It’s so cramped it looks really uncomfortable to even stand in since you’ve got the pillars in the way At best you can say it dispenses custard creams but they are inferior to bourbon creams anyway
One thing that you didn't mention was the asymmetry of 11's first TARDIS. I feel like that really made it feel "bigger on the inside" and still has it really stand out among the other versions.
The designers in fact said the opposite, it was a massive set but felt smaller as it was very crammed and didn't use the space effectively. Compared to Capaldi's which is smaller but feels bigger as its more open.
@@hbuss12 but the fact there is stairways in every direction makes it feel like there’s a lot more than just the control room in 11’s TARDIS, like an unimited amount of rooms and so it feels way bigger. Capaldi’s one also gives this feeling but not as much as Matt’s first one. 12’s one also feels colder while 11’s one is the kind of place you wanna be in (I guess). That’s why Matt’s first TARDIS is my favorite, although I actually love every design.
I dont like it. It's a little too busy for me, it feels hard to look at somehow. Maybe because of the glass floor, of they changed that to a solid one I think it wouldve made it better. Though I should say, it wouldve fit much better with his speech during his regeneration.
Worst of all those salt lamps heavily restricted the cinematography and blocking of scenes in her series due to being so big. Characters couldn’t move much or stand in some areas for extended scenes, contributing to the flat-feeling dialogue moments throughout Whitaker’s first season. They also used consumer LEDs in the pillars that looked totally the wrong colour on camera, meaning they had to be manually corrected in post in every scene. In contrast, Capaldi’s set had film quality lighting units integrated into the design in places that allowed for the camera to be pointed in almost any direction, hence the long Steadicam shots common in there during his run.
I feel that the 11th Doctor's second TARDIS interior worked well for The Snowmen, but really only there. In that special, he was at a low point, still suffering from the loss of Amy and Rory. Because of that, the cold, metallic, empty interior feels much more fitting for him then. If he kept that sort of demeanor through Series 7, I feel the second design could have worked, but right after the special, he goes back to his more manic self. I also think this design might have worked if Matt Smith stayed for Series 8, because if I'm remembering correctly, Matt Smith originally intended to stay, and his Doctor was gonna get a bit darker.
couldn't agree more. though deeply sad to know that we've lost such an interesting concept of 11th being even darker - Matt's just stunningly good at going dark, and I'd really love to see such character arc for the Doctor - especially after the loss of the Ponds, who basically were his family at some point. his depression lasted too short, if you ask me
@@poly_mar its a shame because that was the plan. season 8 was meant to be the Trenazalore arc season so the time of the doctor but a season with the master/missy being included. Matt was going to be much darker but he decided to leave beforehand. he has said multiple times he regrets leaving and wished he did season 8
@@SergeantAveryJohnson wow. i only heard something about the plan for the darker arc in general, but didn't know he actually wanted to stay for season 8. it always seemed like his intension to leave was fully willing, as he mentioned multiple times that it was vital for him not to get stuck in one image for the whole life, so he felt he had to move on
The Capaldi design with the lighting worked well in every scene. Best examples is him refusing to regenerate in The Doctor Falls, or the Tardis powering on at the end of Hell Bent, or even during Heaven Sent, the lighting is so fluid and dynamic that is almost goes with those scenes, it feels alive in way, reminding you of the Doctor’s Wife, yet still gives the impression of a powerful sci-fi machine far beyond human comprehension. Could use some more round things though…
It's hard not to appreciate the sheer brilliance of the Capaldi TARDIS set design. It's just such an improvement on anything they've done before - or since.
Even though 12s tardis was 11s first, it will always be 12s in my eyes because it wasn't until he got in there that I liked it. I'm likely to believe the story of the 11 tardis being damaged in transit because It almost feels like they were in the process of building 12s tardis and used it instead of fixing 11s.
Jodie's was the first time in a long time that the interior actually looked like a fairly cheap TV set. I think they were maybe too ambitious with it for the budget. They fixed it up a little as 13's tenure went on, I also think a different regular colour on the crystals would have worked a lot better than what they went with. What made it worse was how absolutely gorgeous Jo Martin's interior was and how little of that we actually got to see.
The crystals should have been white lights and then have more metallic looking walls, slowly show books and junk and half built/broken things and PLANTS inside 13's TARDIS before we meet Jo, that, would have been nicer, the design could work, but the colors and lighting just made it feel like they didn't have budget to finish it so we realize how empty the area is beyond the lit roundels, like stargate universe at times did.
Heck maybe her Tardis could be like her Sonic Screwdriver where it's White but lights up Orange. Granted I have no idea when or how the lights would trigger, but it would look cooler.
The 8th Doctor's TARDIS will always be my favorite. Just love the lived in feel of it. The 12th's is my 2nd fav. Always dug The 4th Doctor's wood panel control room as well.
I feel like it’s the only one that fully embraces the idea of just what the TARDIS is and how it works, ie Block Transfer Computation and that it’s not made of real matter
I think we must tell apart someone's doctor from fav's doctor. Smith is my doctor, my first and hrew up with him and i love him. But I think my favourite, is in fact Capaldi
The specific TARDIS variation you cruelly left out was the wood panel auxillary consol room that Tom Baker briefly had. Apparently that was going to be the standard TARDIS set but it got damaged... which is a shame because it looked great with its Victorian study/smoking room and stain glass roundel aesthetics.
I was looking for this comment. That TARDIS was so baroque... And it's in that place where the Doctor explains Leela how the dimensions work in the TARDIS.
I actually like when TARDIS designs transverse different Doctors. And the way Capaldi’s interior was accessorized was a great way to infuse 12s personality into the set without a whole new shell. Totally agree about the need for levels. Really hoping RTD includes levels in future designs.
I agree with capaldis being at number 1. It's those 3 rotating rings, when they're on screen it's so satisfying! It's like the tardis is a slot machine picking the co ordinates at random as it does usually. And they tick like a clock too, it's genius. The 3 floors showed the doctor liked to separate work and play too.
