Fans bid on Doctor Who costumes

Doctor Who auction at Bonhams

By Tim Masters
Entertainment correspondent, BBC News

Hundreds of Doctor Who fans crammed into a London auction room on Wednesday to bid on classic costumes and props from the BBC sci-fi show.

The most expensive item of the day was a Dalek from the 1985 story Revelation of the Daleks - which sold for £20,400, including the auctioneer's fee.

Kylie Minogue's waitress costume, worn in the 2007 Christmas special Voyage of the Damned, fetched £3,120.

The auction of more than 160 lots took place at Bonhams in Knightsbridge.

From the same Christmas special, David Tennant's two-piece Paul Smith dinner suit sold for £5,040.

The first item to sell was Captain Jack's Torchwood Range Rover which went for £18,000. A black cab from The Runaway Bride episode starring Catherine Tate, aired in 2006, sold for £1,920.

Two double decker buses seen in the 2009 episode Planet of the Dead were withdrawn before the sale.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Leave a Reply

Copyright © 2010 New Years Eve Manchester, Events Listings, Parties & Venues In Manchester 2009 / 2010. Our mission is to provide you with the most comprehensive New Years Eve listings for Manchester, if you are looking for bars, pubs, clubs or even somewhere to eat - we've got it all here, comprehensively, on one easy to use website - www.new-years-eve-manchester.co.uk, part of the Tonight In My City Network. Sitemap



iPhone Repair