In which episode of Doctor Who is the Tardis a Red Police Box and is there a significance for it?
I have seen a few pictures of a Red Police Box in the Doctor Who sites, but there are no particulars as to its significance. Can anyone help me out? I am trying to write a fiction based on the Red Tardis.
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I have seen a few pictures of a Red Police Box in the Doctor Who sites, but there are no particulars as to its significance. Can anyone help me out? I am trying to write a fiction based on the Red Tardis.
doctor-who episode-identification tardis
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eliza doolittlethingseliza doolittlethings
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In the sound of drums the interior of the tardis Looks red after the Master turns it into the Paradox Engine.
– Richard C
2 days ago
Any chance that people are confusing it with BOOTH from Inspector Spacetime?
– VBartilucci
yesterday
add a comment |
I have seen a few pictures of a Red Police Box in the Doctor Who sites, but there are no particulars as to its significance. Can anyone help me out? I am trying to write a fiction based on the Red Tardis.
doctor-who episode-identification tardis
edited 2 days ago
Jenayah
14.8k476108
asked Jan 5 at 20:12
eliza doolittlethingseliza doolittlethings
386
I have seen a few pictures of a Red Police Box in the Doctor Who sites, but there are no particulars as to its significance. Can anyone help me out? I am trying to write a fiction based on the Red Tardis.
doctor-who episode-identification tardis
doctor-who episode-identification tardis
edited 2 days ago
Jenayah
14.8k476108
asked Jan 5 at 20:12
eliza doolittlethingseliza doolittlethings
386
edited 2 days ago
Jenayah
14.8k476108
asked Jan 5 at 20:12
eliza doolittlethingseliza doolittlethings
386
edited 2 days ago
Jenayah
14.8k476108
edited 2 days ago
Jenayah
14.8k476108
edited 2 days ago
Jenayah
14.8k476108
14.8k476108
asked Jan 5 at 20:12
eliza doolittlethingseliza doolittlethings
386
asked Jan 5 at 20:12
eliza doolittlethingseliza doolittlethings
386
asked Jan 5 at 20:12
eliza doolittlethingseliza doolittlethings
386
386
In the sound of drums the interior of the tardis Looks red after the Master turns it into the Paradox Engine.
– Richard C
2 days ago
Any chance that people are confusing it with BOOTH from Inspector Spacetime?
– VBartilucci
yesterday
add a comment |
In the sound of drums the interior of the tardis Looks red after the Master turns it into the Paradox Engine.
– Richard C
2 days ago
Any chance that people are confusing it with BOOTH from Inspector Spacetime?
– VBartilucci
yesterday
In the sound of drums the interior of the tardis Looks red after the Master turns it into the Paradox Engine.
– Richard C
2 days ago
In the sound of drums the interior of the tardis Looks red after the Master turns it into the Paradox Engine.
– Richard C
2 days ago
Any chance that people are confusing it with BOOTH from Inspector Spacetime?
– VBartilucci
yesterday
Any chance that people are confusing it with BOOTH from Inspector Spacetime?
– VBartilucci
yesterday
add a comment |
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You may be thinking of The Happiness Patrol (three Seventh Doctor episodes, Season 25 Serial 2), in which the TARDIS is pink for a while. From the transcript:
(The Doctor and Ace return to see the Tardis is now pink.)
ACE: Professor, look what they've done!
DOCTOR: Yes, it looks rather good.
DAISY: You look rather unhappy about something.
DOCTOR: On the contrary. Just admiring your handiwork. [To Ace] Huh, miserable looking thing, wasn't it?
Thanks to @Valorum who found the full video online and also an image:
The significance of it in this story is that they are on a planet where sadness is illegal, and blue is associated with sadness while pink is a more jolly colour. (The episode was intended to be a satire on Thatcherism. Some reviewers have claimed there's a gay subtext in the pink TARDIS, but this theory doesn't seem to be widely believed.)
Other than that, the TARDIS has never canonically been red, outside of jokes and spoofs:
(click for full size version). You're not the only person to think so though.
answered Jan 5 at 20:29
Rand al'Thor♦Rand al'Thor
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Thank you. That helps a lot! I am intending a 'gay' fiction, so easier to make it seem plausible. Though, not sure if I should make it pink! Could you tell me what the year is supposed to be when this episode plays?
