Dr Who display gutted by fire
- Publication: Shropshire Star
- Date: 1996-09-16
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- Language: English
A Doctor Who exhibition at one of Britain's beat-known stately, homes was evacuated today as it was gutted by a fire.
The display at Longleat House, Wiltshire, has attracted fans of the BBC science fiction serial for 23 years.
No-one was hurt in the blaze, which did not affect the historic manor house Itself
But the complete collection, including original props from the TV show was destroyed.
A spokesman for Wiltshire Fire Brigade said the exhibition appeared to have been "exterminated" by a Dalek, thought to be where the flames started. Longleat spokeswoman Clare Kiener said: "It in a very sad day for Longleat. We have lost the entire display.
"It was a very dramatic scene. The flames were six feet high or higher, and them was a lot of smoke. "We had a lot of visitors in, but we followed our safety procedures and removed everyone from the building without any problem."
The exhibition was in a separate building in a courtyard of the 16th century 140-room house, home of the Marquess of Bath and location of the famous safari park.
Ms Kiener said the historic part of the house was not damaged, and the exotic animals were well away from the scene of the blaze. Around 95 Wiltshire and Somerset firefighters were on the scene within 11 minutes of the outbreak of fire just after 3pm, and extinguished the flames within half-an-hour.
The exhibition included a model of the Doctors Tardis time machine, monsters including Daleks and Cybermen, and some of the Timelord's clothes and equipment.
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