9:01 I've always wanted some purple in the Tardis, same for the sonic screwdriver. I think it would add a nice aesthetic to them. Fingers crossed we get it in Ncuti's tenure as the doctor 🤞
It could work, if the lighting was dim. Too bright and I’d eventually get sick of looking at it, like Matt’s second interior. Capaldi got it just right, imo 👌
A very underrated interior is the War Doctor’s. I love that one. Has a very sleek, minimal look with the white walls. On the contrary, I do have a lot of love for the darker looks such as the 8th’s and 12th’s, and the 9th. The TARDIS interior had a darker green lit look during his era, and it was a lot brighter in the Tennant eta, which I don’t like.
Capaldi’s Tardis is my favourite for multiple reasons but the cherry on the top of and already stacked sundae is that god damned throttle. I have never wanted to touch any control on any of the consoles more than that big ass lever
For me Smith’s first Tardis is my favourite incarnation of the Doctor’s oldest companion. It just feels so magical and whimsical and suits 11 perfectly, that first wide shot we get when he is introducing Amy to it always raises my spirits and it accompanies two of my absolute favourite lines to sum up the series “all of time and space, everything that ever happened and ever will, where do you want to start” and "i am definitely a man man with a box" Incredible design and narrative with that interior and I was sad to see it go
Agreed. Glad to see somebody else does. I might have used something else instead of the taps and had the dividers between the segments on the console be gold or brass to give it even more of an Edwardian/ Steampunk/ grand and magical feel, but minor gripes aside it’s my favourite for the same reasons as yours.
totally agree. though I might add that we should get the credit for at least half of these stunning feelings to Murray Gold and his 'Amy In the TARDIS' track playing at that moment. i personally get chills literally every time I get to rewatch the scene
15:07 “No one really wants to watch me talk about the minutiae between the designs for another twenty minutes.” My good sir, I believe you underestimate fans’ penchant for pedantry. There are many people who would love exactly that.
What about Tom Baker's wooden Tardis? I know you put all the classic who interiors together but the wooden one is clearly a completely different design
My favorite is Smith 1. I love the colors, the wackiness, the multiple levels. Smith 2 was a mistake. The whole design should have been saved for Capaldi. It suited him and he did it better.
Full Fat made a really great point about the multiple levels that I never considered. There are a lot of TARDIS-centric episodes and moments from the 11th/12th Doctor eras that would not work during Whittaker's time for no other reason than her TARDIS only has one floor, and that limits how you can block scenes
I’ll always love 11’s first TARDIS just because it’s the only one it’d want to live it. It really had the “bigger on the inside vibe and felt very much like a home more so than just a light pillar surrounded by buttons and switches. Additionally, as some other commenters mentioned, the asymmetry of this design made it very iconic.
The Capaldi TARDIS will always be my fave. I visited it loads of times and one day actually got to flick switches / touch the telepathic circuits / pull levers. My inner child was screaming loudly that day... 🤪
@@djdustie Well, I mean you did just say you visited the TARDIS at the Experience and were in context talking about the Capaldi TARDIS... Of course anybody who went to the Experience would confirm the Capaldi TARDIS was never there. So you've at the least stated a contradiction which you can probably explain?
The classic era had some distinct differences too... Seasons 1-7 had the same console with some variations of the surrounding room. Seasons 8-13 was the next era (with the special, 1-off look of The Time Monster "washing up bowls" roundels room + the Master's version of that). Season 14 had the lovely little wooden secondary console room (which was a precursor/inspiration for the 1996 TV Movie version), Seasons 15-20 was the next era, (but still kinda similar to the Seasons 8-13 look) and finally, Seasons 21-26 had the very distinct '80s console beloved by many. Another rare 1-off was the "35th Anniversary" version of the console dubbed by fans as the "Season 27" console which was an interesting one (look up The Take - 35 Years of Doctor Who). And don't forget the Rani's brilliant console room in The Mark of the Rani! I'd love to see you update this video including these!
if i remember correctly. the reason they changed the 11th doctor's interior was because they had to move to a smaller soundstage that couldnt fit the old one. so they went with the thematic change in smith, being a bit darker, more weathered after losing amy and rory.
Since the Silent TARDIS was included, I was a bit disheartened to see the junk TARDIS skipped. Then there's the Rani TARDIS, different variations on the Masters TARDIS, hell the Master TARDIS from series 12 probably could've been included, even tho it was just a house
@@FullFatVideos it’s the first indication that the console room can dramatically change design, wouldn’t call that insignificant: set the stage for a changing console that we have to this day
@@FullFatVideos IDK, I doubt it's any less significant than the Silence TARDIS at the bottom of your list. The secondary console room is in an entire season (well, we don't see it in every story, but it's there more than the Silence TARDIS one is).
I personally love the fact that the TV Movie TARDIS wasn't much of a ship because that's what would happen over time, the Doctor would just move stuff to the console room as he spends lots of time there anyhow so might as well be comfortable.
This video has reminded me how much I enjoyed Series 8. I loved Capaldi's run as a whole but I tend to remember near the end. I completely agree that that Tardis is the best, but I honestly think the screwdriver really suits 12 as well, and seeing 12 with his short hair and green screwdriver and blue coat gave me such a blast of nostalgia.
Series 8 was far superior than Series 10. I like the moody-ish "Am I a good man?" Twelve. He felt more alien. I loved the short hair on him and the coat.
The best interior from classic is the first doctor’s. It just has a bit more stuff that fills up the space instead of being a white room with a white console and nothing else.
Going through the TARDIS interiors like this is making me really excited to see what the desktop theme will be when Ncuti Gatwa takes over as The Doctor. I do hope they return to a multi-leveld TARDIS set though because you're right, it does allow for more interesting shots.
I feel one of the big reasons Whittaker's Tardis was so disappointing because of how perfect Capaldi's had been. They really struck a good balance of the Tardis being both a vehicle and home to the doctor, and I could on for hours about the dynamic shots the multiple layers and walkways of it allow. I could just be a sucker for a more homely Tardis interior though considering the movie Tardis interior is probably my second favourite.
I love the original revival design the most- It just feels the most organic of all the designs. Like it's an actual living organism that isn't just a machine.