– eliza doolittlethings
Jan 5 at 20:36
@eliza The episode was aired in 1988 and set in (according to Wikia) the 24th century.
– Rand al'Thor♦
Jan 5 at 20:37
1
River was conceived in the Tardis and can re-generate so using her to prove that you don't have to be a Timelord to fly the Tardis is rather problematic!
– Alan Dev
Jan 5 at 21:59
3
@Mazura Red is actually the norm, and Red public telephone boxes still exist. Blue Police Boxes were phased out in the UK during the 1970s, when the Police were instead issued with personal radios (e.g. walkie-talkies) to communicate with each other and the station. Interestingly, in Glasgow, Police Boxes were painted Red until the late '60s.
– Chronocidal
2 days ago
2
@AlanDev Well both Clara and Ashildr fly a Tardis and appear to be human, albeit Ashildr being immortal - but from a non-timelord process
– Peter M
2 days ago
|
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You may be thinking of The Happiness Patrol (three Seventh Doctor episodes, Season 25 Serial 2), in which the TARDIS is pink for a while. From the transcript:
(The Doctor and Ace return to see the Tardis is now pink.)
ACE: Professor, look what they've done!
DOCTOR: Yes, it looks rather good.
DAISY: You look rather unhappy about something.
DOCTOR: On the contrary. Just admiring your handiwork. [To Ace] Huh, miserable looking thing, wasn't it?
Thanks to @Valorum who found the full video online and also an image:
The significance of it in this story is that they are on a planet where sadness is illegal, and blue is associated with sadness while pink is a more jolly colour. (The episode was intended to be a satire on Thatcherism. Some reviewers have claimed there's a gay subtext in the pink TARDIS, but this theory doesn't seem to be widely believed.)
Other than that, the TARDIS has never canonically been red, outside of jokes and spoofs:
(click for full size version). You're not the only person to think so though.
answered Jan 5 at 20:29
Rand al'Thor♦Rand al'Thor
96.4k41458642
Thank you. That helps a lot! I am intending a 'gay' fiction, so easier to make it seem plausible. Though, not sure if I should make it pink! Could you tell me what the year is supposed to be when this episode plays?
– eliza doolittlethings
Jan 5 at 20:36
@eliza The episode was aired in 1988 and set in (according to Wikia) the 24th century.
– Rand al'Thor♦
Jan 5 at 20:37
1
River was conceived in the Tardis and can re-generate so using her to prove that you don't have to be a Timelord to fly the Tardis is rather problematic!
– Alan Dev
Jan 5 at 21:59
3
@Mazura Red is actually the norm, and Red public telephone boxes still exist. Blue Police Boxes were phased out in the UK during the 1970s, when the Police were instead issued with personal radios (e.g. walkie-talkies) to communicate with each other and the station. Interestingly, in Glasgow, Police Boxes were painted Red until the late '60s.
– Chronocidal
2 days ago
2
@AlanDev Well both Clara and Ashildr fly a Tardis and appear to be human, albeit Ashildr being immortal - but from a non-timelord process
– Peter M
2 days ago
|
show 16 more comments
You may be thinking of The Happiness Patrol (three Seventh Doctor episodes, Season 25 Serial 2), in which the TARDIS is pink for a while. From the transcript:
(The Doctor and Ace return to see the Tardis is now pink.)
ACE: Professor, look what they've done!
DOCTOR: Yes, it looks rather good.
DAISY: You look rather unhappy about something.
DOCTOR: On the contrary. Just admiring your handiwork. [To Ace] Huh, miserable looking thing, wasn't it?
Thanks to @Valorum who found the full video online and also an image:
The significance of it in this story is that they are on a planet where sadness is illegal, and blue is associated with sadness while pink is a more jolly colour. (The episode was intended to be a satire on Thatcherism. Some reviewers have claimed there's a gay subtext in the pink TARDIS, but this theory doesn't seem to be widely believed.)
