The Mobile Phones of Doctor Who – The Motherlode of Props

Posted by robin_reala on Thursday February 09, 2023 @08:10AM
from the shkspr.mobi dept.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/02/the-mobile-phones-of-doctor-who-the-motherlode-of-props/

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Re:The Mobile Phones of Doctor Who – The Motherlode of Props by Janymos on Thursday February 09, 2023 @08:53AM (#34723863)

Interesting article!

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Re:The Mobile Phones of Doctor Who – The Motherlode of Props by axus on Thursday February 09, 2023 @09:23AM (#34724297)

I'm not sure which was more surprising, the price of the props on ebay, or how uncluttered the storefront page was compared to the individual item page.

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Re:The Mobile Phones of Doctor Who – The Motherlode of Props by LinuxBender on Thursday February 09, 2023 @10:09AM (#34725085)

You can visit their eBay store for a frankly ridiculous number of Doctor Who props.

I would be highly skeptical of any eBay account selling items that are supposedly from a movie set. There have been many people selling such items that turned out to be from someones hoarded collection of junk. There are loads of grifters on eBay.

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Re:The Mobile Phones of Doctor Who – The Motherlode of Props by edent on Thursday February 09, 2023 @10:11AM (#34725139)

I've checked the provenance of the pieces - and they cone with a signed statement from the original auction house. The auction itself was well documented in the media.

And, in my opinion, the behind the scenes photos speak for themselves.

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Re:The Mobile Phones of Doctor Who – The Motherlode of Props by Eupraxias on Thursday February 09, 2023 @10:52AM (#34725775)

As someone who grew up on the older episodes, and who only dabbled in the newer ones, this headline really threw me for a loop.

I was struggling to remember some kind of Star Trek like communicator or somesuch, and drawing a blank.

Can anyone remember anything kinda-like a mobile phone in the older episodes?

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Re:The Mobile Phones of Doctor Who – The Motherlode of Props by edent on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:06AM (#34726072)

I couldn't find any - although someone in a McCoy story uses an army field telephone.

But, I did find these https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2018/10/the-mobile-phones-of-doctor...

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Re:The Mobile Phones of Doctor Who – The Motherlode of Props by jgrahamc on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:22AM (#34726374)

Although I have no interest in Doctor Who, I deeply appreciate this level of nerdery and of the joy of finding those media on the phones.

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Re:The Mobile Phones of Doctor Who – The Motherlode of Props by edent on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:43AM (#34726777)

Thanks:-)

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