THE GREY ONE

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Following last weeks return to the lair of BOSS there was one more prop on this set I wanted to look at. I’ve previously looked at a wide bodied blue computer console, but this time it’s this grey one that I’m looking at.

 
THE GREEN DEATH, 1973

You can see the grey computer console in the middle of this picture. There is a second one tucked in on the right, hidden from this view. The BOSS set is so full of stuff this prop is actually the tenth object, with total of fourteen props, that I have looked at and there is still more stuff to identify.
THE THREE DOCTORS, 1972

The year before The Green Death one of the grey computers was seen in UNIT’s top secret HQ.
THE HAND OF FEAR, 1976

By the late 70’s the whirly tape computer had started to look a little passé. For The Hand of Fear Designer Christine Ruscoe took a number of the grey computer units and placed another panel where the tapes would go.
THE PIRATE PLANET, 1978

But a couple of years later and the tapes were back.
THE DOOMBOLT CHASE, 1978

I haven’t had a huge amount of time to track down the grey computer in other shows. I did take a quick look at the usual suspects but didn’t find anything. However I did come across this. The Doombolt Chase was kids drama from HTV written by Don Houghton.
THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR, 1979

And here is the last appearance I have found. As mentioned, this type of prop had started to become unfashionable. And as Doctor Who entered the Eighties they would be seen less and less.

That’s possibly it for the BOSS set for now but, who knows, I could well be back there sometime soon.










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