BONHAM'S TO SELL TARDIS FROM DR WHO SERIES

BONHAM'S, LONDON, ARE TO SELL THE TARDIS USED TO TRANSPORT CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON AS THE 9th INCARNATION OF DOCTOR WHO, IN THEIR UPCOMING ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA AUCTION ON 23.JUNE. THE TARDIS WAS CREATED FOR THE BBC PROGRAM IN 2005 AND IS EXPECTED TO FETCH £8,000-12,000. A MORE AFFORDABLE MINIATURE TARDIS MODEL CREATED FOR EXHIBITION PURPOSES AND MEASURING 5ft IS ALSO BEING OFFERED, WITH AN ESTIMATE OF £300-400. SOME OF THE OLDEST DOCTOR WHO PROPS EVER TO APPEAR AT AUCTION WILL ALSO GO UNDER THE HAMMER. DALEKS FROM THE SCI-FI PROGRAM ALWAYS PROVE POPULAR WITH BIDDERS, AND THIS SALE INCLUDES THE TWO OLDEST EXAMPLES TO COME TO AUCTION. LOT 126 IS BELIEVED TO BE THE EARLIEST SURVIVING DALEK, IT FIRST APPEARED IN 'DR WHO AND THE DALEKS' IN 1964 AND 'THE CHASE' IN 1965 AND IS ESTIMATED AT £2,000-3,000. LOT 128 FEATURED IN 'THE EVIL OF THE DALEKS' IN 1967 AND IS ALSO EXPECTED TO FETCH AROUND £2,000-3,000. A CYBERMAN HELMET FROM THE 1967 EPISODE 'MOONBASE AND THE TOMB OF THE CYBERMEN' IS ESTIMATED TO SELL FOR £3,000-4,000. ALSO BEING PRESENTED FOR AUCTION ARE 23 LOTS FROM THE MIKE TRIM COLLECTION, ORIGINAL CONCEPT DESIGN ILLUSTRATIONS BY MIKE TRIM FOR GERRY ANDERSON'S SCI-FI SERIES. IN 1965 TRIM BECAME A STORYBOARD ARTIST ON 'THUNDERBIRDS' AND ALSO CONTRIBUTED DESIGNS FOR SECONDARY CRAFT, VEHICLES AND BULIDINGS. HE IS MOST FAMOUS FOR ILLUSTRATING THE COVER OF JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSON OF 'THE WAR OF THE WORLDS', AND A BOOK OF HIS ILLUSTRATIONS ENTITLED 'THE FUTURE WAS FAB: THE ART OF MIKE TRIM' WAS RELEASED IN 2006. THE DRAWINGS ON OFFER AT BONHAM'S INCLUDE VEHICLES AND BUILDINGS FROM THUNDERBIRDS, CAPTAIN SCARLET, JOE 90 AND UFO AND THEIR PRICES RANGE FROM £3,000-4,000. STEPHANIE CONNELL OF BONHAM'S ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA DEPARTMENT SAID: 'GERRY ANDERSON SHOWS AND DOCTOR WHO ARE BOTH HUGELY IMPORTANT BRITISH INSTITUTIONS, AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE OFFERING SUCH ICONIC ITEMS IN THIS SALE, THEY WOULD BE A FANTASTIC PURCHASE FOR ANY FAN.'