therru ([info]therru) wrote in [info]500year_diary,
2006-12-28 01:33:00
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Gingerbread TARDIS

Hello! I hope this is the right place to brag about this wonderful gingerbread house that my friend [info]pnr and I made during Christmas!

EDIT Dec 2007: A detailed how-to post can now be found in [info]crafty_tardis!

[info]pnr came over for a few hours on Christmas Eve, and again on Christmas Day, and this is your teaser of what we did:

TARDIS teaser

Yes, what better way to spend Christmas than with a fellow geek, making geeky stuff? No ordinary gingerbread house for us, no, we went for the adventure! As an invocation to the Doctor at this the darkest time of the year, that he shall return and bring light into our lives! (Which he did, of course, in The Runaway Bride.)

The pictures are taken by me and [info]pnr , and polished up and hosted by [info]pnr.

First, we drew up the pattern on paper and made all the pieces:



...and then glued them together with molten sugar and frosting, to this result:



(Please note that the thing on the top is a makeshift light -- we really wanted to get a big blinking diode light, but didn't think of it in time, i.e., before all the shops closed for X-mas.)

And just for good measure, here are a couple of more pictures, for your enjoyment:





And, last but not least, an example of [info]pnr's mastery with Photoshop:



We had tremendous fun, and the TARDIS looks fantastic on my kitchen table!
Tags: photo-manipulations, tardis

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[info]van

December 28 2006, 00:35:58 UTC 5 years ago

That's really awesome. You need a Gingerbread Doctor, too. He can go, "At last, I'm ginger!"

[info]therru

December 28 2006, 00:42:31 UTC 5 years ago

Oh, that one hurts! *falls over laughing*

[info]van

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[info]pnr

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[info]ryttu3k

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[info]anothersuperboy

December 28 2006, 00:45:19 UTC 5 years ago

Gingerbread Tardis for teh win! You guys should really send those pictures into DWM. :D

[info]therru

December 28 2006, 20:29:42 UTC 5 years ago

Oh. Do you really think so?

*swells with pride*

[info]anothersuperboy

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[info]ryttu3k

December 28 2006, 01:12:12 UTC 5 years ago

That is SO COOL! And I agree with the above commentor, you SHOULD send the pictures to DWM. That last photoshopped bit is brilliant.

[info]therru

December 28 2006, 13:06:28 UTC 5 years ago

What is this DWM that you speak of?

*ignorant newbie*

[info]proleptic_fancy

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[info]therru

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[info]ryttu3k

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[info]the_unoriginal

December 28 2006, 02:36:25 UTC 5 years ago

Awesome. I am midway through making a gingerbread Tardis myself, but I doubt it will ever get finished XD.

[info]therru

December 28 2006, 20:19:01 UTC 5 years ago

Well, the trick is to remember to not eat the pieces before you have stuck them together.

[info]the_unoriginal

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[info]g_shadowslayer

December 28 2006, 05:13:28 UTC 5 years ago

That is adorable!

[info]therru

December 28 2006, 20:30:51 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!
*happy*

[info]kayling

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[info]demosthenes91

December 28 2006, 06:23:57 UTC 5 years ago

That is about the coolest thing I've ever seen!

Fantastic!

[info]therru

December 28 2006, 20:32:43 UTC 5 years ago

Aw, thanks!

[info]enigel

December 28 2006, 18:57:28 UTC 5 years ago

This is possibly one of the most awe-and-squee inspiring things I've seen all year. :) (Also one of the most mouth-watering fanworks ever. ;) )

The really tough question though... is anyone going to eat it? :oD

[info]therru

December 28 2006, 20:25:59 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

I'm probably going to be too soft-hearted to try and eat it, so that it will get all dusty and stale, and I shall have to keep it forever. Or until it gets soggy and falls apart.

[info]mighty_mice

December 31 2006, 07:08:34 UTC 5 years ago

I love you and your gingerbread TARDIS

It puts my annual Gingerbread houses to Shame. Shame I Tell You.

...But then I always eat mine. I don't think I could bring myself to eat that masterpiece. It would be a crime punishable by having a Dalek as a housemate for two weeks.

..Do... Do you mind if I try to make one like yours next year? I Enjoys a challenge.

[info]therru

December 31 2006, 07:43:58 UTC 5 years ago

Re: I love you and your gingerbread TARDIS

Thank you! *blushes*

And the world needs more gingerbread TARDISes!

