Gallifrey Pictures

[The B5 Fan]

Some pictures I've made of Gallifrey:

First attempt:



Second attempt in "clean" and "painted" versions. This was a photo I took in Scotland:







And finally, one based off the ruins of Whitby Abbey:

[Aresius]

wow.

[Marian87]

I second that...

[Tovette]

I like the second picture. On a more scientific perspective, I am curious to what kind of vegitation would exist in an atmosphere that produces a red sky.

[Sphynx]

That was a new addition to the Galifrey story - in the legacy Dr. Who, the sky was always blue.

I suppose however, that it may not be too differenct. Consider the range of alternate-environments that are being found on Earth that have no input from the Sun or sky, you could probably get away with something very similar to normal.

[The B5 Fan]

Originally Posted by Sphynx

That was a new addition to the Galifrey story - in the legacy Dr. Who, the sky was always blue.

I suppose however, that it may not be too differenct. Consider the range of alternate-environments that are being found on Earth that have no input from the Sun or sky, you could probably get away with something very similar to normal.

I think it was red/reddish in Invasion of Time.

Originally Posted by Tovette

I like the second picture. On a more scientific perspective, I am curious to what kind of vegitation would exist in an atmosphere that produces a red sky.

Red grass and silver leaved trees apparently.

[Sphynx]

Originally Posted by The B5 Fan

I think it was red/reddish in Invasion of Time.

Nope - just gave a 'red' impression as so much of it was set externally to the citadel.

From all earlier descriptions, Galifrey was very similar to Earth, which is why the Doctor liked Earth so much. You see a lot more of it in The Five Doctors - even back then, it wouldn't have taken much to modify the sky in post. They did it for other planet backgrounds.

The orange-sky, silver-trees malarky is Davies changing established canon again

All that said, that's not to detract from your images anyway. I would however, probably have reduced the orange a little in intensity. The blue in the sky is light filtered through Nitrogen, so all sky tends to be pastel shades (most of the time).

[The B5 Fan]

IIRC the silver trees was mentioned by Susan in the Sensorites. Perhaps the sky changes colour at different times of day and in different places.(It is an alien planet after all)