Sunday, August 16, 2020

Tumblr Thread: The Curse of The Doctor Who Robot Prop


We try to not be superstitious, but sometimes it's hard to notice when certain objects are so deeply associated with consistently unfortunate goings-on. And it doesn't help that this robot looks creepy as hell. For some more strange and interesting tidbits, here are some random golden moments from the world of Tumblr.

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Facial expression - Admit it. You al think robots arejust machines built by humans to make their lives easier. Well, aren't they?

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Head - Fve never made anyone's life easier and you know it. arabellesicardi im the robot

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Text - titleknown Again, this is even funnier if you know what a fucking production nightmare, with a possible curse attached to it no less, this robot prop was for the Doctor Who crew... bogleech I want to know about the cursed robot choppers-top-hat So the robot isn't a guy in a suit, it's an animatronic/puppet thing, and it wasn't built for the show. In fact, no one knows who built it, one of the producers just FOUND IT ONE DAY in a building near the studio. It had apparently been built for a

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Text - Kamelion was incredibly complicated to operate, so they assigned a guy named Mike Powers to figure out the best way to go about it. Apparently he did a great job streamlining Kamelion's operation, and then he promptly died in a boating accident (which is where the "curse" idea comes from.) He didn't leave any notes or instructions, and the show was already behind schedule, so they had to rush Kamelion's scenes into production with no idea how it worked. It was a gigantic pain in the ass t

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