Monday 15 February 2016

The Third Doctor -
as played by THE WAR DOCTOR!

Ever wondered what might have been?

What if The War Doctor had been an earlier incarnation?

What if he said that immortal speech at the end of Planet Of The Daleks?

Well at Gallifrey One this year, as part of his stage talk on the Sunday, legendary actor Sir John Hurt (with the help of someone from the audience) did just that!



See more of Sir John Hurt reading classic Doctor speeches
as The War Doctor here
The Fourth Doctor
as played by THE WAR DOCTOR!
The Twelfth Doctor
as played by THE WAR DOCTOR!

UPDATE
To my surprise, The Radio Times’ website has picked up on my videos and shared them online!
Watch John Hurt re-read some of
Doctor Who's most iconic speeches
as The War Doctor

Sunday 7 February 2016

Bonhams FLASHBACK: -
31st March 1994 Entertainment Sale

I’m getting quite into tracking down past Bonhams Entertainment auctions where Doctor Who items were sold.

It started with the 1991 Doctor Who auction, where dozens of costumes and props were up for grabs. I’ve since traced later sales where many times from the 1991 auction were resold, and some of these still pop up today from time to time.

A couple of weeks ago I found a Bonhams catalogue from 1994, containing 22 lots of Who-related items were sold.

Frustratingly due to the cost of producing print publications in the days, there are no photographs to illustrate the items on offer (every image would have had to be taken on film and processed, compared to the instant and cheap nature of digital photography today).

These sales also pre-date the internet, so finding the realised prices is near impossible.

Less care seems to have been taken in preparing the text in the catalogue.


There are a number of spelling errors and possible mis-titling of episodes, but since some of these are for pre-production scripts (and therefor correct at the time) I have replicated the text here exactly as it appeared in the 1994 catalogue.

As usual I have separated the items by Doctor era, and you can see the rest of the items here:

Here are just the lots relating to the Third Doctor era

Please note there are a number of spelling and title errors in the catalogue, which I have repeated here for accuracy as some may refer to early drafts of scripts

Lot 350 DR. WHO The Five Doctors 1983
A Chancellory Guard wrist communicator.
Estimate £20 - 30

Lot 351 DR. WHO The Five Doctors 1983
A metallic gold hat piped in black and gold braid, worn by Castellan (Paul Jericho)
Estimate £30 - 40

Lot 352 DR. WHO The Five Doctors 1983
A cream hat piped in gold, together with a pair of cream leather gloves with embroidered sleeves, worn by Lord President Borusa (Philip Latham), (3)
Estimate £30 - 40

Lot 357 DR. WHO
A small selection of recording orders, camera scripts and transmission scripts for 'The Happiness Patrol'. 'Frontier in Space', 'Strange Matter'. 'The Curse of Fenric' and 'The Wolves of Fenric'.
Estimate £30 - 50

Lot 367 DR. WHO THE AUCTION, CATALOGUE
Sale of selected costumes from the wardrobe, on 11th May 1991. 41 page catalogue with black and white illustrations, colour cover, together with a list of prices realised. (2)
Estimate £10 - 20

Lot 368 DR. WHO MEMORABILIA
An extensive collection of Dr Who and related science fiction memorabilia, including jigsaw puzzles, badges, Cassette tapes, models, newsletters, annuals, toys, posters, magazines, approximately thirty paperback books, a mug, a china moneybox and three albums comprising of numerous official BBC colour photographs. (a lot)
Estimate £200 - 300

Lot 369 DR. WHO
A black and white publicity postcard of Jon Pertwee (Dr. Who 1963-1974), signed in blue felt tip 'with all good wishes and thanks, Jon Pertwee'.
Estimate £60 - 80

Friday 5 February 2016

Original 3rd Doctor items on eBay - February 2016

This rather unusual item has popped up on eBay this month.

It’s amazing it has survived all these years.

The Daemons - Bok face mask
Original prop from 1971 Dr Who Daemons episodes

Comes with the dressing room polystyrene stand as seen in pictures

This is a genuine original prop in great condition - no tears etc

On 30-Jan-16 at 22:53:36 GMT, seller added the following information:
Edit: the word 'book' in the title should say 'Bok' it's a predictive typo

On 31-Jan-16 at 15:09:34 GMT, seller added the following information:
Please see last picture uploaded - we took the mask off the polystyrene stand to see the inside. I'm guessing this was to fit the head