Forensic Psychologist Barbie
I believe this was my third OOAK Barbie ever. I started working on her in 2009 after rewatching Chris Carter’s (creator of The X-Files) cult hit Fox Network series Millennium. The show is about former FBI profiler Frank Black joining the Millennium Group and investigating crimes and catastrophes linked to what some in the group believe is a rapidly approaching Armageddon. The character is beautifully played by Lance Henriksen.
In Season 2 he often works with and befriends my favorite character of the series Lara Means, portrayed by Kristen Cloke.
She is a forensic psychologist who becomes a member of the Millennium Group and has visions of an angel. That’s where my joke of this post’s title comes from, although I would love kids to have that option to go into Walmart and browse and maybe buy Forensic Psychologist Barbie. I really think of my 1/6 version as Lara Means from Millennium Barbie.
Here she’s wearing her standard forensic investigation outfit of turtleneck, jeans, blazer, black socks, and black loafers.
(You do not even want to know how hard it can be to find plain “classic” blue jeans for Barbie.)
Lara readies her weapon.
Close-up.
Taking aim.
Lara smoking (she has since quit). Don’t try this at home.
Her accessories.
The Lara Barbie comes with her MacBook with the Millennium Group personalized welcome page (her password phrase: “Open the pod bay doors please, HAL”), a manila envelope with evidence from episode “Anamnesis,” a Bible, a cigarette*, and an envelope addressed to Frank Black with her dose of the Marburg virus vaccine enclosed.
*Neither the Lara doll nor I advocate smoking.
If you’ve never seen the show, I highly recommend it, especially the first two seasons. (It has three.) There are many engaging characters in the story, but you know I’d pretty much only make a Barbie out of the one that’s near and dear to my heart.
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