Matt Smith's 'Copper' interior had to be scrapped, due to a move to another studio, where the set was too big to be transported as it was built in the studio. When BBC bought the original studio back and they reused it for 'The Doctor Who Experience', they rebuilt Matt's original set, along with a portion of Tennant's and recreations of Hartnell's, Pertwee's, and Baker's interiors which have now been completely taken down, and put into storage.
The 11th doctors first Tardis interior will always be my favorite. I loved the colors and design, to me it had a homey feeling while still reminding me it’s a Time Machine. 12’s tardis and additions he made to it, give the tardis the same feeling with the furniture and items
I did love the consistency of the rtd tardis, it's a good solid design and never got old. The series 5 and 6 tardis absolutely unbeatable but I do like that the capaldi tardis had upper levels that actually got used. Once you give the tardis multiple levels, you can't go back.
If the lighting was better and there were some slight changes to the giant crystal in the center console, it would possibly be one of my favorites. And it's a small detail but I love the door at the entrance! It's so good! But till we see the next one, my favorite is a toss up between the OG 11th doctor TARDIS and the 8th doctors TARDIS.
Honestly, what would make 13's TARDIS better, IMO is if the background wasn't so dark. If you could actually see more than 10 feel in front of you. And I hate that little foyer because it looks less like we're in the box and more like we went through the box.
Yeah, the Capaldi library TARDIS is such a beautiful piece of set design. From the rotating, futuristic piece over the console with the Gallifreyan writing, to the blue round lights bringing the feel of a ship that travels through time and space... while the warm colors and textures of the wooden bookcases and volumes of tomes grounding it in a scholarly presence of such an intellectual being who is two thousand years old. It was airy, roomy, advanced, and comfortable.
The most important thing to me is that the Tardis has the round things, I love the round things. The second most important thing to me is that it has multiple levels, it really makes the Tardis feel so much bigger than the flat single room ones. So yes, I was a huge fan of the Smith-Capaldi era Tardis's.
I love how it was basically static for decades, and then in 1996 they decided, ‘no’ and now it regenerates almost as much as the bloody Doctor. Personally, I’m quite fond of the First, Eightth, and Twelfth Doctor’s TARDIS. I also like Whittaker’s. I mostly like the ones that feel very lived in, and I get that especially with the Eightth’s. It’s so cool and it’s got all this stuff. It has a great ceiling as well.
I think they shoulda kept Matts first steampunk TARDIS for Series 7B. With the recent loss from Amy and Rory, instead of changing it entirely, to the express loss of the two it shoulda just been lit darker wth some bit removed. Then when Capaldi came in for the first time, give him his TARDIS. It woulda been so much more emotional to see that unveiled for the first time
Capaldi’s TARDIS is genuinely excellent, and it’s a shame that its successor fails to live up to it in any respect. I get Capaldi’s wishes for a console unique to him, but I don’t think anything would have suited him better. I wish he was given a new screwdriver from the start though, albeit not the design we eventually did get for him, which looked dreadful.
I think it's a testament to how well that interior fits the Twelfth Doctor that pretty much everyone just sees it as 'Capaldi's TARDIS' as opposed to 'Smith's second/Capaldi's TARDIS'
I agree so much with your list pretty much exactly. I feel like Capaldi’s Tardis is a home and a spaceship that’s kinda why the new one doesn’t work for me.
Capaldi's TARDIS will be the interior I always imagine if I think of the TARDIS. Matt's OG interior was amazing going from Tennant, but the bookcases, nick-nacks and blackboards really sell Capaldi's Dpctor to me.
Ah the TARDIS! Love Capaldi’s look as it felt lived in and was such a great look and design. I would travel in it. Good list and that mattress you got is nice and was funny!
9:00 Worked on a stage show once where I asked the crew for a green light. They heavily pushed back because apparently green lighting looks crap 90% of the time
Honestly the one thing I will give Jodie's Tardis is I really like the big orange thingies. And it feels a lot more empty than the other Tardis's which to me isn't exactly a bad thing. It makes the set feel kind of lonely which makes sense when Jodie's doctor is I guess supposed to be distant and lonely herself. If only they actually did it better like they did with 11.
The war doctor tardus is actually One of my three favorites In fact, if you stole the bookshelves from 12 and the kickass clock from 1 and put them in there, it would be my favorite It combines the saifi spaceship style of classic and the grunge obbled together of new All it really is missing is the more Edwardian mansion aspects and it would be perfect As this Is ship cobble together over centuries
The lack of levels in the Jodie TARDIS is not the biggest problem with it at all from a practical filmmaking standpoint if you’ve seen some of the BTS interviews and clips. They’re not pretty but worst of all those salt lamps heavily restricted the cinematography and blocking of scenes in her series due to being so big. Characters couldn’t move much or stand in some areas for extended scenes, contributing to the flat-feeling dialogue moments throughout Whitaker’s first season. Lighting was also affected by this. They also used consumer LEDs in the pillars that looked totally the wrong colour on camera, meaning they had to be manually corrected in post in every scene. In contrast, Capaldi’s set had film quality lighting units integrated into the design in places that allowed for the camera to be pointed in almost any direction, hence the long Steadicam shots common in there during his run.
Believe it or not, the TARDIS has a secondary control room that we saw with Tom Baker in The Robots of Death and The Hand of Fear and two other episodes
The 1st Doctors Tardis actually had a light green scheme. The early black and white tv cameras could not cope with the glare of the studio lights on white surfaces so the interior was tinted green to tone down the glare. Hence the actor MATTE Smith !!
Agreed that Capaldi’s TARDIS is the best by far, it was a really good marriage of futuristic and lived-in. IIRC it was also a 360° set, so that meant there was a huge amount of freedom for angels to shoot from - also helped that it was very open, no large objects to get in the way of the camera. Jodie’s on the other hand is really bad. It’s lit really badly, everything is too dark, and it goes really hard into the awful teal & orange trend. It’s also just a really bad design from a camera placement perspective - the crystals are interesting in theory, but in practice are huge objects that get between the camera and the actors. It forces the cinematographers to stick to either bland static wide shots with the characters all squeezed together in a small space within the frame, or super claustrophobic close up shots with the crystals behind the camera, you already mentioned the lack of multiple levels and I agree that that’s a major step backwards. This is probably why there are comparatively so few scenes that take place inside the TARDIS in the Chibnall era.
