If you ’ve ever wonder if there ’s really something to this whole “ dimensional transcendentalism ” thing , a.k.a . the explanation give as to whyDoctor Who ’s TARDIS is so tiny on the exterior but enormous on the inside , now ’s your chance to find out for yourself . A TARDIS make for Peter Cushing for the 1965 filmDr . Who and the Daleksis get quick to hit the auction block atEwbank’sas part of its “ Entertainment & Memorabilia ” auction bridge , which kicks off on May 31 .
As any bona fide Whovian knows , Cushing ’s “ Doctor ” is notTheDoctor , though he ’s based on the fabled Time Lord . Instead , he ’s a man named Dr. Who , and he suffice as the protagonist in two feature article films that were centered around the Daleks , an extraterrestrial backwash of mutant robots who are blaze - bent on “ root out ” The Doctor and his many darling familiar . But the “ movie ” Daleks featured in the two Cushing movies are also slimly unlike than their minuscule - silver screen counterparts , and as such , Dr. Who and the Daleksisn’t considered part of the officialDoctor Whocanon ( thoughRussell T. Daviesand Steven Moffat , who rebooted the sci - fi classic for modern audience , have attempted to find agency tochange that ) .
Wibbly - wobbly , timey - wimeysemantics aside : the TARDIS that ’s up for sales event was created for that 1965 film , and is still a genuine piece ofDoctor Whohistory . Here ’s how the prescribed listing key it :
( you could see the airscrew in action in the aforesaid video below . )
Though this particular model was never feature onscreen , it ’s still expected to fetch an impressive £ 8000 to £ 12,000 ( about $ 10,500 to $ 15,900 ) .
“ Few boob tube programs have had as much impact on the British psyche asDoctor Who , ” Ewbanks specialist Alastair McCrea say in a press statement . “ It is no surprisal that the series was repair for a new generation in 2005 . Nothing is more iconic from the series than the TARDIS , so this really is a wild opportunity to secure a major part of TV story . ”
