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Over the last month, a tall, blue curiosity slowly took shape in Michael Thompson’s carport: a plywood box that looked like a telephone booth to the inexpert eye but which any sci-fi fan instantly recognized as a TARDIS, the space- and time-traveling ship immortalized by “Doctor Who.” Building an 8-foot prop might seem extreme even for Thompson, 37, whose enthusiasm for the Doctor runs so high that he once made his own Time Lord collar – an elaborate costume piece…

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A mistake in Doctor Who‘s DVD subtitles has Peter Capaldi’s Doctor resembling his The Thick of It character Malcolm Tucker even more than usual. The error on the Region 1 DVD box set for the first half of last year’s Season 9 features on ‘The Woman Who Lived’. Rather brilliantly, the Doctor’s sweary reaction fits the scene absolutely perfectly. When Ashildr (Maisie Williams) and Leandro (Ariyon Bakare) inform the Doctor that the amulet requires a death, he responds simply: “Oh shit.” The new season of Doctor Who is…

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The BBC’s “The One Show” tonight (22.09.16) ran a feature looking at “original” ways to tie the knot.  Included in this jolly piece were Mr and Mrs Paul Seymour, who renewed their wedding vows 30 years on with a Doctor Who themed ceremony, complete with a Dalek as the ring bearer. In time honored fashion the Dalek did have a few problems negotiating the aisle due to a carpet and needed a bit of a push to make it to the altar on time! You may…

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A TARDIS coffin is among a series of unusual requests received by Central England Co-operative’s Funeralcare. The Co-operative Society has experienced a surge in demand for out of the ordinary send offs as more people look to have a greater say on planning and personalising their own funerals. This shift towards personalisation has coincided with a rise in people opting to sign up to pre-paid funeral plans or to fill out a funeral wishes form to ensure they get the…

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A SCI-FI fanatic has created a Tardis-inspired toilet in his back garden, which tweets hundreds of people every time he spends a penny. The life-sized TARDIS has been fitted with flashing LED lights, motion sensors and a even a WiFi hotspot and USB ports for those longer loo trips. Unlike its Doctor Who name-sake, the trendy toilet is no bigger on the inside, but it does have a fully functioning bog and sink crammed in. The futuristic loo was designed by app builder…

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Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi was so impressed with a young fan’s TARDIS earlier this week that he climbed inside to pose for a photo. Perhaps unintentionally recreating a scene from 2014’s ‘Flatline’ episode, the actor enthusiastically squeezed into the wardrobe, which he described as “brilliant”. Capaldi also took the time to sign the TARDIS door for the fan. He joked: “There’s moths in here! And old socks!” https://twitter.com/GeorgeBaker26/status/764407724067217408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

You’ve seen him outsmarting dinosaurs on spaceship. You’ve even seen him bust into to Gallifrey with an electric guitar. But you haven’t enjoyed an episode where the Doctor stabs a deer dressed as a bee over a sitar soundtrack. Until now. It’s all thanks to Doctor Who: The Bollywood version, your new favourite video on the net. Why? It’s got the classic elements of every episode (The TARDIS, the assistant and the Doctor himself), but they’re combined with the costumes,…

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After all of the emotional upheaval of the Doctor’s recent adventures, in which he lost Rose, his best friend, and was turned down by Donna Noble, “Smith and Jones” is the moment at which he gets his mojo back. He may start off hidden among humans, investigating an anomaly for something to do, but by the end he’s so fully invested in saving the life of his newest acquaintance that he carries her prone body through an oxygen-depleted hospital. Here…

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