The Tin Dog. K-9 Construction Project, Part 6

The Pirate Planet

Mr. Fibuli!! For some reason this story is one of my favorites. Written by the estimable Douglas Adams, the story seems a bit silly on the surface, but as it plays out becomes quite a bit more thoughtful and intrigue laden that one would think. It had great moments involving Jelly babies, flying cars, a scene chewing cyborg, and of course K-9 vs. a robot parrot!

Speaking of K-9, time to show the first of some personal modifications I've made to my build...

The Tin Dog. K-9 Construction Project, Part 5

The Invasion of Time

The Doctor is a Manchurian Candidate! This was a neat story and seemed to be a fun role for Tom Baker. The false ending was great and I loved the threatening music when the Sontaran warriors show up as kill joys.

The Tin Dog. K-9 Construction Project, Part 4

Talons of Weng Chiang

The link notes that this story is quite popular. Personally, I'm luke-warm to it. I also thought it was a little long, but it had it's fun moments. It may seem a bit insensitive to in some respects, but not overly so. Of course then there is the pig-robot-thing, which was pretty entertaining.

Now on to K-9's head!

The Tin Dog. K-9 Construction Project, Part 3

The Hand of Fear

Sara Jane's swan song episode. I can see why Sara Jane Smith character was so popular as she was a pretty neat companion. Though the Doctor kind of unceremoniously dumped her off before going along his [not so] merry way. What was neat is that when she re-appeared in the more recent Doctor Who series, she openly complains to the Doctor to that fact. Remarking that he dropped her off in the wrong place and never bothered to check up on her again (though he did leave a K-9 to look after her!).

The Tin Dog. K-9 construction project, Part 2

The Brain of Morbius

While building K-9, I figured I would also watch/re-watch old Tom Baker era episodes of doctor who both for inspiration and to serve as a rough time reference. Many of the episodes I had not see since the 80s and quite a few I simply didn't remember.

The Brain of Morbius is interesting because the planet in which the episodes take place was again re-visited in the recent mini-episode, "Night of the Doctor" starring Paul McGann. For some reason I loved the voice modulation of Morbius as a brain in a tank.

By the time I had finished the story, much of the pieces for the sides had been cut and I could go off and start gluing things.

The Tin Dog. K-9 construction project.

I don't remember when the idea first came to me, but shortly before Christmas 2013 decided to build a replica K-9 from Doctor Who.

747 SOC Restoration Part 12

Finish Line!

New shuttle decals!

 With the home made decal sheet completed, it was time to apply my handy-work.

747 SOC Restoration Part 11

Some basic aileron and flap details finishes off the wings.

I had to resist a strong urge to add many more details as this is a desktop model and unless I wanted
to spend a lot of time on the shuttle (I didn't) I thought it would look too detailed compared to the shuttle.