Time Lords, TARDISes and Daleks . . . oh my!

[The Librarian]

So, despite all the Star Wars builds I've been posting recently, I am at heart a Whovian. And with the new series starting today (in two hours, forty one minutes to be exact), I thought it was high time I shared a few builds. Which are surprisingly numerous given I've been sick all week and have had plenty of time to distract myself with Lego.

I decided, for no reason at all, to build a TARDIS console and while I could have built the Doctor's TARDIS, I don't really have the parts to build an appropriate minifig. So I turned to a few of the lesser known Time Lords . . . and it sort of spiraled into a series. So without further ado . . .

The meddlesome Monk is an object lesson in why irresponsible use of a time machine is a very bad time. With his mark IV TARDIS (it's in show-room condition, you know), he knocks from one end of the history to the other looking for new ways to turn a profit or just have a good time, heedless of the consequences of interfering. Be it giving laser cannons to the Anglo Saxons, anti-gravity lifts to the ancient Britons or hyper-advanced medicine to the Holy Roman Empire, the Monk meddles just to see what will happen – and to see what trophies he can pick up along the way.

Since I started building a traditional console, it was only natural that I'd chose the Monk to take the place of the Doctor. I wanted to capture the fairly plain design of the original TARDIS set, but add a few of the twists suggested by Big Finish's audio plays, which state that the Monk keeps a load of trophies hanging around. I'm very pleased with how the console came out here!

Sideways in time and across the boundaries that divide one universe from the next is a world in which the reality of King Arthur and the Knights of Camelot was far closed to the legend than it is here. And in that world, where magic is advanced enough to be indistinguishable from technology, there exists a mysterious wanderer in time and space, who can change his face and traverses the stars in a ship of wonders. His name? Merlin!

This started as a steam-punk console room in the vein of the Scream of the Shalka webcast but veered sharply into castle-punk instead. I'm very pleased with the time rotor on this one, and the downstairs area with its home comforts.

Expelled from the Academy following that nasty incident with the giant mouse and the Lord President's cat, the Rani escaped into the cosmos with one purpose in mind: to further her scientific research. To her, the universe is one giant Petri dish and the people in it are just one long list of test subjects. She would be happy never seeing the Doctor ever again, but he keeps insisting on getting in her way and making long speeches about medical ethics . . . hopefully one day he and the Master will annihilate each other in an explosion of ego and she can get on with her work in peace.

I've always liked the design of the Rani's TARDIS from Mark of the Rani, so much better than just redressing the normal console room. I wanted to capture the shape of the round console - and I just had to include the baby T-Rex!

It is perfectly possible that Irving Braxiatel does not actually privately run the universe. But he definitely has the people who do on speed-dial. The proverbial man of wealth and taste, Brax is a collector par excellence, firmly of the opinion that the treasures of the universe would be far safer in his hands than left to the vagaries of time and chance. For all his charm, there is a darker side lurking under the urbanity – so it's a good job that Bernice Summerfield (archaeologist and professional drinker) is usually around to keep an eye on him!

Brax is one of my favourite characters from the Bernice Summerfield series (of course he is, everybody loves Irving!) and I wanted his TARDIS to reflect his urbane, art-collector persona. I'm very happy with the bookshelf (though obviously I claim no originally on the build techniques here) and I'm quite pleased with his more advanced console design (his being a Type 70, it's way in advance of the Doctor's or the Monk's)

When Professor Chronotis retired from the hurly burly of Capitol politics and settled down as the occupier of an obscure chair in a distinguished Cambridge college, he may possibly and quite by accident forgotten to tell anyone that he was taking his old Type 12 TARDIS with him. Fortunately, it is safely locked in the shape of his college rooms and will be no trouble to anyone. Now if he could just remember where he left the milk for his tea . . .

A small build but satisfying nevertheless. I based the console on the BBCi webcast version, rather than on the original set from the lost story, Shada.

Oh, I also built some Daleks (with the usual techniques!)

Which leaves me with the dilemma of what to do with a horde of Daleks and no Doctor . . . but of course there's only one reasonable response to that . . .

Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer!

Here's a link to a slightly fuller gallery with a smattering of alternate views: link

Enjoy!

Edited September 19, 2015 by The Librarian

[somelegothings_]

Holy... Wow! I think I'm in love!

These are all just so creative! Great work!

[Graham Gidman]

Excellent job!

[kevkipo]

I really love how creative everyone gets with these Dalek things, really well done design here

Is the yellow one representing a higher class? or just a different Dalek?

[Tariq j]

These builds are amazing!

[Tomsche]

Fantastic work on those controle rooms!

[LegoPercyJ]

These are all great!

[Jared]

Nice job, really enjoying that Rani tardis console!

[DuckBricks]

Love the Daleks! A consise but accurate representation of them!

Edited September 21, 2015 by legozebra

[The Librarian]

Thanks for all the comments, chaps!

I really love how creative everyone gets with these Dalek things, really well done design here

Is the yellow one representing a higher class? or just a different Dalek?

That represents the Emperor Dalek, as seen in the Dalek Chronicles comic strip. It's a design I'm rather fond of, so I wanted to see if I could replicate it in Lego - it's not perfect, but I consider it a passable first effort.

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Beautiful MOCs ...the first and the fifth scenes are amazing: I like the roman portal and the legs on the shelfs!