Doctor Who : 1999

Well, it's been a few years since I started doing Doctor Who-Related Art, and my style has changed somewhat. Here's a peek at some of the more recent doings, raytraced, cartoonish and otherwise. If I get more of these done, I may eventually pad this area out into sections like the older area, but for now, there are few enough that I stick them all on one page.

My big dream is to do something "official" with this stuff, someday - Or something "official" along these lines.

After the TV Movie on FOX, I found myself completely let-down by the meaningless redesign of the TARDIS interior, that threw away 35+ years of continuity in favor of some shoddy eye-candy. In fact I was annoyed enough that I began to dream about what they *could* have done instead. Along those lines, I began to design my *own* TARDIS interior, updated for the 90's. And here it is.... With a little touch from each of the previous console rooms.

Look! It's the ceiling! Another view of that console room design of mine, this time from the exact opposite angle, one that couldn't have bene done with the original sets, due to their open-topped construction. Central light unit was loosely based on the 'chandelier' that hung in the original Hartnell console room.

I also still build Police Boxes, and have been slowly reworking my design over the years. This latest one is a lot closer, visually, to the BBC prop than ever before, thanks to some wonderful texture maps supplied by James Tobor, and created by Christopher Gill. I had to remanufacture them a bit for my model, but without them to use as a starting point, I doubt I could have gotten such a realistic look. Thanks guys!

A couple years ago, I did a rendering I called Invitation, which was an image celebrating the fact that I had just redesigned my model to have opening doors. Since I've just done the same thing to my newest model, I figured I ought to update the image, and do a 1999 version. So, here it is - Invitation, 1999. Semi-inspired by that fantastic tracking-control shot in "Thirty Years In The TARDIS."

Another thing I did way back was a bunch of mockups of packaging for Doctor Who action-figures. Dapol was putting out a set, but they were hard to find back then, and with all the goings-on around the FOX TV Movie, it was suggested that there might be an american toy line. Again, I got inspired, and made up this page here with a set of my own designs on it. Since then, people have been emailling me, telling me I should submit my work to Dapol. So I sent off a couple of the ones from that page, but I also manufactured these - based on the current book and video cover designs.

This is the other one of the "new" style package designs I sent off to Dapol - unfortunately they'd just changed their package design, and had no interest in changing it again. So there you have it. You folks can stop sending me that suggestion. I can understand it a little though - the current flat-blue one has no distinguishing marks on it at all, meaning it'll work on any figure they put out. Printing packages like the ones I've designed would probably be way out of their price range.

I've long thought that animation would be a good direction to take the show in - something along the lines of the Batman animated series that Warner Brothers is doing. So here's my take on the subject - Sylvester McCoy's Doctor #7, in Batman: The Animated Series semi-charicature style. It was kind of fun trying to work in a style other than my own, and I think I managed to pull it off nicely. I made a few minor changes to his costume, to simplify it for animation without changing the visual feel of it.

And speaking of animation, here's one I made. The tardis swoops by, spinning against a rotating starfield, it's beacon flashing on and off. Scene rendered in it's entirety entirely in BRYCE 3D. Caption added with Adobe Premiere.
WARNING! BIG FILE ALERT! size: 4.02 megs!

A lot of people asked, so here's the construction details on my Police box model. It was built in KPT Bryce version 3, so I was able to build the 'door' faces as single units, with each face being a single piece, apart from the front which is two pieces, so the doors can open. The POLICE BOX signs are boolean models - One rectangle cut out of another for the sign frame, with a third dropped in the middle with the lettering graphic on it. The door handle was an imported DXF object built in raydream.

The picture above of the 7th Doctor in BATMAN: The Animated Series style has gotten a lot of comments - or should I say, the *same* comment over and over. MORE! MORE! Okay! Here's more! Roger Delgado's version of The Master as he might appear in the same series.

Having just seen the RealVideo broadcast of Red Nose Day's Doctor Who skit, Curse Of The Fatal Death, I was inspired to whip up a new package design specially for the occassion. So here it is - Curse Of The Fatal Death series packaging. I used the original diamond logo, since that was what they used on the skit, with the 'Red Nose' attatched.

Everybody seems to be going back and reinventing themselves these days, with Star Wars: The Special Edition, Doctor WHO: The Five Doctors special edition, and I even saw a revamped episode of Star Trek: The Doomsday Device at last year's Philcon with all-new computer effects shots. So I set out to try the same thing, updating a shot from the opening of The Ark In Space - which, not to nitpick it's creators, was obviously a badly-lit model, no matter how hard you squinted. Here it's been given the updated effects, possible through computer animation. My model's not an exact replica of the one used in the show, since I chose to make a few minor modifications to try and give it an enhanced feeling of realism and detail. I think the effect is well worth it.

