Nah, I'm a rebel. I play by my own rules.

No problem. Thanks for watching!

Thanks. Yeah, there are quite a few screws in this one - probably way more than necessary to be honest. That said, taking one apart on camera for the first time in years, going by half memories, can be a bit daunting. Next time I'll do it off camera - great for me, not so great for channel content!

Thanks, it'll be fun - I hope.

Thanks for the tip and thanks for commenting.

I do enjoy the odd game of innuendo bingo from time to time, but obviously I couldn't get any by you. You must be a master at this game. Oh, the Pertwee boxes are glued together? That'll be fun to take apart!

A childhood watching the Carry On films has prepared me for this moment. The battery door was heavily glued the rest was more tacked together.

Regarding the Pertwee boxes, that doesn't sound so alarming now, so I can sigh with relief. I thought I was going to have to change my plans. I've always loved the Carry On movies, everything Kenneth Williams ever utters, along with his contorted facial expressions and Sid James' dirty laugh. Priceless.

Ultimate Question What’s your favourite Carry On Film!

Dive straight in with a difficult question there! That's a tough one. Okay, I'll tell you a few that I really like; Carry on Constable, Carry on up the Khyber, Carry on Jack and Carry on Sergeant. How's that for a few of my favourites? Essentially any of them without Barbara Windsor or Frankie Howerd in them.

I appreciate the sentiment. Thanks!

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You're welcome. I'm pleased that you like the content.

My pleasure.

When you do yours, eventually, you can do it with a little more care than me - especially when it comes to the electronics. But good luck and I'm glad you've found it useful - that's what it's for. Oh, and I too have taken the Dapol one apart, a few times... and broken the little clip tabs.

If I could have found it in time, I would have, so instead I just went the boring, old fashioned route.

Welcome to Innuendo Bingo!

The fun will be cutting it up and putting it all back together!

First off, thanks for your comment - I'm glad that you've found this video useful! Best of luck with your conversion too, I hope it goes well for you. Unfortunately I don't have any sound plates, the one from this toy was defective and didn't work. For options on adding electronics, check out this video that I did: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m52hfdqouL2zYIU.html Or alternatively, see how I added lights and sounds to this build: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/btKDdpaF17jXlmQ.html Greetings to you as well - my daughter is currently in Germany too, visiting her Oma und Opa.

It should look like that prop because it was the 1980's fibre glass prop, just with new signage. As for the TVM TARDIS, it's difficult to tell what was up there, but it certainly doesn't have a pronounced dome.

You may think that, but I couldn't possibly comment.

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I really don't think there is a way to remove the battery cover without damaging it as I believe it is solvent welded into place, rather than glued. You may get lucky and just be able to force it off, but you'd have to carefully test this first.

Yeah, the owner of this took a while to find one on eBay and even then the electronics were duff. Best of luck in your search!

PB Props thank you! I know you tend to just make classic tardis’ but I’d love to see your attempt of a Jodie Whittaker tardis! It would be amazing!

I'm glad you have that much faith in my abilities, cheers. While I have done just the classic boxes here on this channel, I have made new series boxes as well, mainly at full scale and I'll no doubt do some more on camera when I have the space and funds to do it, however when it comes to the new prop for the 13th Doctor, I've not actually had access to it to measure it, unlike the previous versions, but it looks very easy to recreate. I have had thoughts on doing a quick and dirty replica of it, but as to when I'll get around to this, well, your guess is as good as mine. Thanks again for your comment, I do appreciate it.

PB Props ah okay it would deffo be brill! There’s a lot of reference pics on here if it helps tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=8428.0

Ah, the old board that I co founded and ran for over a decade. Happy times, but I have enough hi-res references of it already which will be helpful when the time comes.

It's probably been glued together, rather than the paint weathering sealing it, either that, or the lugs holding it together are really tight - I wouldn't know without looking at one. If you've started investigating it to do the customisation and already marked / cracked it, B&M may frown on that and not give you a refund...

The one here already does that, but the others don't - and yes, you could make them open too as the structure to allow that to happen is already there .

This seems to be a common problem with these toys and it appears to boil down to how they were assembled at the factory. Unfortunately, the fix does require dismantling of the box. That said, you could try to loosen the base screws under the affected side and twist the box back into shape - and hope that it pops back into position for you.

Loosening the relevant screw totally worked on one of the Tardis toys and slightly improved the other. Thanks for your help. :-)

I'm glad that worked out for you. The other one may need a bit of internal fiddling with. What happens is that if the walls aren't quite lined up properly before screwing together, this can cause the bow. There is another screw in the ceiling at the front on both sides, if you can get a screwdriver in there (on the bow side), loosen that one and try the same thing, give it a bit of a tug and a twist - it may suddenly pop back...

Looking at me taking it apart here, it looks like you have to hook the spring back onto the disk and then rotate it anti clockwise until it's tight. Then you just screw the screw back into place. Basically what I do in the video, just in reverse.

@@PBProps thank you this is very helpful:)

A few people have mentioned this to me recently. It looks like these sets are actually glued together, though I haven't looked into this myself. It's frustrating, especially if you want to modify them. If it's just the paint sealing it, you could try running a blade along the seams, but if that doesn't help, then you'll know for sure that they are glued.

Hmm, I'm a prop and model maker - not a magician! :)

Im just hoping the 5th doctor tardis rumors are true