After many long hours of work, she is done ...
I added some "real" cables to give the backdrop a little more of a 3d feel...
The windows are plexi, on their back side I attached a transparency printout of an actual screen grab of Tardis windows, (backed by opaque mylar), to give them some texture.
The two doors and the phone door are hinged with a rod-and-socket thing I jimmied up out of bits and pieces.
Phone is balsa with some little bits made out of Sculpey. It's a little rough, but "it's not a real phone!"
The lantern glows white all the time (as it does when the Tardis is "parked") but I also cannibalized a toy I had and rigged up a switch so that you can trigger a glowing blue light accompanied by the Tardis materialization "roar". If the peak on the roof seems just a tad too pronounced, it's because there's a lot of stuff crammed in under there.
Backdrop is just a large printout of course, the trick there was to bend it around and trim it down so interior lighting could still shine out side windows.
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a39/a39f551e3433250925b4d35386ba5705.jpg)
I added some "real" cables to give the backdrop a little more of a 3d feel...
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/2c4/2c47cb4e19bb1315bf71cddaffd805dd.jpg)
The windows are plexi, on their back side I attached a transparency printout of an actual screen grab of Tardis windows, (backed by opaque mylar), to give them some texture.
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/1a0/1a0f92275a246e84228a1b5786f49c08.jpg)
The two doors and the phone door are hinged with a rod-and-socket thing I jimmied up out of bits and pieces.
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/299/2990300b50c32669be9bcdc6f1750e4b.jpg)
Phone is balsa with some little bits made out of Sculpey. It's a little rough, but "it's not a real phone!"
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/740/740aa77d7c57e212f54601b541b6e941.jpg)
The lantern glows white all the time (as it does when the Tardis is "parked") but I also cannibalized a toy I had and rigged up a switch so that you can trigger a glowing blue light accompanied by the Tardis materialization "roar". If the peak on the roof seems just a tad too pronounced, it's because there's a lot of stuff crammed in under there.
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/cc4/cc4a1179ed9aad05dcbd9b8cf1cf41ca.jpg)
Backdrop is just a large printout of course, the trick there was to bend it around and trim it down so interior lighting could still shine out side windows.