The trappings of Time Lords
- Publication: Financial Times
- Date: 2010-02-20
- Author: Simon de Burton
- Page: Life & Arts, p. 13
- Language: English
Sale of the week
SECTION: FT WEEKEND SUPPLEMENT - LIFE & ARTS; Pg. 13
Sale: Dr Who - The Auction
Location: Bonhams, Montpelier Street, London SW7, tel: +44 (0) 20 7393 3900
Date: Wednesday (February 24) 2pm. On view Sunday, 11am-3pm, Monday and Tuesday 9am-4.30pm; day of sale 9am-noon. Catalogue online at www.bonhams.com
Need to know: Anyone who has been travelling through time and space for 47 years inevitably accumulates a certain amount of clutter, so why should Dr Who be any different? It was back in 1963 that the first Dr Who came to Britain's television screens in the form of William Hartnell, who helped lay the foundations for what has become the long-est-running and most successful science fiction programme ever made. The show's far-fetched plots, out-of-this-world settings and imaginatively contrived aliens have left the BBC props department with enough unwanted clobber to fill a Tardis several times over, hence this 166-lot sale that includes everything from a seven-foot latex brontosaurus to a fire-damaged android.
Highlights: The ultimate prize for any serious Dr Who collector is surely a genuine Dalek, two examples of which are on offer here. The first is a MK II version that appeared in Remembrance of the Daleks in 1988 and is estimated to fetch £5,000-£7,000. For your money, you'll get an object made from futuristic materials such as, er, wood and glass fibre, and equipped with lethal weapons no more sinister than an old sink plunger and a car suspension component. A MK I model that appeared alongside it is tipped to fetch only half as much, having been altered. Eight Cyberman suits (pictured) are also up for grabs with estimates from £800-£3,000 depending on condition - the least expensive is listed in the catalogue as "destroyed" - while those looking for more conventional outfits can bid for two dozen costumes worn by Billie Piper as the Doctor's assistant Rose Tyler, seven worn by David Tennant and a number of Time Lord robes. Also on offer is the London taxi that appeared regularly throughout The Runaway Bride in 2006 (£500-£800) and, for a mere £300-£500, the Time Brain that measures a heady four feet in diameter and comes complete with "applied latex veins and internal wiring".
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