BACK TO THE TARDIS! The Doctor has once again saved the universe, blowing up the villian's lair in the process. Now all he has to do is get out before he goes with it!
This is probably the largest and most intricate model I've ever built, containing a fairly detailled hallway model, my entire police box, and approximately forty light sources (nine were used to light up the 'fire') - the rendering time on this piece topped three whole days.

Looks like the Doctor's been cleaning his pockets out again. He does tend to pick things up and forget them, doesn't he?
I wanted to do another model of a sonic screwdriver, with a little more of a realistic look to it, and figured an assortment of other odds and ends would help dress the shot out nicely. That green credit card is actually mine. It's the back of my First Union bank card. The coins are a british 20p piece, and a token from the Holland Tunnel in New York City. The jewel was created from a standard buckey-ball sphere, with a custom green glass texture. I have no idea where he picked those screws up though.

WARNING! LARGE FILE SIZE! 5.4 MEGS!
A little mood piece, using my Nerva Beacon model, and Dudley Simpson's performance of Heathcliff Blair's music for The Ark In Space. If Doctor Who was ever to be remastered, ala Red Dwarf, or Star Wars, this is how the new space shots of the station might look.

WARNING! LARGE FILE SIZE! 5.7 MEGS!
Having heard that the BBC is shifting back towards doing drama programmes, and having just completed a discussion why Doctor Who was ripe for a return to the TV, I got inspired to try my hand at doing a title sequence. So here it is - my title sequence for the nonexistant 1999 season. I used Sylvester McCoy's head, because he was the last of the BBC Doctors, and I wanted to do a BBC title sequence.

No, it's NOT the Tardis - look closer. It's a toy! In fact, it's the Dapol toy Tardis that goes with their action figure line. Once again, modelled entirely in bryce - but wait! There's more!...

The Dapol Tardis model is available for download! Yes, here it is... the original Bryce3d model, with the photoshop textures applied to it, for your examination. Pull it apart and see how it was done. This model makes use of all but one of the tricks I use in my other pieces (It contains no imported mesh, or DXF files). So, here's hoping that you get some use out of it, educational or otherwise. Anyway, enjoy!

