sets and props and costumes
Just looking through the shed and came across this little beauty. It was bought ages ago from a garden centre and is supposed to look like an old Roman or Ancient Greek amphora. It is so well weathered it looks like it could just have been recovered from a wreck off Alexandria – or maybe
We started with photocopied roundels on cardboard walls – and some scenes still show those (!). It was a good cheap way of constructing a set and did the job for the time. The image below shows the “wardrobe room scene” later dropped from the edit. With the advent of the Jon Pertwee filming we
– or “don’t let ashley loose with the fibreglass” We’re going to have a whole new section for the daleks in this new Devious site – with a url of doctorwho-devious.com/daleks/ we shouldn’t wonder! When we started Devious we only intended to use the excellent Sevans kit daleks and do depth-of-field trickery to make our
recreation of the daleks Read More »
It’s only right that the Police Box was built by a real policeman. Well, Stephen was a policeman before his career in the media beckoned. But that’s another story! In the true tradition of Devious we were all invited round to Stephen’s one evening for a small party – and what did we find? –
This is a room constructed in a bit of a hurry when we filmed the corridors. However with the right lighting we’re confident the effect we intend will come through. It’s amazing what a few coloured lights, bubble wrap and some mood music will do. After all, the original series managed quite well with that
How we enjoyed the corridor scenes! Bolting down them being chased by two speedy daleks. It’s what everyone should do in their spare time. Well, we only did it once, and that’s enough! We had nearly a hundred feet in length around one corner with doors at each end and in two other places. This
This is the prop used by Auriga in the later stages of the story. It is supposed to be something Auriga has made from dalek technology to give him an edge over them when needed. Surprisingly it is our most expensive prop, costing some £67,000. What?!?!?!? Well, it does seem excessive, but then if you
This was designed and made by an Oscar-Winning Costume Maker !!! Yes, Ashley’s sister Rachel is part of a team of costume makers who work on many of the latest films. The Oscar was won by the team for “Restoration” a few years back, although Rachel is working on items for films yet to come
Elizabethan costume Read More »
Our full-sized TARDIS console was built in 1995 to replace our original which had fallen apart and perished – but then it was only small – a foot or so across in size in fact. This model, along with our cardboard walls (with photocopied roundels) was how we were going to realise the TARDIS scenes.