LEGO® Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor’s TARDIS Interior (Series 9)
Image by Umm, Who?
Finally, after a year of building (and more like 5 years of preparation) I have finished my dream project.
It started back in 2011, and I had just stumbled across the most mind-blowingly unbelievable thing… LEGO Doctor Who, more specifically, I came across what, at the time, was the Holy Grail of LEGO creations, Mr. Xenomurphy’s (alias Thorsten Bonsch, alias Mr. Amazingly Talented Super Master-builder) LEGO TARDIS Console Room. A fire had been lit in my head, an obsession really. I knew that someday I had to build my own TARDIS. So, here we are, I humbly present to you my take on the the Twelfth Doctor’s Series 9 TARDIS Interior.
This console room is undoubtedly my favourite, although considering how incredible and unique the production quality of each individual one is, it’s very, very difficult to pick, and given a ‘real’ choice I’d say they’re all my favourites. This one just has this techno-organic vibe, but also very mechanical in structure, something I’ve always admired about the TARDIS.
My only regret is that the center still can’t spin yet, or have lights. I have a technique in mind, but being how difficult it is to install technic parts into such a small area, it’s going to be a while before I figure this one out.
Series 8 is by and far my absolute favourite of the show, but series 9 is really when the TARDIS has a chance to shine, hence why I picked it as the basis for my model. Also, more round things!!
Come see it at Brickfair Virginia 2016!
If you need references (because you’ve been living under a rock, I mean come on, Doctor Who is a worldwide phenomenon!), you can view the inside of the series 9 TARDIS here.
Special thanks to here for the logo.
Special credit to 1AnUnearthlyChild for his ingenious pillar/buttress structure design.
A second huge shoutout to BoB and the Bricktime store for the extra moc support, without them this moc would not have been possible. Thank you!
A timey-wimey thank you to Doctor Who: The Fan Show for featuring my dimensions cyberking model in one of their videos a few months ago!
Thank you to Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Pearl Mackie, and all the wonderful people who work on Doctor Who. My life would never be the same or what it is now without it, and the child-like excitement of imagining what whimsical adventures the TARDIS and Doctor Who will whisk me away to see each week on Saturday evening has been a deep comfort for all those horrible days I spend enduring ‘adulthood’!
As a final note, I would like to say thank you to Thorsten ‘Xenomurphy’ Bonsch, who has been, continues to be and will always be an inspiration to me (seeing as this design is basically stolen from him with a few elements modified ;o). A thank you to Tym Lydy, the greatest super-hero and LEGO buddy a guy could ask for. To all the amazing German LEGO builders (Marcel Veit, Markus Rollbuhler, and so many more) for their crazy amazing mocs and even crazier and funnier personalities. To the disastrous chatluggers ;D, and Micah and Kodi, to all my fellow Canadian builders, too numerous to mention but Adam Dodge, Kris Manabo, and a hundred other names come to mind. To my American friends, whom I cannot wait to see at Brickfair and Brickworld this and next year. Finally, of course, thank you to all of you for supporting me on this crazy LEGO journey, here’s to more years to come (and more friends to make in the future)!
*Doctor Who, TARDIS and all related names, images, etc. are property of the British Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved.*
P.S. Keep brickin’ friends! Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to ‘catch ’em all’ ;D
*EDIT*(09/02/16): Check out the Beyond The Brick Interview here, thanks BTB!
