The oldest console room is my favorite. I loved the shadowy bits in Hartnell's time, they gave the show and the TARDIS such an air of mystery and a little bit of creepiness. If you've not seen Edge of Destruction, watch it as soon as you can. It's only two episodes and it's creepy as hell and only takes place in the TARDIS. I love it so fucking much because it just WORKS because the TARDIS was so dark and mysterious back then. And that's not even mentioning the fantastic other rooms we got to see back then. There were several early serials where they would start out in some other room, and those are some of my favorites, just getting to see other rooms in the TARDIS. Like in The Chase when Vicki is wandering around bored, disrupting the rest of her shipmates. As much as I liked Nine and Ten's console rooms, I hated that we never got to see anything else beside the wardrobe, because I loved that in Classic Who, you actually saw the companions doing other stuff besides just standing around the console like they always seem to be doing now. I hope we get to see more rooms in Eleven's time, the TARDIS is so GORGEOUS now that it seems a crime not to show more of her interior.
I also really like the clean white console room of the 80s, but I realize that's very 80s sci-fi and probably wouldn't work now for Doctor Who's current audience. But I'll always miss it.
I also really like the clean white console room of the 80s, but I realize that's very 80s sci-fi and probably wouldn't work now for Doctor Who's current audience. But I'll always miss it.
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