnell, Baker or 5 Doctors version to start?
I think there's hope for a CO Baker Console Room. They've made a lot more obscure stuff. The Junkyard Tardis set is fun.
Snowmen was great. Strongest Xmas ep in a long long time. No idea where they are going with Clara...and I love it.
New intro is awesome. Didn't see the coat rack? Tardis was looking good inside and out.
Snowmen was great. Strongest Xmas ep in a long long time. No idea where they are going with Clara...and I love it.
New intro is awesome. Didn't see the coat rack? Tardis was looking good inside and out.
Mwa ha ha...
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