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Phaeton99 — TARDIS Prime Control X-Sec FINAL
Published: 2009-08-02 17:53:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 14319; Favourites: 111; Downloads: 1326
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A detailed cross-sectional view of the TARDIS Prime Control Room plan.At long last (after being stalled for over a year with technical problems) this illustration is done — barring minor tweaks and corrections.
There is still work to be done on the greater project: captions to add (mostly transfered from the old plan Phaeton99.deviantart.com/art/T… ), a few detail call-outs (for things annoyingly hidden), and the layout (not to mention the background filigree) of the full print poster to be done, which will include the two illustrations below as secondary art.
The Poster:
In comparison, that is all easy work, expected to be done in short order.
For now, downloading of this illustration has been disabled, but this version is nice and big so one can appreciate the details.
Past versions are moved to my Scrapbook Gallery phaeton99.deviantart.com/galle… .
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I have the previous top view of this in a 42.5x55 wall poster which I also use as a D&D location. In every way it's how I would construct the old model explorer capsules. This adds even more detail and complexity to an already comprehensive approach to the design.
Most effective:
The level of detail makes this look like a real Gallifreyan design spec. Though it hasn't yet been labeled, I can still figure out most of it from the top view.
It also definitely fixes some of my faulty interpretations like the belief that the entry forum was on a level above the control room.
Problems I have:
Now that I look at it from this perspective, it occurs to me that the Commander's chair is facing away from the door and is on the door's side. This means the commander has to cross the control room from his quarters and in the highly unlikely event of a break-in, is closest to where the invader would be coming in and facing away. Though I realize the seat pivots, it still seems a security risk to put the Commander right next to the door in.
Problem/Question:
The High Commander's Pulpit is blocking a view of the science station, which would have been interesting to see. Unless the object curving outward which I thought at first was part of the Pulpit is the science station, in which case once again my difficulty with parsing perspective strikes again.
Was the Commander's office desk and chair too much of a clutter?
I look forward to when this is labeled. Your schematics never fail to deliver.
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The inconvenience and risk of the Commander's seating is intentional to imply that ceremonial emphasis was more important than practicality to the Time Lords of this period, and is modeled on certain aspects found in traditional Christian churches in this regard. He is positioned to pontificate and officiate over the Control Room operations and Entry Forum activity — "security" would have been the furthest thing from his mind. Perhaps the redundant number ceremonial guards stationed around the complex makes up for this.
As for the obscured stations and missing details: the science station will not appear in detail in this cutaway, but rather in one of a pair of planned lateral cross-sections perpendicular to this view.
The missing items — desk, chairs, et al — simply reflect that this piece is unfinished. They will appear in the final version.
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Ah, I hadn't thought of it that way. Now that you point it out, it does sound like Time Lords in general to design it that way. I had neglected to consider the general Gallifreyan tendency towards effectiveness of ceremony over effectiveness of design. And ceremonial guards are always a plus in those cases.
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brillient, love it, love docter who, love the tardis and love you for uploding this thank you
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The omnilift Idea is certainly novel yet in keeping with the overall genre. Outstanding illustration would love to see this inked.
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Thanks... though i am uncertain what you mean by "inked": as a purely digital line illustration, it is about as "inked" as it is likely to get.
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Sorry mistook it for a pencilled drawing, both myself and my father use the traditional drawing board method of draughting sometimes.
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If I had prepared this the old fashioned way, I would not be so far along in a matter of a scattered few work sessions over only four days. This is my first stab at doing a cross-section digitally, and the project has demonstrated just how great an advance the mode offers beyond paper and pencil.
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Though it is amazing how many errors one notices between work sessions...
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Nice! A very good and original idea... Do you do that for a living? Drawing plans, I mean
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Other than some small training a a draughtsman, and a short stint doing graphic design, my experience in this sort of illustration is solely amateur. But that ultimately just means that I don't get paid for my projects.
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