So this phone box never existed but in another reality (thanks to Phillip K. Dick and ‘The Man in the High Castle’)…
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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…
Then in Episode 5 a phone box is being used to stash some cassettes…
More phones on the screen
Cold Weather (2010)
The Blacklist
Spooks (season 1)
Seven days in May (1964)
In the news
I’m sure I woke yesterday to the news that the UK phone box design had won an award but I couldn’t find a recent story – this link is older news but still relevant
Design Museum adds red phone box to collection
And some more phones on tv…
Arrow
Fortitude
Bones (S2 I think)
More tv
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple
Transparent
X-Files, John Doe
The Intruders
The Intruders
Toast of London (after losing his mobile at an audition)
Niagra
As in the 1953 film starring Marilyn Monroe… There are a few telephone calls made in this film and here are three, including a phone on a boat.
and some more…
Ok so I understand why I see phone boxes in older tv shows and films, but they are still a feature in many current plots such as The Blacklist (USA), The Code (Australia) and Being Human (USA). You’d be forgiven for thinking that the popularity of the mobile phone would mean that the phone box would disappear from many cultural products, but not so.
The Blacklist (S2)
The Code
Being Human (USA, S3)
The X-Files – The Amazing Maleeni
The X-Files – Trevor
The X-Files – Roadrunners
The X-Files – Surekill
More viewing
Perhaps I watch too much TV but here are some more from the past.
Dark Skies (1996)
Noah’s Castle (1979)
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
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