I loved Capaldi's version of Smith's 2nd so much, but I think Eccleston and Tennant's is still my favourite overall. Too many memories. Though, if given a second level, around the outside, held up by the back-arching bits of the coral would have made it SO good.
And what about the outside of Tardisses, to my opinion the outside of both Math Smith’s as Peter Capaldi’s Tardisses are the most beautiful. The size and the bright dark blue colors and the windows reflecting light and shadow is just nice.
I'm glad you didn't go into all the slight tweaks made to the classic era tardis control rooms since that would've got old real fast however there are two consoles I would've like to have seen mentioned. The first is kinda a novelty one but I would've been interested to see where the junkyard tardis from the doctors wife placed on this list. The other is the wooden secondary control room from the classic era. Once again it's not very prominent but it's unique enough that I would be interested to see where it sits against the other consoles
Could you do a video ranking every episode of series 5? Or maybe just a video on it generally. It’s one of my favourite series as well and it’d be interesting to hear your in depth thoughts.
Capaldi's Doctor was a brilliant, strange alien who slowly got back in touch with his warmth, passion, and kindness. Capaldi's TARDIS was a cold, technologically advanced spaceship that the Doctor filled with trinkets, memories, and warm furniture.
I really don't get the Whitaker Tardis, it's a console in a room any room, did they even bother with walls, then after the 1st series the crystal pillars stopped working and I have no idea what the separate console panels look like.
Matt's first interior was my favourite but I think capaldie really made the next intior his own it just makes me think of what we could get if he got a new sonic
I remember the last scene of Spyfall part 2, when the Fam asks the Doctor about their origins and want to see Gallifrey, the Doctor then says "Not today" and walks towards one of the TARDIS' doors. But it doesn't open. She just finishes the episode waiting on the door to open. Such a small and insignificant detail that tells A LOT about Chibnall era.
I can't wait for Tennant to return in 2023, I hope that the desktop will change when he gets regenerated into, and he also equips his iconic screwdriver. my favourite Tardis is 9ths and 10s, only because it is dirty and has a dark, gritty aesthetic to it (also all the tubes in the floor). it gives of the vibe to not get too comfortable which works well because new who is all about running.
I actually wanted an overview of the classic ones. Because each one no matter how small is different and fits the different docs. The first and second doctors being the best
Part of my problem with the Whitaker era TARDIS is that while going with the crystal structures gave it a unique feel... They just took up so much room for no reason. The columns were so thick and closely placed together, and without even being a buttress system like the 9/10 design... It just feels claustrophobic for a ship that is characterized for being bigger on the inside. They're like giant fat cheeto fingers trying to close in on you.
Peter Capaldi’s Tardis took all of the best things about Matt’s 7b one and added tons of Capaldiisms in it that makes it seem tons more homely
"Capaldiisms" . I like it
The best, shame its gone
@@davidbarry9690 It defo should have stayed tbh, Jodie's is just god awful
It’s so cramped it looks really uncomfortable to even stand in since you’ve got the pillars in the way
At best you can say it dispenses custard creams but they are inferior to bourbon creams anyway
@@jmurray1110 It'd alos never came back right? Besides the ghost monument I don't remember it ever happening again?
One thing that you didn't mention was the asymmetry of 11's first TARDIS. I feel like that really made it feel "bigger on the inside" and still has it really stand out among the other versions.
That’s such a good point, its jumbled floor plan and console definitely add to the expansiveness
The designers in fact said the opposite, it was a massive set but felt smaller as it was very crammed and didn't use the space effectively. Compared to Capaldi's which is smaller but feels bigger as its more open.
@@hbuss12 but the fact there is stairways in every direction makes it feel like there’s a lot more than just the control room in 11’s TARDIS, like an unimited amount of rooms and so it feels way bigger. Capaldi’s one also gives this feeling but not as much as Matt’s first one. 12’s one also feels colder while 11’s one is the kind of place you wanna be in (I guess). That’s why Matt’s first TARDIS is my favorite, although I actually love every design.
I dont like it. It's a little too busy for me, it feels hard to look at somehow. Maybe because of the glass floor, of they changed that to a solid one I think it wouldve made it better.
Though I should say, it wouldve fit much better with his speech during his regeneration.
I genuinely cannot stop calling the 13th Doctor’s Tardis “the Salt-Lamp Tardis”
You cannot even tell me I’m wrong.
The Salt Doctor
Worst of all those salt lamps heavily restricted the cinematography and blocking of scenes in her series due to being so big. Characters couldn’t move much or stand in some areas for extended scenes, contributing to the flat-feeling dialogue moments throughout Whitaker’s first season.
They also used consumer LEDs in the pillars that looked totally the wrong colour on camera, meaning they had to be manually corrected in post in every scene.
In contrast, Capaldi’s set had film quality lighting units integrated into the design in places that allowed for the camera to be pointed in almost any direction, hence the long Steadicam shots common in there during his run.
Cant un-see it now
Does it honestly surprise anyone that Chibnall always had the worst looking, unpractical and smallest looking Tardis?
@@richardcoffer4758 Not at all.
I feel that the 11th Doctor's second TARDIS interior worked well for The Snowmen, but really only there. In that special, he was at a low point, still suffering from the loss of Amy and Rory. Because of that, the cold, metallic, empty interior feels much more fitting for him then. If he kept that sort of demeanor through Series 7, I feel the second design could have worked, but right after the special, he goes back to his more manic self. I also think this design might have worked if Matt Smith stayed for Series 8, because if I'm remembering correctly, Matt Smith originally intended to stay, and his Doctor was gonna get a bit darker.
