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Time Travelling Tardis Among Doctor Who Props for Sale at Bonhams

LONDON.- Bonhams are to sell the TARDIS used to transport Christopher Eccleston as the ninth incarnation of Doctor Who in the Entertainment Memorabilia auction on 23rd June 2010 at Bonhams, Knightsbridge. The TARDIS was created for the programme in 2005 and is expected to fetch £8,000-12,000. A more affordable miniature TARDIS model created for exhibition purposes and measuring 5ft high is also on offer, 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 programme always prove popular with bidders, and this sale includes the two of the 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’, 1964 and ‘The Chase’, 1965 and is estimated at £2,000-3,000. Lot 128 featured in ‘The Evil of the Daleks’, 1967 and is also expect