Tag Archives: sci-fi

Classic tv

‘The X-Files’, naturally. So many episodes have shots of phone boxes.

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Roadrunners

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Classic Dr Who

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This is ‘Spearhead from Space’ where we first meet actor John Pertwee playing the Doctor.

Classic film

How could I forget The Matrix (1999), where the phone line is a conduit to the true reality…

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Film & TV

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This is from the 1984 film The Philadelphia Experiment.

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What is a spy story without a phone box? Here’s a scene from a recent tv movie version, set pre-WWI, of ‘The 39 Steps’.

Film

This one is from a short film (1990) called ‘12.01pm‘. It was the precursor to ‘Groundhog Day’, but with a bleaker ending. I like the bubble-like design of this public phone.

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The following is from a movie called Jeff, who lives at home, (2011):

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