I agree totally! It would only suit a change in character
Ah.
couldn't agree more. though deeply sad to know that we've lost such an interesting concept of 11th being even darker - Matt's just stunningly good at going dark, and I'd really love to see such character arc for the Doctor - especially after the loss of the Ponds, who basically were his family at some point. his depression lasted too short, if you ask me
@@poly_mar its a shame because that was the plan. season 8 was meant to be the Trenazalore arc season so the time of the doctor but a season with the master/missy being included. Matt was going to be much darker but he decided to leave beforehand. he has said multiple times he regrets leaving and wished he did season 8
@@SergeantAveryJohnson wow. i only heard something about the plan for the darker arc in general, but didn't know he actually wanted to stay for season 8. it always seemed like his intension to leave was fully willing, as he mentioned multiple times that it was vital for him not to get stuck in one image for the whole life, so he felt he had to move on
The Capaldi design with the lighting worked well in every scene. Best examples is him refusing to regenerate in The Doctor Falls, or the Tardis powering on at the end of Hell Bent, or even during Heaven Sent, the lighting is so fluid and dynamic that is almost goes with those scenes, it feels alive in way, reminding you of the Doctor’s Wife, yet still gives the impression of a powerful sci-fi machine far beyond human comprehension. Could use some more round things though…
I never thought I'd like a set as much as I did the Coral TARDIS, but I would've been happy if the Capaldi set had stuck around into the next decade.
@@LabradorIndependent Very indeed.
it looks like a pinball table and i absolutely love it.
It's hard not to appreciate the sheer brilliance of the Capaldi TARDIS set design. It's just such an improvement on anything they've done before - or since.
the way the light spills in when he opens the door in hell bent is so so beautiful and I love it
Even though 12s tardis was 11s first, it will always be 12s in my eyes because it wasn't until he got in there that I liked it. I'm likely to believe the story of the 11 tardis being damaged in transit because It almost feels like they were in the process of building 12s tardis and used it instead of fixing 11s.
Yeah 100% I see it as 12’s and the previous tardis as 11’s
Jodie's was the first time in a long time that the interior actually looked like a fairly cheap TV set. I think they were maybe too ambitious with it for the budget. They fixed it up a little as 13's tenure went on, I also think a different regular colour on the crystals would have worked a lot better than what they went with. What made it worse was how absolutely gorgeous Jo Martin's interior was and how little of that we actually got to see.
The crystals should have been white lights and then have more metallic looking walls, slowly show books and junk and half built/broken things and PLANTS inside 13's TARDIS before we meet Jo, that, would have been nicer, the design could work, but the colors and lighting just made it feel like they didn't have budget to finish it so we realize how empty the area is beyond the lit roundels, like stargate universe at times did.
I think the salt lamp tardis could have been really cool, but the salt lamps are too big
I don't like Joe Martin's interior it's basic it's boring it's leave basically just a bug standard Tardis it's like a Toyota boring
Heck maybe her Tardis could be like her Sonic Screwdriver where it's White but lights up Orange. Granted I have no idea when or how the lights would trigger, but it would look cooler.
Yeah i thought the same
The 8th Doctor's TARDIS will always be my favorite. Just love the lived in feel of it. The 12th's is my 2nd fav. Always dug The 4th Doctor's wood panel control room as well.
For some reason Eight’s feels like the default interior to me, it’s the best of everything
I feel like it’s the only one that fully embraces the idea of just what the TARDIS is and how it works, ie Block Transfer Computation and that it’s not made of real matter
Feel like most people's favourite Dr is the one they grew up watching. Matt Smith for me
mine is Smith but I grew up with Eccleston and Tennant!
I think we must tell apart someone's doctor from fav's doctor. Smith is my doctor, my first and hrew up with him and i love him. But I think my favourite, is in fact Capaldi
Yes, he was good, I loved his portrayal of Milo
Mine is also smith and yes i grew up partially with him, he was my first doctor when I was just 6 years old
Makes sense. My first TARDIS interior was the secondary console/control room in season 14 and it's still my fave.
The specific TARDIS variation you cruelly left out was the wood panel auxillary consol room that Tom Baker briefly had. Apparently that was going to be the standard TARDIS set but it got damaged... which is a shame because it looked great with its Victorian study/smoking room and stain glass roundel aesthetics.
I was looking for this comment. That TARDIS was so baroque... And it's in that place where the Doctor explains Leela how the dimensions work in the TARDIS.
I actually like when TARDIS designs transverse different Doctors. And the way Capaldi’s interior was accessorized was a great way to infuse 12s personality into the set without a whole new shell.
Totally agree about the need for levels. Really hoping RTD includes levels in future designs.
I agree with capaldis being at number 1. It's those 3 rotating rings, when they're on screen it's so satisfying! It's like the tardis is a slot machine picking the co ordinates at random as it does usually. And they tick like a clock too, it's genius.
The 3 floors showed the doctor liked to separate work and play too.
9:01 I've always wanted some purple in the Tardis, same for the sonic screwdriver. I think it would add a nice aesthetic to them. Fingers crossed we get it in Ncuti's tenure as the doctor 🤞
I feel like it would suit ncuti’s doctor
It could work, if the lighting was dim. Too bright and I’d eventually get sick of looking at it, like Matt’s second interior. Capaldi got it just right, imo 👌
Samuel l Jackson will sort it out 😌
Well, we have purple lights... sometimes
A very underrated interior is the War Doctor’s. I love that one. Has a very sleek, minimal look with the white walls. On the contrary, I do have a lot of love for the darker looks such as the 8th’s and 12th’s, and the 9th. The TARDIS interior had a darker green lit look during his era, and it was a lot brighter in the Tennant eta, which I don’t like.
Indeed.
War Tardis is in my top 5
I think it’s important to note the tardis is not just a spaceship , it is a home for the doctor , and she is a friend and identity within herself.
Capaldi’s Tardis is my favourite for multiple reasons but the cherry on the top of and already stacked sundae is that god damned throttle. I have never wanted to touch any control on any of the consoles more than that big ass lever
For me Smith’s first Tardis is my favourite incarnation of the Doctor’s oldest companion. It just feels so magical and whimsical and suits 11 perfectly, that first wide shot we get when he is introducing Amy to it always raises my spirits and it accompanies two of my absolute favourite lines to sum up the series “all of time and space, everything that ever happened and ever will, where do you want to start” and "i am definitely a man man with a box"
Incredible design and narrative with that interior and I was sad to see it go
Agreed. Glad to see somebody else does. I might have used something else instead of the taps and had the dividers between the segments on the console be gold or brass to give it even more of an Edwardian/ Steampunk/ grand and magical feel, but minor gripes aside it’s my favourite for the same reasons as yours.
totally agree. though I might add that we should get the credit for at least half of these stunning feelings to Murray Gold and his 'Amy In the TARDIS' track playing at that moment. i personally get chills literally every time I get to rewatch the scene
It was good but Filming proved a nightmare on that set. They needed to change it.
