December 8th, 2012
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Sneak Peek at Brand New Tardis Interior
Sneak Peek at Brand New Tardis
The BBC’s Doctor Who has revealed a sneak peak at a brand new TARDIS that will debut in this year’s Christmas special, The Snowmen. The second TARDIS for Matt Smith it will be the first TARDIS for new companion Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman), who makes her entrance on Christmas Day at 5:15pm on BBC ONE.
The new set was designed by Michael Pickwoad, the show’s production designer, and will be home to the Doctor and Clara as they travel through space and time when the adventure continues in spring 2013 with eight epic episodes.
With thanks to BBC Pictures.
Returning to screens on Christmas Day, it’s all change for Matt Smith’s Doctor with a new costume, a new hat and minus Amy Pond. Here he talks about what fans can expect from this festive treat and family tradition.
“Lots of snow and a rather good villain.” Matt is chatting enthusiastically about this year’s Christmas special, The Snowmen. Set in a Victorian snow-covered England, the episode opens with the Doctor feeling more ‘bah humbug’ than festive, as he struggles to get over the loss of his companions the Ponds.
“He is slightly removed and not at his best,” explains Matt. But after the Doctor meets a feisty young governess, Clara, played by Jenna-Louise Coleman, do we see a change in the Doctor? “You get to see a different side to him,” Matt explains. “She is a very different to Amy Pond. That is the great thing about this show,” he continues, “reinvention – it keeps me as an actor on my toes!”
As well as seeing Matt Smith’s Doctor for the first time without his old companions, Matt will be sporting a new costume, complete with top hat. “It is a bit like the Doctor meets the Artful Dodger,” says Matt.
So can we expect to see a period of grieving following the loss of the Ponds? “Grieving has its place,” says Matt, “but it is important to show that and then propel back into adventure!”
And that is exactly what this Christmas special does. Matt reveals that this Christmas the Doctor will embark on a dangerous adventure – a quest that leads him to Darkover House, where something sinister is lurking.
As well as guest starring Tom Ward (Silent Witness), Richard E Grant features as this year’s villain, Doctor Simeon. “He was a delight and brilliant at being villainous. Some actors are just made for the show and he was one of them. And he looked wonderful in Victorian garb,” says Matt.
Now a family tradition, Matt is chuffed to be part of the Christmas special. “I love being part of them. Family TV on Christmas day is a great tradition and Doctor Who is at the heart of that.”
So will Matt be making an appointment to watch on Christmas day? “Absolutely, I can’t wait.”
The 2005 Tardis console
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The fields of trenzalore
December 9th, 2012 - 8:55amI want a twist where at the end,doctor Simeon puts on his eye patch and reveals he is working for the silence,then we get trenzalore and all that to come
drs assistant sadie
December 9th, 2012 - 7:59ami like the new tardis look ….. the reason dr who is popular is because of its changes with times. after a couple of episodes people will forget the old tardis
crazy guy
December 9th, 2012 - 4:57amactually to be honest i am looking forward to seeing the new tardis look. i like change. and when people say this is bad well the episodes are not about the tardis controll room. although there is one thing i was thinking about if they will change it to the new one in the experince
Anonymous
December 9th, 2012 - 12:21ami think this is me not liking doctor who anymore this has utterly dissapointed me, i love the tardis as it is, there is no need to change, silly people. They made a replica tardis before im sure they can again for god sake
Don’t diss the Sonic!!!
December 8th, 2012 - 9:53pmNOOOO!!! I love the Tardis as it is. It’s the biggest Tardis there’s ever been and i love the everything about it: the parts of the console that look like ordinary Earth tools but actually work the Tardis; the stairs that leed away from the console room that go high and low; the glass foor; just really the amount of the Tardis you can see beneath the console and the massive size of it is definetely worthy of the popular saying “it’s bigger on the inside”. If this is the main console room that is being changed, I’m very worried they may mess it up but im sure Steven Moffat made sure that wouldn’t happen. I would prefer it if it was another controle room instead of the main one but the from the descriptions i’ve read of it, it sounds all right. There’s this one description that has a part that kind of makes me worried:
“The time rotor looks very similar to the one in the Lodger TARDIS. It looks much smaller than the current version, perhaps even smaller than Nine and Ten’s console room.”
When it gets to the second sentence, im unsure whether it is still talking about the time rotor or if it’s talking about the console room, and if this is definetely about the main console room and not just the rotor then im really worried about it. I don’t want the Tardis to go back to a tiny controle room that doesn’t seem to lead to anywhere; this series has been given an insanely massive budget so surely if they’re redoing the interior of the Tardis then the motto should be “the bigger the better”, only if it’s not the main controle room will i feel ok about it. Hoepfully if they change the colours of the room and a bit of the console room but if the actual console and the floor around it stayed basically the same then the rest of the Tardis, whether the markings on the interior or spiral stairs was added or something like that, then i might be happy with it.
