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Crafty Tuesday: The Missy Project
Sep. 22nd, 2015 10:10 amI do get asked a couple of questions that I can now answer with this project.
This one is photo heavy so I am putting the photos behind the cut.
This project starts with some bad behavior by fans towards Michelle Gomez who plays Missy on Doctor Who. Apparently some people can’t separate the role from the person and she got all kinds of weird hateful messages.
Fast forward to about a month ago when Peter got an email from one of our BBC Cymru Wales buddies to keep date clear if he could with more information to follow.
About two weeks later through a BBC America tweet, Peter figured out what might be in the pipeline.
The week of we got conformation that Peter was to be on the guest list for the BBC America preview of Doctor Who and Michelle Gomez would be introducing the episode.
“So do you think you can do a puppet by then?” came the question.
“Sure,” said I.
I looked at Missy’s costume and figured out what I needed to do. A trip to my local fabric store and I found all the fabrics I needed. While looking at the photos, I realized that the shirt was not white but lightly striped. I debated and decided to go with the detail. I found something to use for the cameo and something to use for the trim.
And in about a 48 hours period, I assembled Missy the puppet. The final touch was the hat that I went back and forth on about half a dozen times and then decided that she really needed the hat.
Peter went to the event and managed to get the puppet to Ms. Gomez who, by all reports, adored it.
Onto the Photos
( The_Missy_Project )
This one is photo heavy so I am putting the photos behind the cut.
This project starts with some bad behavior by fans towards Michelle Gomez who plays Missy on Doctor Who. Apparently some people can’t separate the role from the person and she got all kinds of weird hateful messages.
Fast forward to about a month ago when Peter got an email from one of our BBC Cymru Wales buddies to keep date clear if he could with more information to follow.
About two weeks later through a BBC America tweet, Peter figured out what might be in the pipeline.
The week of we got conformation that Peter was to be on the guest list for the BBC America preview of Doctor Who and Michelle Gomez would be introducing the episode.
“So do you think you can do a puppet by then?” came the question.
“Sure,” said I.
I looked at Missy’s costume and figured out what I needed to do. A trip to my local fabric store and I found all the fabrics I needed. While looking at the photos, I realized that the shirt was not white but lightly striped. I debated and decided to go with the detail. I found something to use for the cameo and something to use for the trim.
And in about a 48 hours period, I assembled Missy the puppet. The final touch was the hat that I went back and forth on about half a dozen times and then decided that she really needed the hat.
Peter went to the event and managed to get the puppet to Ms. Gomez who, by all reports, adored it.
Onto the Photos
( The_Missy_Project )