15:07 “No one really wants to watch me talk about the minutiae between the designs for another twenty minutes.”
My good sir, I believe you underestimate fans’ penchant for pedantry. There are many people who would love exactly that.
What about Tom Baker's wooden Tardis?
I know you put all the classic who interiors together but the wooden one is clearly a completely different design
My favorite is Smith 1. I love the colors, the wackiness, the multiple levels. Smith 2 was a mistake. The whole design should have been saved for Capaldi. It suited him and he did it better.
I was so unobservant that I didn't even realize they were the same design. I thought Capaldi got a brand new TARDIS
@KVAcedo27 and the round things also come back in the second season of Capaldi I believe
totally agree they should have saved it for capaldi
@KVAcedo27 and the best bit was that they were all real books, belonging to Peter Capaldi.
Full Fat made a really great point about the multiple levels that I never considered. There are a lot of TARDIS-centric episodes and moments from the 11th/12th Doctor eras that would not work during Whittaker's time for no other reason than her TARDIS only has one floor, and that limits how you can block scenes
I’ll always love 11’s first TARDIS just because it’s the only one it’d want to live it.
It really had the “bigger on the inside vibe and felt very much like a home more so than just a light pillar surrounded by buttons and switches.
Additionally, as some other commenters mentioned, the asymmetry of this design made it very iconic.
Agreed
The Capaldi TARDIS will always be my fave. I visited it loads of times and one day actually got to flick switches / touch the telepathic circuits / pull levers. My inner child was screaming loudly that day... 🤪
Did you work on the show?
So you say
@@FullFatVideos Actually I did for a few days as an extra, but the TARDIS trips were just public ones via the Dr Who Experience @ Cardiff.
@@davidbarry9690 not sure what you mean, are you implying I'm lying..?
@@djdustie Well, I mean you did just say you visited the TARDIS at the Experience and were in context talking about the Capaldi TARDIS...
Of course anybody who went to the Experience would confirm the Capaldi TARDIS was never there.
So you've at the least stated a contradiction which you can probably explain?
The classic era had some distinct differences too... Seasons 1-7 had the same console with some variations of the surrounding room. Seasons 8-13 was the next era (with the special, 1-off look of The Time Monster "washing up bowls" roundels room + the Master's version of that). Season 14 had the lovely little wooden secondary console room (which was a precursor/inspiration for the 1996 TV Movie version), Seasons 15-20 was the next era, (but still kinda similar to the Seasons 8-13 look) and finally, Seasons 21-26 had the very distinct '80s console beloved by many.
Another rare 1-off was the "35th Anniversary" version of the console dubbed by fans as the "Season 27" console which was an interesting one (look up The Take - 35 Years of Doctor Who). And don't forget the Rani's brilliant console room in The Mark of the Rani! I'd love to see you update this video including these!
if i remember correctly. the reason they changed the 11th doctor's interior was because they had to move to a smaller soundstage that couldnt fit the old one. so they went with the thematic change in smith, being a bit darker, more weathered after losing amy and rory.
I would have to agree fully with your tardis rankings. Capaldi's is certainly my favourite :)
Capaldi's Tardis is my favorite too. I also often forget that Matt used it for a season too. It suits Capaldi's Doctor so well.
Since the Silent TARDIS was included, I was a bit disheartened to see the junk TARDIS skipped. Then there's the Rani TARDIS, different variations on the Masters TARDIS, hell the Master TARDIS from series 12 probably could've been included, even tho it was just a house
Gonna have to redo this video
The thing with 12’s tardis is that, it feels like the next logical step, an evolution if you will, from the original interior.
You left out The 4th Doctor's secondary console room? It's all dark wood like the cabin of a ship. It's perfect.
I just couldn’t be asked it’s so insignificant sorry
@@FullFatVideos it’s the first indication that the console room can dramatically change design, wouldn’t call that insignificant: set the stage for a changing console that we have to this day
@@DarkLordPikachu it’s not the console room changing though. It’s a different room elsewhere within the ship.
@@FullFatVideos IDK, I doubt it's any less significant than the Silence TARDIS at the bottom of your list. The secondary console room is in an entire season (well, we don't see it in every story, but it's there more than the Silence TARDIS one is).
Glad I’m not the only one who thinks it is at least worth mentioning
I personally love the fact that the TV Movie TARDIS wasn't much of a ship because that's what would happen over time, the Doctor would just move stuff to the console room as he spends lots of time there anyhow so might as well be comfortable.
Honestly I liked Matt's 7b interior. Yeah Capaldi made it more homely and all that but I just preferred the blue lighing over the orange
Paul McGann's will forever be my favourite design.
I actually completely agree with this entire list. I’m also glad you grouped the classic TARDISes together. Great video!
This video has reminded me how much I enjoyed Series 8. I loved Capaldi's run as a whole but I tend to remember near the end. I completely agree that that Tardis is the best, but I honestly think the screwdriver really suits 12 as well, and seeing 12 with his short hair and green screwdriver and blue coat gave me such a blast of nostalgia.
Series 8 was far superior than Series 10. I like the moody-ish "Am I a good man?" Twelve. He felt more alien. I loved the short hair on him and the coat.
I think the recent tardis of the 14th and 15th doctor also should be considered here, nice reinterpretation of the classic design
I hope you do a separate video on all of the classic interiors and all of the differences between them.
The best interior from classic is the first doctor’s. It just has a bit more stuff that fills up the space instead of being a white room with a white console and nothing else.
Going through the TARDIS interiors like this is making me really excited to see what the desktop theme will be when Ncuti Gatwa takes over as The Doctor. I do hope they return to a multi-leveld TARDIS set though because you're right, it does allow for more interesting shots.
I feel one of the big reasons Whittaker's Tardis was so disappointing because of how perfect Capaldi's had been. They really struck a good balance of the Tardis being both a vehicle and home to the doctor, and I could on for hours about the dynamic shots the multiple layers and walkways of it allow. I could just be a sucker for a more homely Tardis interior though considering the movie Tardis interior is probably my second favourite.