John Smith
December 10th, 2012 - 9:39amYeah I don’t want it to be a tiny little room either. I prefer the big, bold and exciting TARDIS interiors and if the Time rotor is small like it was in the Classic series… Well… Mr Moffat has screwed us over one too many times…
Anonymous
December 8th, 2012 - 9:00pmWill this be in the Christmas special
That Snowman over there
December 8th, 2012 - 9:04pm“The BBC’s Doctor Who has revealed a sneak peak at a brand new TARDIS that will debut in this year’s Christmas special, The Snowmen.”
DALEKDRONE
December 8th, 2012 - 8:50pmThis means the doctor who experience will have to change its matt smith console
Dalek Jake
December 8th, 2012 - 7:59pmOh No!!! I love the current console!
Anonymous
December 8th, 2012 - 7:36pmSCAM to make us buy a new playset :/
Esterath
December 8th, 2012 - 10:18pmNo. They couldn’t move the TARDIS to Roath Lock so they had to build a new one.
Whovian
December 8th, 2012 - 6:14pmWhere’s the doctor’s top hat? top hats are cool 🙂
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
December 8th, 2012 - 3:16pmWHY DO THEY KEEP CHANGING EVERYTHING!! CHANGE IT WHEN MATT SMITH REGENERATES!! SO ANNOYING!
John Smith
December 10th, 2012 - 9:34amI know! Or save it till the end of the 50th as like one more surprise.
Moxx of who
December 8th, 2012 - 2:36pmDidnt they add a new tardis wall, with the current interior, that looked like a spiders web? They never explained what that was about!
That Snowman over there
December 8th, 2012 - 2:49pmIt was most likely just another little change like the railings in Series 6. 🙂
Anonymous
December 8th, 2012 - 1:29pmThe new tardis looks dark and sinister
doctorwhoone
December 8th, 2012 - 3:04pmDark perhaps, but not quite sinister, after all, we’ve only seen part of this new look console rooms roof, not the entire room yet.
Anonymous
December 8th, 2012 - 1:28pmI think richard e grant,doctor Simeon,will regenerate or come back to life revealing that he is the master or the valeyard,it is rumoured he will appear in the finale
Then in the finale he could work with the daleks to get the doctor ,as it is rumoured the second doctors’s double ,might return and other doctor’s ,then we could have an anniversary where they face the valeyard or the master along with the daleks who force the doctor to answer the question,on trenzalore
doctorwhoone
December 8th, 2012 - 3:05pmJohn Simm has denied rumours of returning as the Master.
John Smith
December 10th, 2012 - 9:35amBut he does want to return.
dalek eternal
December 8th, 2012 - 1:24pmthe picture of the new tardis looks like its on top of the time rotor looking forward to seeing it and hope for a new tardis playset
dalek eternal
December 8th, 2012 - 1:23pmperhaps the tardis is battered outside because he hasn’t painted it outside since the loss of the ponds as river did say it needed painting at the end of the angels take manhattan just before the angel zaps rory and then amy so he hasn’t got round to painting it
doctorwhoone
December 8th, 2012 - 3:06pmTrue, plus where not sure from the Doctors point of view how much time has passed for him since losing Amy and Rory. For all we know his been living in Victorian London for nearly or well over a year by the time we meet him again in this years Christmas Special.
Doctor 909
December 8th, 2012 - 12:06pmA new TARDIS i liked the TARDIS we had
daleksean
December 8th, 2012 - 11:59amis this the new tardis control room
doctorwhoone
December 8th, 2012 - 3:07pmPart of it. It’s part of the ceiling above the console.
Sebatron
December 8th, 2012 - 11:42amI must admit I do like the gallifraen symbols!
dr who 1999
December 8th, 2012 - 11:10amBBC, don’t fix something that’s not already broken! although it would be nice to see what it looks like 🙂
KORSAIR
December 8th, 2012 - 10:56amI honestly wasn’t too keen on the last Tardis interior,hopefully this one will be better.
AlphaOmega
December 8th, 2012 - 10:24am3rd Picture – TARDIS is looking pretty dusty – just how long has the Doctor been in Victorian London….?
Anonymous
December 8th, 2012 - 9:27amI heard river and doctor Simeon and a double of the second doctor,appear in the finale
I think we are heading to a multi doctor episode and Richard e grant maybe the master or the valeyard
doctorwhoone
December 8th, 2012 - 9:46amWell clearly not the Master, since he died for good in the End of Time 2 parter, and Doctor Who Wiki has stated that John Simm has denied any rumours of ever returning to Doctor Who.
But Richard as the Valeyard ? . . . . could be.
