Psychic Paper Build - My first real prop!

ZennDarkfire

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So after binge watching all of the new seasons of Doctor Who a few months back, I decided that I wanted to make some Doctor Who props. Among them were some custom sonics, a 9th Doctor costume, and some Psychic Paper. Since I'm still relatively new to the world of prop making, I figured starting with the Psychic Paper would probably be the easiest.

To begin I went to my local crafts store and purchased some supplies. I picked up two sheets of leather and some scrapbooking dividers. I needed these because I wanted my psychic paper to have a pocket where I could write things and slide them into place of the normally blank paper. I also used glue, tape, a box cutter, scissors, and a microwave pizza box for this build. Sadly I didn't think to photograph my process, so instead I'll just explain what I did below.

The first step was to measure out the leather and cut it to size. My psychic paper is around 5 inches by 7.5 inches, which I found looked to be the correct size. After cutting two pieces of leather that size, I also cut some cardboard from the pizza box to give the build strength. I put the cardboard between the two pieces and glued all of them together. The next step was to fold the leather wallet in half and place it between a huge stack of books, so that it would fold open. After the glue dried and the wallet had a crease in it, I took some of my remaining leather to cut a small triangle out to use as a pocket. I then glued two of the three edges to the wallet and let it dry. The final step was to take the scrapbooking paper and dividers and create a small plastic sleeve the same size as my paper. I then taped the edges of the sleeve to the back of the paper and glued the paper to the wallet. Once it dried I was done! Now the prop isn't perfect. I plan on buying some black thread and a leather needle and sewing the border of the wallet to both give it strength and add to the look, but thats a task for another day. The last thing I added to wallet was a small key that I got for free at my local hardware store. It was a mis-cut key, so they just gave it to me. I chose it because it was relatively similar to the Tardis key used in the show.

Here are some pictures of the finished piece!

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I'm really happy with how this turned out and I can't wait for my next build!

~Josh
 
Great use of dorm supplies! Be proud that you got such a well-done prop out of normal stuff. Also, good idea to include the key
 
Jill - Thanks! Yeah I'm really happy with how it turned out =] And thanks, I thought it needed something else.

zodiac - Oh which versions did you get?
 
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