Other than that, the TARDIS has never canonically been red, outside of jokes and spoofs:
(click for full size version). You're not the only person to think so though.
answered Jan 5 at 20:29
Rand al'Thor♦Rand al'Thor
96.4k41458642
Thank you. That helps a lot! I am intending a 'gay' fiction, so easier to make it seem plausible. Though, not sure if I should make it pink! Could you tell me what the year is supposed to be when this episode plays?
– eliza doolittlethings
Jan 5 at 20:36
@eliza The episode was aired in 1988 and set in (according to Wikia) the 24th century.
– Rand al'Thor♦
Jan 5 at 20:37
1
River was conceived in the Tardis and can re-generate so using her to prove that you don't have to be a Timelord to fly the Tardis is rather problematic!
– Alan Dev
Jan 5 at 21:59
3
@Mazura Red is actually the norm, and Red public telephone boxes still exist. Blue Police Boxes were phased out in the UK during the 1970s, when the Police were instead issued with personal radios (e.g. walkie-talkies) to communicate with each other and the station. Interestingly, in Glasgow, Police Boxes were painted Red until the late '60s.
– Chronocidal
2 days ago
2
@AlanDev Well both Clara and Ashildr fly a Tardis and appear to be human, albeit Ashildr being immortal - but from a non-timelord process
– Peter M
2 days ago
|
show 16 more comments
You may be thinking of The Happiness Patrol (three Seventh Doctor episodes, Season 25 Serial 2), in which the TARDIS is pink for a while. From the transcript:
(The Doctor and Ace return to see the Tardis is now pink.)
ACE: Professor, look what they've done!
DOCTOR: Yes, it looks rather good.
DAISY: You look rather unhappy about something.
DOCTOR: On the contrary. Just admiring your handiwork. [To Ace] Huh, miserable looking thing, wasn't it?
Thanks to @Valorum who found the full video online and also an image:
The significance of it in this story is that they are on a planet where sadness is illegal, and blue is associated with sadness while pink is a more jolly colour. (The episode was intended to be a satire on Thatcherism. Some reviewers have claimed there's a gay subtext in the pink TARDIS, but this theory doesn't seem to be widely believed.)
Other than that, the TARDIS has never canonically been red, outside of jokes and spoofs:
(click for full size version). You're not the only person to think so though.
answered Jan 5 at 20:29
Rand al'Thor♦Rand al'Thor
96.4k41458642
You may be thinking of The Happiness Patrol (three Seventh Doctor episodes, Season 25 Serial 2), in which the TARDIS is pink for a while. From the transcript:
(The Doctor and Ace return to see the Tardis is now pink.)
ACE: Professor, look what they've done!
DOCTOR: Yes, it looks rather good.
DAISY: You look rather unhappy about something.
DOCTOR: On the contrary. Just admiring your handiwork. [To Ace] Huh, miserable looking thing, wasn't it?
Thanks to @Valorum who found the full video online and also an image:
The significance of it in this story is that they are on a planet where sadness is illegal, and blue is associated with sadness while pink is a more jolly colour. (The episode was intended to be a satire on Thatcherism. Some reviewers have claimed there's a gay subtext in the pink TARDIS, but this theory doesn't seem to be widely believed.)
Other than that, the TARDIS has never canonically been red, outside of jokes and spoofs:
(click for full size version). You're not the only person to think so though.
answered Jan 5 at 20:29
Rand al'Thor♦Rand al'Thor
96.4k41458642
edited 2 days ago
answered Jan 5 at 20:29
Rand al'Thor♦Rand al'Thor
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answered Jan 5 at 20:29
Rand al'Thor♦Rand al'Thor
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answered Jan 5 at 20:29
Rand al'Thor♦Rand al'Thor
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Thank you. That helps a lot! I am intending a 'gay' fiction, so easier to make it seem plausible. Though, not sure if I should make it pink! Could you tell me what the year is supposed to be when this episode plays?
– eliza doolittlethings
Jan 5 at 20:36
@eliza The episode was aired in 1988 and set in (according to Wikia) the 24th century.
– Rand al'Thor♦
Jan 5 at 20:37
1
River was conceived in the Tardis and can re-generate so using her to prove that you don't have to be a Timelord to fly the Tardis is rather problematic!
