Tristan Peatfield - Doctor Who Production Designer Notebook.
Oct 8, 2013 10:14:01 GMT
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This is the personal note-book used by TRISTAN PEATFIELD, who was Production Designer on Series 5 of Doctor Who (2010), between the departure of Ed Thomas and the arrival of Michael Pickwoad, which I recently won in a charity ebay auction.
Its a 14cm x 21cm black covered "Guildhall" notebook, it contains notes on a number of productions on which Tristan worked, including at least 13 pages dedicated to Doctor Who and in particular to the episode The Lodger.
This includes text, designs and drawings in pencil by Tristan and his colleague Peter McKinstry, the best of which is probably the original design for the "Lodger TARDIS" console and "Amy Pond, TARDIS Pilot" .
This is an absolutely unique, one-off, used on-set item, which was sold on behalf of Tristan for the benefit of The Isabella Peatfield Memorial Fund, which raises money for children's projects in Sri Lanka.
Tristan's daughter Isabella died in the country on Boxing Day 2004, the youngest British victim of the Indian Ocean Tsunami.
www.isabellapeatfield.co.uk/
The pages have been written and decorated as if The Doctor himself had written a diary during his time living with Craig and Sophie.
I've tried to decipher some of the writing, so here are a few bits of what the writing on the pages says.
Page 2:
A paperjam is not a way of paying for strawberry based spread.
Why buy a jar of jam when you can buy the little parts.
THATS pay per jam or conversely its an ideal name for a band, paper jam or if you like PAY PER JAM as, we JAM you pay not connected to PAPERJAMAS which are like duh paper pyjamas which you throw away after using once as they get soiled very easily due to them being paper. More popular than actual jam.
Page 3:
Powering THROUGH SPACE
STARS + NEBULAE AND GALAXIES WHIZZING TOWARDS US
WHIZ! WHIZ! WHIZ!
Suddenly a voice, Pullback, we see its a screen SAVER
Monitor it = belongs2
Sits on a desk who doesn't!?
79A Indistinguishable dialogue
79B
He's an AVATAR MAN
not blue but white
avatar man
no loin cloth for him
avatar man
don't can can
avatar man
Page 4:
1. Find a zimmer adjust x/y axis as per dim's law.
In conjuction with slightly soiled ironing board AKA TACHYON SENSITVE AERIAL!! duh like i didn't know that!
This will need adjusting too of course.
Starting to really like these jammy dodgers.
Q: Where's the fun in biscuits if there's always biscuits in the tea!
A cuppa is nice, a mug is fab.
NOTE TO SELF: Don't fling the iron out of the window as humans cannot regenerate! Ha gallifreyan humour heh.
Answer is always going to be 42!
Must remember to show Amy the rest of the TARDIS.
Page 5:
Emitter apex. Conical funnel should focus energy!
Upturned brolly dish.
These should work as emitter rotors.
Dyanmics rotation.
Spatial vortex generator.
Mains power usage barely noticeable, my carbon footprint is shrinking!! Hooray.
Page 6:
TOO MUCH BISCUITS TODAY.
No wonder the apipose got on.
Watch for broom/face interface.
Prob. best avoided.
BEST BICCIES
1. Jammy dodger.
2. Custard cream - ties with - Bourbon naturally!
3. Dead fly aka garabaldi, lovely guy.
4. Pink wafer.
5. Jaffa cake. Not a real biscuit.
6. Rich tea (low fat).
7. Plain choclit digestive.
NOTE: LOST FOR TODAY ONLY WILL PROB CHANGE TOMORROW.
Page 7:
To twitter on not? NOT. So well here, might blend in better if i get myself and Ipad.
BLACKHOLE QUANDRATIES SIMPLY NOT RELEVENT! As Omega would say.
Line of symm (los) keep up!
- Midst of x intercepts.
- Will help determine vertex starting point, for example as per my first birthday!
DON'T WORRY JAMMY DODGERS STILL RULE OK!
Page 8:
TIME AND RELATIVE DIMENSION IN SPACE (REPEATED - Until last line on right hand side of page).
THE TIME LORD VICTORIOUS LIVES.
Page 9:
AMY POND - TARDIS PILOT!
Page 10:
DIATOMICS check!
Vortex targeting.
I used to be able to do this in my head! In seconds!
Chances/probability of amy being redistributed atom by atom acress the time vortex =
Worryingly high!
I'll be alright.
Stock up on Molten Brown handwash.
Page 11:
IMPORTANT!
Better look into creatures known as Jedward while i'm here.
BEWARE OF BOUNCE BACK.
To do before big turn on:
Reprogram timer.
