Monthly Archives: May 2015

Old funny

Father Ted (S1, E1)

Father Ted (S1, E1)

Classic film

I am happy to add one of the most iconic films of all time to my blog. I hadn’t realised there was a phone box in the games room of the Overlook Hotel.

The Shining

The Shining

False history

So this phone box never existed but in another reality (thanks to Phillip K. Dick and ‘The Man in the High Castle’)…

Man in the High Castle (2) comp

The Man in the High Castle (Episode 1)

New uses for a phone box

I like the creativity that phone boxes can bring out in scriptwriters.

In Person of Interest (Season 3 Episode 1) we find a new use for the phone box – ring a specific number and the back panels opens to become the door to a dodgy strip joint, frequented by sailors and cops…

Person of Interest comp

Then in Episode 5 a phone box is being used to stash some cassettes…

Person of Interest (2) comp Person of Interest (1) comp

Battle

We took a trip to Battle today (think Norman Conquest 1066AD) and came across a phone box tucked into history:

UK, Battle Abbey

 

Vienna

We took a short trip to Vienna recently. I love the 1970’s style of box found out at the cemetery and in one of the museums. There was even a nod to the iconic London red box.

Austria, Vienna Central Cemetery

Austria, Wien Museum

Austria, Vienna (3)

Austria, Vienna (2)

Austria, Vienna (4)

Iconic London

This shot was used to set the scene in London, in an episode of ‘Bones’ from season 4:

Bones season 4