OUR HISTORY
RUBBERTOE BEGAN IN 2012 AS NICK ROBATTO'S PERSONAL WORKSHOP AFTER YEARS OF BUILDING PROPS DIRECTLY FOR DOCTOR WHO. THE GOAL WAS SIMPLE: TO OFFER COLLECTORS THE SAME LEVEL OF CRAFTSMANSHIP USED ON THE SHOW, NOT MASS PRODUCED REPLICAS, BUT SMALL RUN, HAND BUILT ARTEFACTS MADE BY THE ORIGINAL PROP MAKERS.
OVER THE YEARS, RUBBERTOE HAS PRODUCED:
OFFICIAL BBC LICENSED SONICS
SCREEN ACCURATE GADGETS AND ARTEFACTS
COLLECTOR GRADE REPLICAS BUILT FROM PRODUCTION FILES
LIMITED EDITIONS CRAFTED IN SMALL BATCHES
TODAY, RUBBERTOE REMAINS ONE OF THE ONLY WORKSHOPS IN THE WORLD WHERE FANS CAN OWN REPLICAS BUILT BY THE SAME TEAM WHO MAKE THE REAL PROPS.
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FOUNDER & LEAD PROP MAKER - NICK ROBATTO
NICK HAS BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PROP MAKER FOR DOCTOR WHO SINCE 2004, CONTRIBUTING A WIDE RANGE OF HERO PROPS AND ON SCREEN BUILDS ACROSS MULTIPLE ERAS OF THE SERIES. HIS WORK INCLUDES SOME OF THE SHOW’S MOST RECOGNISABLE PIECES, SUCH AS MATT SMITH’S SONIC SCREWDRIVER, THE LASER SCREWDRIVER, RIVER SONG’S SONIC, THE 12TH DOCTOR’S SONIC, AND THE 13TH DOCTOR’S SONIC, ALONG WITH INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF BOTH THE 14TH DOCTOR’S AND 10TH DOCTOR’S SONICS. BEYOND HANDHELD PROPS, NICK ALSO BUILT LARGER SET PIECES, INCLUDING THE PETER CAPALDI TARDIS CONSOLE.
IN 2012, HE FOUNDED RUBBERTOE REPLICAS TO BRING THE SAME LEVEL OF CRAFTSMANSHIP USED ON THE SHOW DIRECTLY TO COLLECTORS. EVERY REPLICA PRODUCED BY THE WORKSHOP IS OVERSEEN BY NICK FROM INITIAL DESIGN AND MACHINING THROUGH TO ASSEMBLY, FINISHING, AND FINAL QUALITY CONTROL. HIS WORK IS GROUNDED IN PROFESSIONAL PROP MAKING STANDARDS, WITH A FOCUS ON ACCURACY, DURABILITY, AND FAITHFUL REPRODUCTION OF THE SCREEN ORIGINALS.
NICK’S EXPERIENCE SPANS MACHINING, CNC WORK, RESIN AND METAL CASTING, ELECTRONICS INTEGRATION, 3D MODELLING, AND FINE FINISHING. HIS LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH BBC WALES AND THE DOCTOR WHO PRODUCTION TEAM PROVIDES DIRECT INSIGHT INTO THE MATERIALS, METHODS, AND DESIGN PROCESSES BEHIND THE HERO PROPS, ALLOWING RUBBERTOE TO OFFER REPLICAS WITH GENUINE PRODUCTION LINEAGE.
DEDICATED AND DETAIL DRIVEN, NICK CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WORKSHOP WITH THE SAME PRECISION AND RELIABILITY THAT HAVE DEFINED HIS WORK SINCE THE BEGINNING.