Tie shoe laces.
Check self before reck self.
Many a slip atween up n nip.
Y = INTERCEPT PERIMETER.
Room should not implode.
As long as it's raining!!
* More gallifreyan humour.
Pages 12 and 13:
My life is like a tv show i bet there's a parallel universe somewhere where i'm just a tv show, unlucky for them i wonder how they cope without me, must look into that once i drop Amy. Drop her off that is not drop from a height. I couldn't possibly couldn't possibly couldn't possibly couldn't possibly couldn't possibly why why is the food in the blue box so bad maybe they just give the slops to the art dept coudn't possibly could I. I am he as you are me and we are all together oom pah pah there's alittle ditty they're singing in the city specially where they been on the gin and the beer here comes avatar man will you help me right pizza booze fags tell? pizza booze fags telly what's he doing up there listening to john barrowman's new cd you put the advert up yet yup one furnished room available immediately shared kitchen bathroom with male 27 no smoking no swearing no sharing no havering no watching repeats on the show on BBC3 suits young professionals not the 70s cop show sounds ideal thats your mission in life craig find me a man or you'll have to settle with me you'd have to settle for me first melina again what night yeh on my way mel no its fine its only craig ouch thanks soph you know what i mean yeh yeh OK i'll be round in a minute now she's having a crisis. Binary binary binary binary binary binary binary 0110110100000 binary course don't worry she's your 01001110101 mate just go 001110100111011 have a word have a word have a word clever trevor not so clever now are we a monster lies in wait for me a stew of wounds and misery but nicer still in life and limb the me that lies in wait for him. You haven't met accountant obviously! Is midge ure related to phil collins they were or could have been the jedward of the 80s 01010111110 hey ho lets go. Couldn't possibly couldn't possibly. Don't mess with the three davids but like the three amigos but man dey ugly man dey ugly! Hoo will buy my sonic its not for sale tastes are like clothes mix em together you get an omellette and i would have stayed on with him but my heart called out for you oh california knows how to party you want the moon on a stick handed to you on a silver platter by the curious orange boosh bosh 01011101 my life is a tv show my life is a tv show my life is a tv show my life is a tv show.
What was also really nice about this item, is that it was being sold by a former languages teacher of mine, who basically got me into Sci-fi in the first place. He was able to deliver the book in person, and we shared many stories about what we'd been up to since high school, the conventions i attend, and various bits of insider knowledge that he has, which i cannot possibly divulge.
Its a lovely item to have, and a truly one off collectors piece.
Its a 14cm x 21cm black covered "Guildhall" notebook, it contains notes on a number of productions on which Tristan worked, including at least 13 pages dedicated to Doctor Who and in particular to the episode The Lodger.
This includes text, designs and drawings in pencil by Tristan and his colleague Peter McKinstry, the best of which is probably the original design for the "Lodger TARDIS" console and "Amy Pond, TARDIS Pilot" .
This is an absolutely unique, one-off, used on-set item, which was sold on behalf of Tristan for the benefit of The Isabella Peatfield Memorial Fund, which raises money for children's projects in Sri Lanka.
Tristan's daughter Isabella died in the country on Boxing Day 2004, the youngest British victim of the Indian Ocean Tsunami.
www.isabellapeatfield.co.uk/
The pages have been written and decorated as if The Doctor himself had written a diary during his time living with Craig and Sophie.
I've tried to decipher some of the writing, so here are a few bits of what the writing on the pages says.
Page 2:
A paperjam is not a way of paying for strawberry based spread.
Why buy a jar of jam when you can buy the little parts.
THATS pay per jam or conversely its an ideal name for a band, paper jam or if you like PAY PER JAM as, we JAM you pay not connected to PAPERJAMAS which are like duh paper pyjamas which you throw away after using once as they get soiled very easily due to them being paper. More popular than actual jam.
Page 3:
Powering THROUGH SPACE
STARS + NEBULAE AND GALAXIES WHIZZING TOWARDS US
WHIZ! WHIZ! WHIZ!
Suddenly a voice, Pullback, we see its a screen SAVER
Monitor it = belongs2
Sits on a desk who doesn't!?
79A Indistinguishable dialogue
79B
He's an AVATAR MAN
not blue but white
avatar man
no loin cloth for him
avatar man
don't can can
avatar man
Page 4:
1. Find a zimmer adjust x/y axis as per dim's law.
In conjuction with slightly soiled ironing board AKA TACHYON SENSITVE AERIAL!! duh like i didn't know that!
This will need adjusting too of course.
Starting to really like these jammy dodgers.
Q: Where's the fun in biscuits if there's always biscuits in the tea!
