The answer, according to research conducted by the creators of the Doctor Who Experience in London, is to walk into the TARDIS. To this end they re-created not just one, not two but three TARDIS control rooms spanning the latter history of the program. BBC Worldwide recent surveys came to the same conclusion…. Well now you can! We’ve come up with an inspired range of wallpapers based on Classic TA
RDIS interior design specifically licensed by the BBC. To test the market we’ve released the one that lasted the longest, 1977 to 1989. This roundel pattern spanned four Doctors and remained from its inception until the show came off air. One of the crucial points in the discussions we had with BBC Worldwide when working on this project was the question of accuracy. They were pleased with the research done and how close to the original dimensions we where able to achieve within the constraints of the standard wallpaper sizes available. However, they were particularly impressed with the story of how we came by the colour used. In every picture of the TARDIS interior the colour is slightly different due to lighting and exposure so to get it right was proving tricky. Salvation came from a website one of our designers had joined when it came to light that Mark Barton Hill was a member. He just happened to be the fellow that had built the 1983 control room for the Doctor Who Experience! We cheekily asked him for a sample of the paint he had used on the exhibit in the full knowledge that it looked absolutely authentic. What he sent us was a sample from the pot of paint used in 1983 on the screen TARDIS! Unbelievably there was still some left after all these years and he’d used it to colourmatch the paint for the exhibit. We were able to do the same for the wallpaper. The wallpaper is now available in two patterns, one ‘roundels’ and the other ‘column’ which, used together, can recreate the patterns of the Classic TARDIS interior 1977-‘89. These are currently available from our online shop at 3dfxwallpaper.co.uk
