My parents were super supportive of me growing up (and today), but my dad never built me a Tardis DVD cabinet. I feel cheated! More »
Great Lego TARDIS. Terrible, terrible acronym. More »
What do you get when you cross a large crowd of geeks, Google Docs and a rather too familiar Police Box? More »
“Argh, um, ooh… actually that’s kinda interesting” is an approximate record of my thoughts as I heard the Time Harp play in this vid for the first time. The robo-musical instrument grinds plastic discs against strings to make them resonate, activated by motion sensors. And it produces…well, a kind of vooming hum that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike the sound of Dr Who’s TARDIS dematerialising. Designed by Larnie Fox, I like it for its low-tech strangeness and eerie sounds. Plus its the sort of sound that’ll pop up in the background of some dance tune or other, and now you’ll know where it came from. [Makezine via Crunchgear]
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]