– Alan Dev
Jan 5 at 21:59
3
@Mazura Red is actually the norm, and Red public telephone boxes still exist. Blue Police Boxes were phased out in the UK during the 1970s, when the Police were instead issued with personal radios (e.g. walkie-talkies) to communicate with each other and the station. Interestingly, in Glasgow, Police Boxes were painted Red until the late '60s.
– Chronocidal
2 days ago
2
@AlanDev Well both Clara and Ashildr fly a Tardis and appear to be human, albeit Ashildr being immortal - but from a non-timelord process
– Peter M
2 days ago
|
show 16 more comments
Thank you. That helps a lot! I am intending a 'gay' fiction, so easier to make it seem plausible. Though, not sure if I should make it pink! Could you tell me what the year is supposed to be when this episode plays?
– eliza doolittlethings
Jan 5 at 20:36
@eliza The episode was aired in 1988 and set in (according to Wikia) the 24th century.
– Rand al'Thor♦
Jan 5 at 20:37
1
River was conceived in the Tardis and can re-generate so using her to prove that you don't have to be a Timelord to fly the Tardis is rather problematic!
– Alan Dev
Jan 5 at 21:59
3
@Mazura Red is actually the norm, and Red public telephone boxes still exist. Blue Police Boxes were phased out in the UK during the 1970s, when the Police were instead issued with personal radios (e.g. walkie-talkies) to communicate with each other and the station. Interestingly, in Glasgow, Police Boxes were painted Red until the late '60s.
– Chronocidal
2 days ago
2
@AlanDev Well both Clara and Ashildr fly a Tardis and appear to be human, albeit Ashildr being immortal - but from a non-timelord process
– Peter M
2 days ago
Thank you. That helps a lot! I am intending a 'gay' fiction, so easier to make it seem plausible. Though, not sure if I should make it pink! Could you tell me what the year is supposed to be when this episode plays?
– eliza doolittlethings
Jan 5 at 20:36
Thank you. That helps a lot! I am intending a 'gay' fiction, so easier to make it seem plausible. Though, not sure if I should make it pink! Could you tell me what the year is supposed to be when this episode plays?
– eliza doolittlethings
Jan 5 at 20:36
@eliza The episode was aired in 1988 and set in (according to Wikia) the 24th century.
– Rand al'Thor♦
Jan 5 at 20:37
@eliza The episode was aired in 1988 and set in (according to Wikia) the 24th century.
– Rand al'Thor♦
Jan 5 at 20:37
1
1
River was conceived in the Tardis and can re-generate so using her to prove that you don't have to be a Timelord to fly the Tardis is rather problematic!
– Alan Dev
Jan 5 at 21:59
River was conceived in the Tardis and can re-generate so using her to prove that you don't have to be a Timelord to fly the Tardis is rather problematic!
– Alan Dev
Jan 5 at 21:59
3
3
@Mazura Red is actually the norm, and Red public telephone boxes still exist. Blue Police Boxes were phased out in the UK during the 1970s, when the Police were instead issued with personal radios (e.g. walkie-talkies) to communicate with each other and the station. Interestingly, in Glasgow, Police Boxes were painted Red until the late '60s.
– Chronocidal
2 days ago
@Mazura Red is actually the norm, and Red public telephone boxes still exist. Blue Police Boxes were phased out in the UK during the 1970s, when the Police were instead issued with personal radios (e.g. walkie-talkies) to communicate with each other and the station. Interestingly, in Glasgow, Police Boxes were painted Red until the late '60s.
– Chronocidal
2 days ago
2
2
@AlanDev Well both Clara and Ashildr fly a Tardis and appear to be human, albeit Ashildr being immortal - but from a non-timelord process
– Peter M
2 days ago
@AlanDev Well both Clara and Ashildr fly a Tardis and appear to be human, albeit Ashildr being immortal - but from a non-timelord process
– Peter M
2 days ago
|
show 16 more comments
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In the sound of drums the interior of the tardis Looks red after the Master turns it into the Paradox Engine.
– Richard C
2 days ago
Any chance that people are confusing it with BOOTH from Inspector Spacetime?
– VBartilucci
yesterday