Anonymous
December 8th, 2012 - 10:19amHe maybe the master as the master can return ,he goes back years before you were born,the master is an old enemy,but the valeyard as we got trenzalore coming up
Anonymous
December 8th, 2012 - 10:20amWiki is made up by anyone ,it could be me for all you know
doctorwhoone
December 8th, 2012 - 11:02amAnonymous – Hang on, ‘Goes back years before you where born’, you don’t even know how old I am, for all you know I could have been born before the Master first appeared in Doctor Who.
The Master dead thou, why do people keep saying he can come back ? – HE CAN’T !!.
The Master went back to Gallifrey with the rest of his people and died on Gallifrey when the Doctor destroyed them.
The Master off course died a hero. He learned the truth of his insanity, and in doing so, he turned good, killing Rassilon who made him the man he became, and once they where back on Gallifrey and where killed off, he died with them.
The Master is no more, and as far as I’m concerned, that’s ok. He died a hero, not an evil maniac. The Master was a victim, he didn’t become evil on purpose, it was all Rassilon’s doing.
Anonymous
December 8th, 2012 - 1:01pmDoctorwhoone that was Russell t Davies idea ,it never happened in the original series,Steven Moffat could change it,the master could have become evil other ways ,just because he died in a Russell t Davies story does not men Steven Moffat can’t bring him back,the time war may never have happened after the universe reboot,things have changed
Anonymous
December 8th, 2012 - 1:04pmThe master is the doctors greatest enemy,every story needs an evil genius,the master is the doctor’s greatest enemy and always will be his greatest enemy,Russell t Davies just used that as his story,he can come back evil again,after all,the master is the most evil being in the universe
Anonymous
December 8th, 2012 - 1:05pmBut we need a villian,and the master is the best,roger Delgado is the best
doctorwhoone
December 8th, 2012 - 3:11pmIve always found Davros to be the more evil one when it comes to him and the Master.
They should being back Davros for a 2nd time this series. I’d love to see him talking to a paradigm Dalek, which I believe he did not design in terms of their casing, and he becomes fascinated with the paradigm Daleks casing and abilities.
crazy guy
December 8th, 2012 - 6:34pmactually john simmn does want to return
John Smith
December 9th, 2012 - 7:47amThis argument again? Look, the Master can’t die. He’s like Moriarty. Without him Doctor Who will loose a great enemy and hundreds of views! The Writers/Producers of the show know that and as for Richard E as the Valeyard. That’d be good, but I can’t see him as the Doctor’s darker side in this story somehow. Maybe, but probably not.
Mr Evil Fez
December 8th, 2012 - 9:22amCool! I hope its a classic looking Tardis!
CG
December 8th, 2012 - 9:13amWhy waste money on a new interior when we have only had this one a few years. This may mean that this may be the first playset in the new scale next year, if they do it.
John Smith
December 9th, 2012 - 7:43amThey should be saving money, not wasting it! They need it so that they can put lot’s of money towards the last few episodes near the 23rd of November!
doctorpond393
December 8th, 2012 - 8:59amIs it just me or does the sonic screwdriver look quite small in that second picture?
doctorwhoone
December 8th, 2012 - 9:01amLooks the same as always to me.
Anonymous
December 8th, 2012 - 8:28amWHAT ? . . . . why change it ?, I like the current 11th Doctor Tardis console room look since ‘The Eleventh Hour’.
Well . . . . hope it looks good.
doctorwhoone
December 8th, 2012 - 8:28amOh for godsake, now Ive gone a posted a comment being called ‘Anonymous’ . . . . GRRRRRRRR 😛
Hector Sandler
December 8th, 2012 - 8:18amWell I know it will be same outside like always like his predecessors had but the inside will change. What it going to like I want see. But it be great.
John Smith
December 8th, 2012 - 8:14amWas the new TARDIS interior post because of my comment on one of the previous posts that you did Booboo? Also did anyone notice the TARDIS in the second picture has a slightly “beaten” look about it? Maybe the Doctor hasn’t kept the TARDIS exterior in good condition recently or it’s sustained damage during the story? Although that hasn’t happened to it before??? I’m confused!
booboo
December 8th, 2012 - 8:15amno this image was just released last night
CG
December 8th, 2012 - 9:18amMabey there has been a long gap between the loss of the ponds and Christmas. Alot could have happened to the doctor or they are tyng to make the tardis look order and more weathered because the doctor is looking ‘older’, it has a new interior, because it is matts third series or the actual prop tardis is a bit battered!
John Smith
December 9th, 2012 - 7:41amBut there was no point in having to change the TARDIS interior! They already did one or two changes in the interior during Series 7a? Oh well. i guess it’s a 50th Anniversary thing?!
11matt
December 8th, 2012 - 8:13amcool
can’t wait for tardis