OOH! Ok: How silly will I feel, on a scale of one to ten, when I take this exact photo next month? I mean, are there people actively rolling their eyes at the geeks approaching their mecca?
Actually, it looks like the dedication pretty much exactly coincides with the first attempted Doctor Who revival; the Paul McGann Doctor Who movie aired in May of 1996. This police box was likely built to drum up publicity for that revival.
You know what - in three years living five minutes' walk away, I never once looked at the label on that thing? According to a site I found though, it was built as a CCTV box (hence the "watchbox") thing - not for any DW-related publicity!
That's really the only thing we missed in November. I do have a photo of me cuddled up next to a Dalek at Waterstones. My friend said I was an idiot, but now she's kicking herself for not also having that photo taken.
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posted by Mimi (Sat Feb 07 09, 10:18PM)
OOH! Ok: How silly will I feel, on a scale of one to ten, when I take this exact photo next month? I mean, are there people actively rolling their eyes at the geeks approaching their mecca?
posted by PaulW (Sat Feb 07 09, 11:09PM)
Um, you didn't see any creepy-looking weeping angels standing nearby...?
posted by JSW (Sat Feb 07 09, 11:55PM)
Actually, it looks like the dedication pretty much exactly coincides with the first attempted Doctor Who revival; the Paul McGann Doctor Who movie aired in May of 1996. This police box was likely built to drum up publicity for that revival.
posted by Alex Knapp (Sun Feb 08 09, 1:15AM)
It wasn't bigger on the inside, was it?
posted by Joanne (Sun Feb 08 09, 4:40AM)
You know what - in three years living five minutes' walk away, I never once looked at the label on that thing? According to a site I found though, it was built as a CCTV box (hence the "watchbox") thing - not for any DW-related publicity!
posted by nerdycellist (Sun Feb 08 09, 11:34AM)
That's really the only thing we missed in November. I do have a photo of me cuddled up next to a Dalek at Waterstones. My friend said I was an idiot, but now she's kicking herself for not also having that photo taken.