Doctor Who Prop Hunt

I’ve been looking at a few different props recently. But there isn’t anything I’ve found enough of to be worth posting. But what always happens when I’m looking for a certain prop is that I inevitably find stuff I’ve already posted about. So here is a round up of all the extra stuff I’ve found. For the anniversary I looked at some of the items in the original TARDIS console room. I’ve found the Syrian Candles in a couple of Season 2 stories. Check them out below.  THE RESCUE, 1965 THE ROMANS, 1965 This distinctive computer from The Invasion, and its variants, crop up quite a bit. I first wrote about them here  and found an appearance from Out of The Unknown here  . Below are two more appearances, one Who and one OOTO. In The Faceless Ones the four ‘doors’ of the computer can be seen on the right. The Out of The Unknown episode is called Lambda 1.  THE FACELESS ONES, 1967 OUT OF THE UNKNOWN, 1966 When I covered the silver frisbee things from the Dalek capsule in Pow...

Hey! Sorry for the lack of a post last week. However I did use the time to tidy up some stuff on the blog. For instance, for updates like this one I have gone back to the original posts and added a link. That way all appearances of a particular prop are linked and easy to find from which ever post you are on. I’m planning more consolidation like this which should be ready in the new year. In the meantime here is what is likely to be my last post of 2025. Christmas is always a busy time and I don’t know if I’ll be able to fit another one in.  In October I took a look at this wedge shaped console that first appears in The Space Museum . Well, as usual, I missed a Doctor Who appearance.  THE CLAWS OF AXOS, 1971    In my post about the computer from International Electromatic  I mentioned a couple of episodes from the third series of sixties sci-fi anthology Out Of The Unknown. Well there is another episode from that series that features one of these computers. The ...

As promised, this week is a round up of all the props from Gerry Anderson’s UFO that I’ve found in other shows and films. There will be no Doctor Who, but I keep finding these things and felt the need to really wrap up this avenue of prop hunting. The list here is as broad as it is long and really demonstrates just how ubiquitous these items were. I’ve organised it into prop type rather than by time. And I’ll kick it off with a favourite… WIDE BLUE - as seen in THE GREEN DEATH, THE TIME WARRIOR, THE ANDROIDS OF TARA, and DESTINY OF THE DALEKS plus episodes of THE GOODIES and of course UFO. JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN / DOPPELGÄNGER, 1969 As mentioned last week, despite me calling them UFO props they actually come from the earlier Anderson live action feature film Doppelgänger. The wide blue computer unit is on the right hand side of this screen grab. CARRY ON LOVING, 1970 ACE OF WANDS, 1972 BLAKES 7, 1979 From the season 2 episode Killer. On the face of it, this is not the same...

International Electromatic Company. State your business! This week I take a look at the ‘stupid primitive machine’ from the reception of IE. The Doctor and Zoe may not appreciate this ‘brainless tin box’ but it is a distinctive prop and one that turns up a bit in sixties TV. And it’s not alone as there are a few variants to look for. THE INVASION, 1968 Let’s start with its memorable appearance in The Invasion. We get a good look at the whole thing so we can see what to spot in its other appearances. There are two panels at the top which have handles and almost look like they can open. Under that we have the standard whirly tapes and then in the body of the machine is a wedge shaped control panel. SOMETHING IN THE CELLAR, 1969 Something in the Cellar is an episode from the seminal 60s anthology series Out of the Unknown. It’s from OOTU’s third season and was broadcast in February 1969. In the episode a Professor, haunted by the memory of his Mother, builds a computer in his basement. TH...

After several weeks of looking at stuff from the seventies and eighties, this post will take us straight back to the sixties. I’ve been looking for this pill shaped object that seems to have been a favourite of designers during the Troughton years. I feel this might have been a real world item once upon a time but I’m at a loss as to what it could have been. If you have any ideas I’d be very grateful if you reached out.  In the meantime here is a list of the appearances I have spotted.  THE MOONBASE, 1967 A couple of the appearances I have found are pretty hard to spot. And this first one is one of them. I’m almost certain that the pill shaped props appear on the walls of the sickbay. However they are too high up and the walls are too far back. So we do not get a good look at them in either the publicity stills or the existing episodes themselves. I’ve circled the prop I think is the correct one above. So I’ll leave it to you to decide if I’m right or not. FURY FROM THE DEEP, ...