Doctor Who Prop Hunt

I’m back after a short break. And this first post back corrects a mistake I have made in the past. Below are two large bronze pillars known as Syrian Candles. They look very similar but as you can see there are slight differences between the two. Unfortunately I have incorrectly credited both of these candle styles as being the one that appears in the TARDIS during the Sixties. But actually it’s only the left one that comes from Hartnell’s ‘ship’, the one on the right is an imposter. So let’s take a look at this counterfeit candle and where it can be found. CARRY ON SPYING, 1964 Here is where I first noticed there was a difference between the two. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM, 1963 And here for comparison is a picture of the original TARDIS console. You can clearly see the bulb like bulge appears in the middle of the pillar rather at the top as it does in Carry On Spying. That prompted me to go back to my previous posts and I found a trio of Doctor Who stories I miscredited. The below stories a...