A Brief History of Time And Relative Dimension In Space

The singular most recognizable motif of Doctor Who is probably the TARDIS, the Doctor's temperamental temporal transportation tub.

Over the years a lot of people have crafted the TARDIS in Lego, to the point where it was almost becoming tiresome (...well, to anyone like me, that has to pore over hundreds of Lego images on a daily basis!). Many of them were not great, to be honest. But while the idea of building a blue box sounds easy, this one has some important but subtle details that are hard to capture. Especially that whole part about it being bigger on the inside! (...have you seen the price of five-dimensional bricks on Bricklink?). But some folks got it right. So let's look at their work, in an appropriately non-chronological order.

Not surprisingly, the vast majority of Who related creations are in minifig scale. But one of Lego's own set designers, Mark Stafford, managed to capture the roofing and panelling really well, albeit with the help of a little blue paint!



This whimsical and deliberately simplified design by Andrew Summersgill (aka Doctor Sinister) was the basis for a great series of vignettes depicting the adventures of an imagined 83rd incarnation of the Doctor.



But top marks for accuracy and attention to detail at this scale go to capnbootle, who even managed to create an illuminatable interior...



Taking it up a scale, Doctor Sinister snapped this photo of a miniland scale TARDIS that appeared at Legoland Windsor. And while it seems a little squat for my liking, their model of Davros (creator of the Daleks) is just to die for!



But even greater things can be achieved at larger scales. This monster by Jason Wolfson not only utilizes custom engraved bricks but also comes with model of the Doctor and a rather splendid Dalek! (photo by billb♥Lego)


Whereas my PortLUG chum Jason Ruff (aka Doctor Mobius and official Bricks of Character puppeteer) went for a more 'purist' approach with his mega-TARDIS. Plus, his version comes with it's own Rose Tyler, although admittedly not to scale or made of Lego (sorry Heather!).



So there you have it, just about every Lego version of the TARDIS you'd ever want to see. Let us never speak of this again. Well, until I make one. In the proper color! :-)