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[link]What if the TARDIS had landed in 1890's alternate London?
After doing some research on police boxes, I learned that they were red, hexagonal, and cast iron in the Victorian era. Now as I am melding past and future together, I chose to take the hexagonal shape and apply it to the familiar Mackenzie Trench design, keeping the iconic blue color, the overall lines, and the wooden construction (though I realize the actual Mackenzie Trench Metropolitan boxes were mostly concrete). I felt that having the shape be the only large alteration was particularly appropriate as hexagons have a serendipitous connection with Gallifrey.
I decided that adding gears, rivets, or any other such embellishments wouldn't make much sense, for while the TARDIS is a vehicle, it shouldn't look like one, and I couldn't rationalize gears or rivets on a wooden police call box. Even in a steampunk London, most things would not have gears or rivets, so I decided to just alter the shape and add a few brass appointments.
I chose poplar dimensional lumber to construct the frames with birch plywood panels. I believe that the crown molding, colonial molding, and half round strips I used were all pine.
I needed it to breakdown and fit into my car, so I devised a construction method whereby the roof lifts off, the walls separate into three sections of two panels, and the floor is a separate piece. For the height of each panel, I went with measurements along the lines of the Tom Baker era prop at 6.5'.
Designed by me and built with the help of my Outland Armour crew and SCAD.
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`anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
