Martin JagoAnimatronics · Puppets · SFX

Call the Midwife

BBC Television
July - August 2015

Martin worked on an animatronic newborn baby with thalidomide birth defects for series 5 of the BBC's Call the Midwife, with Millennium FX.

Puppet Baby Created by Millennium FX

Animatronics Model Designer

Animatronics Model Designer for the thalidomide baby featured in season 5 of the BBC TV series created at Millennium FX.

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Call the Midwife poster

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  • Clay sculpt of a baby's hand with three extended fingers emerging from a white plaster mould, photographed beside a steel ruler on a bench

    Baby Hand Scuplt

  • Clay sculpt of a baby's curled leg and foot with toes, set into a white plaster mould beside a steel ruler against a black board

    Baby Foot Sculpt

  • Clay sculpt of a baby's hand with short, irregular fingers and a thumb, rising from a white plaster mould in front of a dark board

    Baby Fingers Sculpt

  • Brass foot mechanism with two small screws, a return spring and a metal linkage joined to white cable sleeves, photographed against a dark grey surface

    Baby Foot Mechanism

  • Three twisted wire finger cores rising from a brass tube stamped with the word Left, held in a hand in front of a white plaster mould

    Baby Finger Core

  • Unpainted silicone baby puppet lying on a tan cushion with a blue sponge beside its head while one of the crew's hands supports its arm and body

    Baby Silicon

  • Unpainted silicone baby puppet on a white cloth over a tan cushion with its legs resting in one of the crew's open hands and plaster moulds behind

    Baby Silicon Feet

  • Film frame: a newborn baby puppet lying on pink towels in a bassinet with a clamped umbilical cord, one foot raised and mouth slightly open

    New Born Baby

  • Film frame: a newborn baby puppet seen side on through clear incubator walls, a metal clamp on the umbilical cord and one small hand raised

    Incubator

  • Film frame: a smiling newborn baby puppet held up in a hand against a dark olive background, with both small arms drawn in

    Smiling New Born

  • Film frame: a newborn baby puppet asleep in a yellow knitted blanket in a cot while a hand holds a stethoscope against its chest

    Heartbeat

  • Film frame: a newborn baby puppet lying on a white towel while two hands fold a cloth nappy around its waist

    Nappy Changing

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