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Doctor Who Outed as Secret Ikea Shopper, as Tardis Brought to Set Flat-Packed
Posted by Addy Dugdale at 12:26 AM on March 5, 2008
Fans of the revivified British TV series Doctor Who are, apparently, reeling, after the shock discovery that the Tardis, the Time Lords' equivalent to a Toyota Prius, comes in a flatpack. "I expected the Tardis to beam down from some far-off galaxy," said one shocked onlooker, "but it looked more like some flatpack furniture when it was pulled off the lorry to be screwed together." Sonic screwdriver jokes below, please. [Times Online]
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MINI Driver
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
Hey, when I was seven years old, walking around in my home town in the UK with my Dad, we walk out of the bakery to find a Dalek coming down the street towards us!!
Scared the crap out of me!!!
Even though it did have a sink plunger as a deadly 'laser'.....
MINI Driver
Munch420s
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
This tard is unaware of what a Tardis is. In other words, Huh?
Munch420s
Out2gtcha
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
Im a trowback kinda guy. Yeah the new guy is a cool (David Tennant), but I prefer an English fro and a long multicolored tattered scarf myself.
Out2gtcha
Step666
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
@marzak: of course the outer design is the same as a real police box - what would be the point otherwise?
There are still quite a few of those old police boxes dotted round the place, Edinburgh has quite a few including one that's been painted red and turned into a coffee stand.
Step666
rekoil
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
@JasonCo: Why yes. Thanks be to jeebus for SciFi Channel and BBC America.
rekoil
jetexas
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
It's like when I found out that the automatic doors on the original Enterprise were powered by two stage hands on the other side of the wall.
jetexas
J. Nadeau
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
What was that about?
J. Nadeau
tyskkvinna
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
I wonder what would happen if you were on the inside of it as you finished assembly?
tyskkvinna
marzak
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
@Barion:
That would be awesome.
Makes me wonder if they got the outer design from a real police box, I would definitely fanboi over that (my wife would fangurl as well)
marzak
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
@JasonCo:
*runs back, still crying*
YES!!!!
*runs away again*
92BuickLeSabre
SigmundTheSeaMonster
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
Exterminate!
SigmundTheSeaMonster
JasonCo
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
Does anyone outside that tiny island actually watch Dr. Who?
JasonCo
Buford T. Justice
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
EXTERMINATE!! EXTERMINATE!!!
Buford T. Justice
chicagojohn
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
Bad Wolf
chicagojohn
dontforget
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
and what's a lorry?
dontforget
dontforget
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
"it is transported not by the intergalactic power of dilithium crystals but like an Ikea wardrobe, flat-packed on the back of a lorry". - what?
dontforget
TerryinSt.Paul
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
This person should go sit down and watch an "original" episode of Star Trek. I watched one last week and apparently what I thought was cool "High Tech" stuff when I was younger was only toggle switches and blinking lights. What's next, No Santa Clause?
TerryinSt.Paul
Barion
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
But once the TARDIS is assembled, is it bigger on the inside?
Barion
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
What a horrible way to begin the morning.
*runs off in tears*
...
*runs back*
Wait, but the inside is still...it's not is it...
*runs off in tears again*
92BuickLeSabre
Geisrud
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
So this person is pissed because their science fiction dreams have been shattered by the fact that the show's sets and props are actually sets and props.
Geisrud
R@V3N
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
Slow news day or what???
R@V3N
strider_mt2k
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
Destroy and be free!
strider_mt2k
Incredible
Posted 2:48 AM 5/3/08
I, for one, welcome our...wait..What in the world is this article about? What is a Tardis, who is Time Lords and why in the name of Joseph are those men fondling what looks to be a street sign?
Does it mean all my base are belong to Gizmodo?
Incredible
MadiganLabRat
Posted 3:55 AM 5/3/08
Oh to be English and have nothing of greater consequence to worry about.
MadiganLabRat
Rhainor
Posted 3:55 AM 5/3/08
@dontforget: "lorry" is Brit-speak for "truck".
Rhainor
Incredible
Posted 3:55 AM 5/3/08
Fuck it; I looked it all up on Wikipedia. This post just went from WTF to filler. I haven't been this let down since Nicole failed at her felatio.
Incredible
desimal
Posted 5:06 AM 5/3/08
This is the first gizmodo post that i have no idea what anyone is talking about...
what is going on? who is who? ikea?
desimal
ProfWho
Posted 5:06 AM 5/3/08
As a Doctor Who fan, I fail to find the news in this story.
ProfWho
Yeebles
Posted 6:15 AM 5/3/08
@chicagojohn:
IS the US series that far behind? Glad the UK has a show which is aired way before everyone else for once!
Yeebles
beetlebailey
Posted 6:15 AM 5/3/08
Ummmm...What?
beetlebailey
socioecoboy
Posted 6:15 AM 5/3/08
@desimal: I don't get it either. Is this post written in English?
socioecoboy
kc2idf
Posted 7:23 AM 5/3/08
Anybody who had watched The Graham Norton Show on the night that David Tennant was on would have known this, because David said as much in the interview. He also spoke about the need for stage hands to prop it up in some situations.
kc2idf
Fierock
Posted 7:23 AM 5/3/08
@desimal, socioecoboy: watch the show then read Geisrud's comment and it may make some more sense
Fierock
infmom
Posted 10:57 AM 5/3/08
Never fear. Captain Jack Harkness is still fully loaded.
infmom
samimgreen
Posted 10:57 AM 5/3/08
Yes, Baker FTW! You can keep the Butcher and the Candlestick Maker.
samimgreen