I love the original revival design the most- It just feels the most organic of all the designs. Like it's an actual living organism that isn't just a machine.
DON'T YOU BE DISSING MY BOY MATT SMITH'S OUTFIT CHANGE, HIS PURPLE SUIT IS THE BES DOCTOR OUTFIT
Coral will always be my favourite. It just looked so Alien, and the glowing green could create some really moody shots
Matt Smith's 'Copper' interior had to be scrapped, due to a move to another studio, where the set was too big to be transported as it was built in the studio.
When BBC bought the original studio back and they reused it for 'The Doctor Who Experience', they rebuilt Matt's original set, along with a portion of Tennant's and recreations of Hartnell's, Pertwee's, and Baker's interiors which have now been completely taken down, and put into storage.
The 11th doctors first Tardis interior will always be my favorite. I loved the colors and design, to me it had a homey feeling while still reminding me it’s a Time Machine. 12’s tardis and additions he made to it, give the tardis the same feeling with the furniture and items
I did love the consistency of the rtd tardis, it's a good solid design and never got old. The series 5 and 6 tardis absolutely unbeatable but I do like that the capaldi tardis had upper levels that actually got used. Once you give the tardis multiple levels, you can't go back.
If the lighting was better and there were some slight changes to the giant crystal in the center console, it would possibly be one of my favorites. And it's a small detail but I love the door at the entrance! It's so good!
But till we see the next one, my favorite is a toss up between the OG 11th doctor TARDIS and the 8th doctors TARDIS.
Honestly, what would make 13's TARDIS better, IMO is if the background wasn't so dark. If you could actually see more than 10 feel in front of you. And I hate that little foyer because it looks less like we're in the box and more like we went through the box.
Yeah, the Capaldi library TARDIS is such a beautiful piece of set design. From the rotating, futuristic piece over the console with the Gallifreyan writing, to the blue round lights bringing the feel of a ship that travels through time and space... while the warm colors and textures of the wooden bookcases and volumes of tomes grounding it in a scholarly presence of such an intellectual being who is two thousand years old. It was airy, roomy, advanced, and comfortable.
The most important thing to me is that the Tardis has the round things, I love the round things.
The second most important thing to me is that it has multiple levels, it really makes the Tardis feel so much bigger than the flat single room ones.
So yes, I was a huge fan of the Smith-Capaldi era Tardis's.
I love how it was basically static for decades, and then in 1996 they decided, ‘no’ and now it regenerates almost as much as the bloody Doctor. Personally, I’m quite fond of the First, Eightth, and Twelfth Doctor’s TARDIS. I also like Whittaker’s. I mostly like the ones that feel very lived in, and I get that especially with the Eightth’s. It’s so cool and it’s got all this stuff. It has a great ceiling as well.
I think they shoulda kept Matts first steampunk TARDIS for Series 7B. With the recent loss from Amy and Rory, instead of changing it entirely, to the express loss of the two it shoulda just been lit darker wth some bit removed. Then when Capaldi came in for the first time, give him his TARDIS. It woulda been so much more emotional to see that unveiled for the first time
Capaldi’s TARDIS is genuinely excellent, and it’s a shame that its successor fails to live up to it in any respect.
I get Capaldi’s wishes for a console unique to him, but I don’t think anything would have suited him better. I wish he was given a new screwdriver from the start though, albeit not the design we eventually did get for him, which looked dreadful.
I think it's a testament to how well that interior fits the Twelfth Doctor that pretty much everyone just sees it as 'Capaldi's TARDIS' as opposed to 'Smith's second/Capaldi's TARDIS'
I agree so much with your list pretty much exactly. I feel like Capaldi’s Tardis is a home and a spaceship that’s kinda why the new one doesn’t work for me.
Capaldi Tardis GOATed as always.
I always loved that one clip of him switching through consoles
I also liked the 4th Doctor's wooden alternative control room. That had a full on sherlock holmes study vibe and went with that era.
Not only is Peter capaldi my favourite doctor but he’s easily got the best tardis aswell, very fitting 😂
I agree fully
Capaldi's TARDIS will be the interior I always imagine if I think of the TARDIS. Matt's OG interior was amazing going from Tennant, but the bookcases, nick-nacks and blackboards really sell Capaldi's Dpctor to me.
Ah the TARDIS! Love Capaldi’s look as it felt lived in and was such a great look and design. I would travel in it. Good list and that mattress you got is nice and was funny!
"How much of a tortured little emo boy the Tenth Doctor is"
I love this line 😂😂
9:00 Worked on a stage show once where I asked the crew for a green light. They heavily pushed back because apparently green lighting looks crap 90% of the time
Honestly the one thing I will give Jodie's Tardis is I really like the big orange thingies. And it feels a lot more empty than the other Tardis's which to me isn't exactly a bad thing. It makes the set feel kind of lonely which makes sense when Jodie's doctor is I guess supposed to be distant and lonely herself. If only they actually did it better like they did with 11.
You missed one. Tom Baker had his own non-white control room for a year. It was like the classic Era TARDIS meet the coral TARDIS.
I know it’s just wood though pretty basic and I just cba tbh
After seeing the new 14/15th doctor TARDIS interior, i’m so glad they brought back the varying floor levels
The war doctor tardus is actually One of my three favorites
In fact, if you stole the bookshelves from 12 and the kickass clock from 1 and put them in there, it would be my favorite
It combines the saifi spaceship style of classic and the grunge obbled together of new
All it really is missing is the more Edwardian mansion aspects and it would be perfect
As this Is ship cobble together over centuries
I wasn’t expecting a doctor who video since season 14. A surprise to be sure but a welcome one
The lack of levels in the Jodie TARDIS is not the biggest problem with it at all from a practical filmmaking standpoint if you’ve seen some of the BTS interviews and clips.
They’re not pretty but worst of all those salt lamps heavily restricted the cinematography and blocking of scenes in her series due to being so big. Characters couldn’t move much or stand in some areas for extended scenes, contributing to the flat-feeling dialogue moments throughout Whitaker’s first season. Lighting was also affected by this.
