This from the latest episode of ‘Dr Who’:
On a remote army outpost, a fearsome alien warlord called the Fisher King sets in motion a twisted plan to ensure his own survival. The ripples will be felt around the universe. Is this chain of events inevitable? And can the Doctor do the unthinkable?
We finished off the 2nd series of Extant on holiday in Cyprus. There was a scene with a decrepit phone box that was part of a high tech security system:
Even after the zombie hoards have taken over the phone box continues to be relevant – as seen in this episode of Z Nation…
Here I like the use of the phone to reflect the woman making the call
Aquarius (2016)
Agent Carter (2015)
The same phone being dusted for fingerprints later in the show
SPOILER ALERT (Wayward Pines) further down the page…
More spy action…
The Game
The Game
Even in the far distant future, on a ruined earth, phones are still working…
Wayward Pines
Here is a scene from ‘The day after tomorrow‘ (2004) with a phone in the New York Library being in use to its very end…
Fish Mooney, Gotham
And this one, when a favourite character of mine lies dying while the phone rings in the foreground…
Person of Interest
Followed in the next series with a flashback to the past and a ‘phreaker’ in action (for more details on phreaking -the manipulation of phone call routing – click here)…
Person of Interest
South Kensington, London
I’ve wondered for a while why disused phone boxes weren’t being used as ATMs. I wonder no longer. I just came back from South Kensington in London and saw my first in what I think will be a continuing trend. Note that although one side has become an ATM, another side remains a phone.
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