A cuppa is nice, a mug is fab.
NOTE TO SELF: Don't fling the iron out of the window as humans cannot regenerate! Ha gallifreyan humour heh.
Answer is always going to be 42!
Must remember to show Amy the rest of the TARDIS.
Page 5:
Emitter apex. Conical funnel should focus energy!
Upturned brolly dish.
These should work as emitter rotors.
Dyanmics rotation.
Spatial vortex generator.
Mains power usage barely noticeable, my carbon footprint is shrinking!! Hooray.
Page 6:
TOO MUCH BISCUITS TODAY.
No wonder the apipose got on.
Watch for broom/face interface.
Prob. best avoided.
BEST BICCIES
1. Jammy dodger.
2. Custard cream - ties with - Bourbon naturally!
3. Dead fly aka garabaldi, lovely guy.
4. Pink wafer.
5. Jaffa cake. Not a real biscuit.
6. Rich tea (low fat).
7. Plain choclit digestive.
NOTE: LOST FOR TODAY ONLY WILL PROB CHANGE TOMORROW.
Page 7:
To twitter on not? NOT. So well here, might blend in better if i get myself and Ipad.
BLACKHOLE QUANDRATIES SIMPLY NOT RELEVENT! As Omega would say.
Line of symm (los) keep up!
- Midst of x intercepts.
- Will help determine vertex starting point, for example as per my first birthday!
DON'T WORRY JAMMY DODGERS STILL RULE OK!
Page 8:
TIME AND RELATIVE DIMENSION IN SPACE (REPEATED - Until last line on right hand side of page).
THE TIME LORD VICTORIOUS LIVES.
Page 9:
AMY POND - TARDIS PILOT!
Page 10:
DIATOMICS check!
Vortex targeting.
I used to be able to do this in my head! In seconds!
Chances/probability of amy being redistributed atom by atom acress the time vortex =
Worryingly high!
I'll be alright.
Stock up on Molten Brown handwash.
Page 11:
IMPORTANT!
Better look into creatures known as Jedward while i'm here.
BEWARE OF BOUNCE BACK.
To do before big turn on:
Reprogram timer.
Tie shoe laces.
Check self before reck self.
Many a slip atween up n nip.
Y = INTERCEPT PERIMETER.
Room should not implode.
As long as it's raining!!
* More gallifreyan humour.
Pages 12 and 13:
My life is like a tv show i bet there's a parallel universe somewhere where i'm just a tv show, unlucky for them i wonder how they cope without me, must look into that once i drop Amy. Drop her off that is not drop from a height. I couldn't possibly couldn't possibly couldn't possibly couldn't possibly couldn't possibly why why is the food in the blue box so bad maybe they just give the slops to the art dept coudn't possibly could I. I am he as you are me and we are all together oom pah pah there's alittle ditty they're singing in the city specially where they been on the gin and the beer here comes avatar man will you help me right pizza booze fags tell? pizza booze fags telly what's he doing up there listening to john barrowman's new cd you put the advert up yet yup one furnished room available immediately shared kitchen bathroom with male 27 no smoking no swearing no sharing no havering no watching repeats on the show on BBC3 suits young professionals not the 70s cop show sounds ideal thats your mission in life craig find me a man or you'll have to settle with me you'd have to settle for me first melina again what night yeh on my way mel no its fine its only craig ouch thanks soph you know what i mean yeh yeh OK i'll be round in a minute now she's having a crisis. Binary binary binary binary binary binary binary 0110110100000 binary course don't worry she's your 01001110101 mate just go 001110100111011 have a word have a word have a word clever trevor not so clever now are we a monster lies in wait for me a stew of wounds and misery but nicer still in life and limb the me that lies in wait for him. You haven't met accountant obviously! Is midge ure related to phil collins they were or could have been the jedward of the 80s 01010111110 hey ho lets go. Couldn't possibly couldn't possibly. Don't mess with the three davids but like the three amigos but man dey ugly man dey ugly! Hoo will buy my sonic its not for sale tastes are like clothes mix em together you get an omellette and i would have stayed on with him but my heart called out for you oh california knows how to party you want the moon on a stick handed to you on a silver platter by the curious orange boosh bosh 01011101 my life is a tv show my life is a tv show my life is a tv show my life is a tv show.
What was also really nice about this item, is that it was being sold by a former languages teacher of mine, who basically got me into Sci-fi in the first place. He was able to deliver the book in person, and we shared many stories about what we'd been up to since high school, the conventions i attend, and various bits of insider knowledge that he has, which i cannot possibly divulge.
Its a lovely item to have, and a truly one off collectors piece.