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	After the TV Movie on FOX, I found myself completely let-down by the meaningless redesign of the TARDIS interior, that threw away 35+ years of continuity in favor of some shoddy eye-candy. In fact I was annoyed enough that I began to dream about what they could have done instead. Along those lines, I began to design my own TARDIS interior, updated for the 90's. And here it is.... With a little touch from each of the previous console rooms.
	Look! It's the ceiling! Another view of that console room design of mine, this time from the exact opposite angle, one that couldn't have bene done with the original sets, due to their open-topped construction. Central light unit was loosely based on the 'chandelier' that hung in the original Hartnell console room.
	I also still build Police Boxes, and have been slowly reworking my design over the years. This latest one is a lot closer, visually, to the BBC prop than ever before, thanks to some wonderful texture maps supplied by James Tobor, and created by Christopher Gill. I had to remanufacture them a bit for my model, but without them to use as a starting point, I doubt I could have gotten such a realistic look. Thanks guys!
	A couple years ago, I did a rendering I called Invitation, which was an image celebrating the fact that I had just redesigned my model to have opening doors. Since I've just done the same thing to my newest model, I figured I ought to update the image, and do a 1999 version. So, here it is - Invitation, 1999. Semi-inspired by that fantastic tracking-control shot in "Thirty Years In The TARDIS."
	Another thing I did way back was a bunch of mockups of packaging for Doctor Who action-figures. Dapol was putting out a set, but they were hard to find back then, and with all the goings-on around the FOX TV Movie, it was suggested that there might be an american toy line. Again, I got inspired, and made up this page here with a set of my own designs on it. Since then, people have been emailling me, telling me I should submit my work to Dapol. So I sent off a couple of the ones from that page, but I also manufactured these - based on the current book and video cover designs.
	This is the other one of the "new" style package designs I sent off to Dapol - unfortunately they'd just changed their package design, and had no interest in changing it again. So there you have it. You folks can stop sending me that suggestion. I can understand it a little though - the current flat-blue one has no distinguishing marks on it at all, meaning it'll work on any figure they put out. Printing packages like the ones I've designed would probably be way out of their price range.
	I've long thought that animation would be a good direction to take the show in - something along the lines of the Batman animated series that Warner Brothers is doing. So here's my take on the subject - Sylvester McCoy's Doctor #7, in Batman: The Animated Series semi-charicature style. It was kind of fun trying to work in a style other than my own, and I think I managed to pull it off nicely. I made a few minor changes to his costume, to simplify it for animation without changing the visual feel of it.
	And speaking of animation, here's one I made. The tardis swoops by, spinning against a rotating starfield, it's beacon flashing on and off. Scene rendered in it's entirety entirely in BRYCE 3D. Caption added with Adobe Premiere. WARNING! BIG FILE ALERT! size: 4.02 megs!
	A lot of people asked, so here's the construction details on my Police box model. It was built in KPT Bryce version 3, so I was able to build the 'door' faces as single units, with each face being a single piece, apart from the front which is two pieces, so the doors can open. The POLICE BOX signs are boolean models - One rectangle cut out of another for the sign frame, with a third dropped in the middle with the lettering graphic on it. The door handle was an imported DXF object built in raydream.
	The picture above of the 7th Doctor in BATMAN: The Animated Series style has gotten a lot of comments - or should I say, the same comment over and over. MORE! MORE! Okay! Here's more! Roger Delgado's version of The Master as he might appear in the same series.
	Having just seen the RealVideo broadcast of Red Nose Day's Doctor Who skit, Curse Of The Fatal Death, I was inspired to whip up a new package design specially for the occassion. So here it is - Curse Of The Fatal Death series packaging. I used the original diamond logo, since that was what they used on the skit, with the 'Red Nose' attatched.
	Everybody seems to be going back and reinventing themselves these days, with Star Wars: The Special Edition, Doctor WHO: The Five Doctors special edition, and I even saw a revamped episode of Star Trek: The Doomsday Device at last year's Philcon with all-new computer effects shots. So I set out to try the same thing, updating a shot from the opening of The Ark In Space - which, not to nitpick it's creators, was obviously a badly-lit model, no matter how hard you squinted. Here it's been given the updated effects, possible through computer animation. My model's not an exact replica of the one used in the show, since I chose to make a few minor modifications to try and give it an enhanced feeling of realism and detail. I think the effect is well worth it.
	BACK TO THE TARDIS! The Doctor has once again saved the universe, blowing up the villian's lair in the process. Now all he has to do is get out before he goes with it! This is probably the largest and most intricate model I've ever built, containing a fairly detailled hallway model, my entire police box, and approximately forty light sources (nine were used to light up the 'fire') - the rendering time on this piece topped three whole days.
	Looks like the Doctor's been cleaning his pockets out again. He does tend to pick things up and forget them, doesn't he? I wanted to do another model of a sonic screwdriver, with a little more of a realistic look to it, and figured an assortment of other odds and ends would help dress the shot out nicely. That green credit card is actually mine. It's the back of my First Union bank card. The coins are a british 20p piece, and a token from the Holland Tunnel in New York City. The jewel was created from a standard buckey-ball sphere, with a custom green glass texture. I have no idea where he picked those screws up though.
	WARNING! LARGE FILE SIZE! 5.4 MEGS! A little mood piece, using my Nerva Beacon model, and Dudley Simpson's performance of Heathcliff Blair's music for The Ark In Space. If Doctor Who was ever to be remastered, ala Red Dwarf, or Star Wars, this is how the new space shots of the station might look.
	WARNING! LARGE FILE SIZE! 5.7 MEGS! Having heard that the BBC is shifting back towards doing drama programmes, and having just completed a discussion why Doctor Who was ripe for a return to the TV, I got inspired to try my hand at doing a title sequence. So here it is - my title sequence for the nonexistant 1999 season. I used Sylvester McCoy's head, because he was the last of the BBC Doctors, and I wanted to do a BBC title sequence.
	No, it's NOT the Tardis - look closer. It's a toy! In fact, it's the Dapol toy Tardis that goes with their action figure line. Once again, modelled entirely in bryce - but wait! There's more!...
	The Dapol Tardis model is available for download! Yes, here it is... the original Bryce3d model, with the photoshop textures applied to it, for your examination. Pull it apart and see how it was done. This model makes use of all but one of the tricks I use in my other pieces (It contains no imported mesh, or DXF files). So, here's hoping that you get some use out of it, educational or otherwise. Anyway, enjoy!