[info]mighty_mice

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[info]therru

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[info]planetkiller

January 7 2007, 01:56:17 UTC 5 years ago

Ooo. pretty. That looks totally awesome!

[info]infiniteviking

January 9 2007, 18:45:25 UTC 5 years ago

Beautiful. Just beautiful. Nice clean lines and authentic details. That must have been so much fun to make!

[info]therru

January 15 2007, 22:37:27 UTC 5 years ago

Oh, it was! :D

[info]outofthedark

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[info]therru

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[info]therru

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[info]wicked_g

March 27 2007, 16:04:10 UTC 5 years ago

Hey, wanna put up your plans for making this? I'm not the most creative person when it comes to construction, and would LOVE to make this this coming Christmas!

But this is amazing! So smart : )

[info]therru

March 27 2007, 17:12:23 UTC 5 years ago

*cough* plans...? *cough* :)

Um, we just drew up the shapes on ordinary paper (after some measuring and hard thinking) and used the cut-out bits as patterns on the pastry. They're just rectangular shapes, so it's not that hard. But I'll try and remember, and write something up. Don't know when I'll be done, but I will possibly post it in [info]crafty_tardis, or in this post... Probably in time for next Christmas... :)

[info]wicked_g

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[info]pnr

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[info]therru

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[info]balcairn

June 17 2007, 01:04:44 UTC 4 years ago

Best thing ever, quite simply. :D

[info]therru

June 17 2007, 06:35:40 UTC 4 years ago

Ha ha, thanks! :)
We also made a Dalek birthday cake a couple of months ago, but that one's posted in [info]crafty_tardis (which didn't exist when we did this). It's so much fun being a geek. :)

[info]balcairn

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[info]therru

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[info]gingerelanor

July 8 2007, 15:29:57 UTC 4 years ago

OH MY GOD! That is so awesome. How did it taste?

[info]therru

July 8 2007, 15:35:59 UTC 4 years ago

Ha ha, thanks! Actually, I never ate it. Its ruins are still standing around, old, stale and dusty, since I didn't have the heart to break it into pieces. Besides, it was special gingerbread house dough, made more for durability than for flavour! :)

Perhaps me and [info]pnr should have a ritual demolition of it, soon... Make a pyre in the night, something like that XD

[info]ozarra

November 19 2007, 16:14:56 UTC 4 years ago

wow

OMFG thats awesome! screw gingerbread houses, i like the tardis! ^_^

[info]merlaezn

December 2 2007, 06:37:07 UTC 4 years ago

Yay! Gingerbread TARDIS! I'm going to try to convince my slightly-less-geeky-than-me friend to build a TARDIS rather than a gingerbread house like we were planning. *crosses fingers*

Assuming that's ok with you, of course...

[info]selinde2

December 2 2007, 10:35:49 UTC 4 years ago

Thanks for posting this, I am inspired

Wow. What a great Christmas project!

[info]therru

December 2 2007, 12:16:41 UTC 4 years ago

Re: Thanks for posting this, I am inspired

You'll find a big how-to post about it here, in [info]crafty_tardis!

[info]hermitsrme

December 29 2007, 00:18:17 UTC 4 years ago

FANTASTIC

its wonderful how you have all the building pics to show how you did it
that's brilliant
top stuff
and it looks yummy too, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[info]therru

December 29 2007, 00:28:45 UTC 4 years ago

Re: FANTASTIC

Thank you! :)

[info]apurplepatch

July 16 2009, 11:37:18 UTC 2 years ago

Hope it's okay that I snagged one of your photos of the gingerbread tardis for use in an icon - will credit...

Anonymous

March 23 2010, 06:42:49 UTC 2 years ago

@ vandonovan hahaha. thats so funny :D and true!!
you guys did a great job on this, and the photoshopped pic looks very realistic!

[info]therru

March 23 2010, 12:16:21 UTC 2 years ago Edited:  March 23 2010, 12:18:21 UTC

Thank you! Glad you liked it! :)

If you want to reach [info]van, I suggest you reply to one of his/her comments, since I doubt that he/she'll go back to look at the comments on a three year-old post...

Anonymous

December 12 2011, 07:45:52 UTC 5 months ago

Gingerbread Tardis

Best gingerbread accommodation ever.
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