They also used consumer LEDs in the pillars that looked totally the wrong colour on camera, meaning they had to be manually corrected in post in every scene.
In contrast, Capaldi’s set had film quality lighting units integrated into the design in places that allowed for the camera to be pointed in almost any direction, hence the long Steadicam shots common in there during his run.
Believe it or not, the TARDIS has a secondary control room that we saw with Tom Baker in The Robots of Death and The Hand of Fear and two other episodes
The 1st Doctors Tardis actually had a light green scheme. The early black and white tv cameras could not cope with the glare of the studio lights on white surfaces so the interior was tinted green to tone down the glare. Hence the actor MATTE Smith !!
the way 10 pouts when 11 says “oh, you never do” is priceless and always makes me laugh
My favorite is still the original, your top pick of Capaldis is what I agree with but you can’t beat the the og
Fourth Doctor’s wooden Tardis, gone and somewhat forgotten
I just noticed, in Gridlock 10 mentions how Gallifrey had a "burnt orange sky." What colour is the inside of his TARDIS? Burnt orange.
Agreed that Capaldi’s TARDIS is the best by far, it was a really good marriage of futuristic and lived-in. IIRC it was also a 360° set, so that meant there was a huge amount of freedom for angels to shoot from - also helped that it was very open, no large objects to get in the way of the camera.
Jodie’s on the other hand is really bad. It’s lit really badly, everything is too dark, and it goes really hard into the awful teal & orange trend. It’s also just a really bad design from a camera placement perspective - the crystals are interesting in theory, but in practice are huge objects that get between the camera and the actors. It forces the cinematographers to stick to either bland static wide shots with the characters all squeezed together in a small space within the frame, or super claustrophobic close up shots with the crystals behind the camera, you already mentioned the lack of multiple levels and I agree that that’s a major step backwards. This is probably why there are comparatively so few scenes that take place inside the TARDIS in the Chibnall era.
Yes yes and yes
I loved Capaldi's version of Smith's 2nd so much, but I think Eccleston and Tennant's is still my favourite overall. Too many memories.
Though, if given a second level, around the outside, held up by the back-arching bits of the coral would have made it SO good.
Indeed.
And what about the outside of Tardisses, to my opinion the outside of both Math Smith’s as Peter Capaldi’s Tardisses are the most beautiful. The size and the bright dark blue colors and the windows reflecting light and shadow is just nice.
I'm glad you didn't go into all the slight tweaks made to the classic era tardis control rooms since that would've got old real fast however there are two consoles I would've like to have seen mentioned. The first is kinda a novelty one but I would've been interested to see where the junkyard tardis from the doctors wife placed on this list. The other is the wooden secondary control room from the classic era. Once again it's not very prominent but it's unique enough that I would be interested to see where it sits against the other consoles
The NEW one, buddy, is clearly number one.
Could you do a video ranking every episode of series 5? Or maybe just a video on it generally. It’s one of my favourite series as well and it’d be interesting to hear your in depth thoughts.
Capaldi's Doctor was a brilliant, strange alien who slowly got back in touch with his warmth, passion, and kindness. Capaldi's TARDIS was a cold, technologically advanced spaceship that the Doctor filled with trinkets, memories, and warm furniture.
Suprising that you didn’t put the fourth doctor’s wooden interior it’s not my favourite but it deserves to be on the list
The new blue tardis for mat smith worked it was colder more attuned to the colder more depressed doctor it totally works
Honestly I like all the designs shown in the video. But I don´t like to pick favorits in general.
Bruh how I have posted this 1 day ago it was uploaded like 20 mins ago 💀
@@RiyadYourDad maybe there was a premiere
@@RiyadYourDad patreon i’m guessing
Bro this is wild - i was literally watching a Tardis ranking video earlier today but it was posted two years ago.. so this vid came just in time ✅
I really don't get the Whitaker Tardis, it's a console in a room any room, did they even bother with walls, then after the 1st series the crystal pillars stopped working and I have no idea what the separate console panels look like.
Matt's first interior was my favourite but I think capaldie really made the next intior his own it just makes me think of what we could get if he got a new sonic
But didnt he get a new blue sonic?
18:24 whilst I can see Capaldi’s point, literally the same thing happened to Tennant: he inherited Eccleston’s interior and sonic.
Thank you for rating the TARDIS interiors, alternate universe Rory Pond
6:21 Never before have I noticed that right after Tennant pets the time column, one of those discs at the base of it slightly drops😂
Twelfth’s TARDIS interior remains my favourite forever. It’s so clean and refined compared to many of the others.
I remember the last scene of Spyfall part 2, when the Fam asks the Doctor about their origins and want to see Gallifrey, the Doctor then says "Not today" and walks towards one of the TARDIS' doors. But it doesn't open. She just finishes the episode waiting on the door to open. Such a small and insignificant detail that tells A LOT about Chibnall era.
When they showed off matts new tardis on the cloud that was amazing.
I’m old who season 14, we got to see the TARDIS’ secondary control room. I would have loved to see where you put it on your list
That’s supposed to say in not I’m. God damn auto correct
I can't wait for Tennant to return in 2023, I hope that the desktop will change when he gets regenerated into, and he also equips his iconic screwdriver. my favourite Tardis is 9ths and 10s, only because it is dirty and has a dark, gritty aesthetic to it (also all the tubes in the floor). it gives of the vibe to not get too comfortable which works well because new who is all about running.
The McGann and Capaldi interiors are my favourite
The Whittaker one is my least favourite (which is ironic because her exterior is my favourite)
I actually wanted an overview of the classic ones. Because each one no matter how small is different and fits the different docs. The first and second doctors being the best
9/10: iconic always nice to look at
11 first: too messy for me
11 second: feels cold for me
12: warm and cozy and i love it
13:"oh look, rocks!"
Part of my problem with the Whitaker era TARDIS is that while going with the crystal structures gave it a unique feel... They just took up so much room for no reason. The columns were so thick and closely placed together, and without even being a buttress system like the 9/10 design... It just feels claustrophobic for a ship that is characterized for being bigger on the inside. They're like giant fat cheeto fingers trying to close in on you.
I don’t know why I but I really like the wooden console room