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* Although one might assume [[the Doctor (Superannuation advertisement)|the Doctor]] in the advertisements is the [[Fourth Doctor]], his appearance and [[TARDIS control room]] are drastically different from what was seen on television; he is best likened to [[the Doctor (Shada)|the Doctor]] from the [[Shada (TV story)#VHS releases|''Shada'' VHS release]], [[the Doctor (Introduction to the Night)|the Doctor]] from ''[[Introduction to the Night (TV story)|Introduction to the Night]]'' and [[Curator (The Day of the Doctor)|the Curator]], all unnumbered incarnations of the Doctor played by an aged [[Tom Baker]] wanting to return to the part of the Doctor, but no longer physically similar enough to his younger self to simply play the Fourth Doctor again. | * Although one might assume [[the Doctor (Superannuation advertisement)|the Doctor]] in the advertisements is the [[Fourth Doctor]], his appearance and [[TARDIS control room]] are drastically different from what was seen on television; he is best likened to [[the Doctor (Shada)|the Doctor]] from the [[Shada (TV story)#VHS releases|''Shada'' VHS release]], [[the Doctor (Introduction to the Night)|the Doctor]] from ''[[Introduction to the Night (TV story)|Introduction to the Night]]'' and [[Curator (The Day of the Doctor)|the Curator]], all unnumbered incarnations of the Doctor played by an aged [[Tom Baker]] wanting to return to the part of the Doctor, but no longer physically similar enough to his younger self to simply play the Fourth Doctor again. | ||
* The end of the advertisement featured the phrases "TIME IS EVERYTHING" and "0800 - TARDIS" underscored by "827347". This was a joking way of advertising their telephone number 0800 827347. | * The end of the advertisement featured the phrases "TIME IS EVERYTHING" and "0800 - TARDIS" underscored by "827347". This was a joking way of advertising their telephone number 0800 827347. | ||
* These commercial stories | * These commercial stories reused the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 ''Doctor Who'' TV movie's]] concept of a [[TARDIS scanner|TARDIS scanner video-screen]] able to be manually pulled into position by [[the Doctor]] at their whim, a detail which would be incorporated from ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' onwards into all modern TARDIS interiors. | ||
* Only three of the [[TARDIS control console]]'s six panels were finished to be viewable on-screen. The rest were left blank.<ref name="NZDWFC">http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv50/tardisondisplay.html</ref> | |||
* Impressed with the quality of the set, New Zealand Superannuation set up the TARDIS police box and control room from this advert on display in their offices in Auckland, New Zealand and allowed visitors to tour it.<ref name="NZDWFC" /> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Marketing campaigns]] | [[Category:Marketing campaigns]] | ||
[[Category:Stories featuring non-DWU Doctors]] | [[Category:Stories featuring non-DWU Doctors]] | ||