Doctor Who Prop Hunt

It’s been a while since this has happened, but my recent post about these washboard like metal panels prompted people to get in touch to suggest more stuff. So here it is Space Washboards - Part 2. RED DWARF: SERIES VI, 1993 @md05.bsky.social  has been a massive supporter of this blog, regularly supplying suggestions. For these metal boards they mentioned they had been part of the Starbug set in Red Dwarf. You can see the tell tale circular holes at the top of the image. SHADA, 1979 @markaldridge.info  sent me this photo of the studio set up for Shada. At the top of the image you can see a grouping of washboards. These do not feature in any of the completed Shada footage so Mark suggested the maybe part of the studio lighting rig. And then I was checking back through old Bluesky notifications and realised @beeblepete.bsky.social  had already sent me this some time ago. Like Mark, Pete suggested they could have been some kind of studio equipment. He suggested they might b...

This one needs to be credited to Zoe’s Feather Boa. ZFB is someone who has helped me a lot since I started this blog. They frequently post about props they have spotted on Bluesky. Make sure to give them a follow at zoesfeatherboa.bsky.social. They mentioned these thermostat props a while ago. I haven’t found them anywhere else so here are the appearances they found. THE SEEDS OF DEATH,1969 Seeds features two of these props, and they are subtly different. In the shot above you can see the prop has a light coloured face. But when it’s shown in the close up, seen in the picture below, the face is much darker. The text is white, or at least a light tone, while it appears darker in the first picture.  THE SEEDS OF DEATH, 1969 COLONY IN SPACE, 1971 The pair of Thermostats next pop up, both with darkly coloured faces, in Colony in Space. PERCY, 1971 One of the thermostats can be seen in the 1971 sex comedy Percy. THE MUTANTS, 1972 And finally, one year later, one of them can be seen in T...