Doctor Who Prop Hunt

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 DOOMBO...

It’s guns galore this week as I look at pairs of pistols, matching muskets, and coupled cannons! Each gun featured appears in either two Doctor Who stories OR Doctor Who and something else. Enjoy. GALAXY 4, 1965 The long energy weapons of the Dravhins turn up ten years later in…. GENESIS OF THE DALEKS, 1975 …and the clear cube thing on the end turned out to be green. Who knew! EARTHSHOCK, 1982 The Eighties Cyber-guns, created by freelance costumes and effects company Imagineering, were later cannibalised to appear in….. WARRIORS OF THE DEEP, 1984 Careful Tarpok! You’ll have your hand off! INVASION OF THE DINOSAURS, 1974 The Doctor’s dino stun gun actually first appeared in…. MADAME SIN, 1972 …. a fairly obscure British thriller starring Bette Davis, Robert Wagner, and Denholm Elliott. Interiors for this movie were completed at Pinewood and it seems likely the gun ended up in their prop store after filming was complete. Studios like Pinewood and Elstree would often rent out props to oth...