Bonhams FLASHBACK: 18th August 1999 Film, Entertainment & Celebrity Autographs

I found this old Bonhams catalogue from 1999 on eBay recently, and it’s got a good selection of costumes and props from a range of eras of Doctor Who.

There are some amazing costumes listed in this sale, many of which haven’t seen the light of day since. It would be amazing to know where they are!

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

Lots 116-118, 127, 129
1st Doctor (1963-1966)

Lots 113, 125, 127, 129
2nd Doctor (1966-1969)

Lot 112, 119-122, 127, 129
5th Doctor (1982-1984)

Lots 113, 123, 126-127, 129
6th Doctor(1984-1986)

Lots 124, 127, 129
7th Doctor (1987-1989)

Lots 128
8th Doctor (2005)

Here are just the lots relating to the Fourth Doctor era

Lot 114
Doctor Who
A ‘Tom Baker’ style multi coloured scarf knitted for charity by members of the cast, production crew and fans, approx. 29 feet in length.
Estimate £300-400

Lot 115
Doctor Who
A VOGIAN GUARDS costume from the episode Revenge Of The Cybermen starring Tom Baker.
Estimate £500—600

Lot 127
Doctor Who
A large collection of scripts for episodes from Hartnell to McCoy, some signed, episodes include, Shada, Tomb Of The Cybermen, Genesis Of The Daleles, The Daleles Master Plan and the complete four episodes of Planet The Giants. Approx 20.
Estimate £1000—1500

Lot 129
Doctor Who
A mounted display of autographs and corresponding pictures of seven actors Who have played the Doctor; Williain Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davidson, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.
Estimate £200—300

Lot 130
Doctor Who
A toy Tardis manufactured by Denys fisher circa 1976 complete with original box, together with original Doctor Who and Giant Robot figures. Tardis measures approx. 8 x 13 inch. (boxed), figures approx. 10 inch. in height. (4)
Estimate £100-150

Bonhams FLASHBACK: 13th to 14th November 1996 Entertainment sale

 I recently found this vintage auction catalogue on eBay for one of Bonhams Entertainment sales from 1994.

As this is pre-the digital age, this catalogue is the only public record of the sale, so an interesting look back on what was on offer in those times gone by.

Lot 161
DOCTOR WHO/DAVROS
A life-size, to scale and detailed replica of the masterful leader of
the Daleks, with electronic voice changer.
Estimate £300 - 400

Lot 162B
DOCTOR WHO
Original Dalek from ‘Destiny Of The Daleks’, this Dalek has been
completely restored to its present day condition.
Lcttcr of history accompanies this lot.
Estimate £800 - 1,200

Bonhams auction - 13th December 2017

It’s that time of year when Bonhams hold their Winter Entertainment auction, and there are a number of quite nice items for sale - IF you have deep pockets!!!

Bonhams sale 24241
(13th December 2017)
Entertainment Memorabilia

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

Lot 44
1st Doctor (1963-1966)

Lots 38-40
5th Doctor (1982-1984)

Lot 41
6th Doctor(1984-1986)

Lots 42-43
7th Doctor (1987-1989)

Lot 44
12th Doctor (2013-2017)

Here are just the lots relating to the Fourth Doctor era

 Lot 37
The Watcher full head mask
A screen-used prosthetic full head mask worn by 'The Watcher' for use in the BBCTV Doctor Who episode Logopolis, 1981.
A full prosthetic head mask identical to the one which was worn by Adrian Gibbs who played the character 'The Watcher', the nude coloured mask of synthetic material made up in layers creating a textured and unworldly overall appearance, with narrow slit eyes and mouth, and slits at the sides for the actors ears, accompanied by a letter of provenance.

FOOTNOTES
Provenance:
Gifted to the vendor by her aunt Dorka Nieradzik MBE - Make-up, Hair and Visual Effects Designer. Dorka was awarded the MBE in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. Dorka recalls; 'At the end of the episode 'Longopolis', the character of 'The Watcher' enters Tom Baker and causes him to regenerate into Peter Davidson. For this reason I designed the mask to have an embryonic form.'

A proportion of the proceeds will help fund a short puppetry film due for production by the vendor in 2018. The short film, which will be the vendor's second short puppetry film, will be called 'AppleHead and Cherry'. For further info please see: www.facebook.com/AppleHeadandCherry.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500
Sold for £3,500

Lot 38
The Watcher face mask
A prosthetic face mask worn by 'The Watcher' for use in the BBCTV Doctor Who episode Longopolis, 1981.
A prosthetic face mask which was worn by Adrian Gibbs as 'The Watcher', the nude-coloured mask made up of layers of synthetic materials in a textured manner, with unfinished edges, bulging eyes with narrow slits, a flattened nose, and wide mouth, accompanied by a letter of provenance.

FOOTNOTES
Provenance:
Gifted to the vendor by her aunt Dorka Nieradzik MBE - Make-up, Hair and Visual Effects Designer. Dorka was awarded the MBE in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. Dorka recalls; 'This face mask was designed by myself to be laid onto Tom Baker's face during the regeneration montage, as a choice for the director to use to create the effect of his face shifting from an embryonic form into his new face as Peter Davidson.'

A proportion of the proceeds will help fund a short puppetry film due for production by the vendor in 2018. The short film, which will be the vendor's second short puppetry film, will be called 'AppleHead and Cherry'. For further info please see: www.facebook.com/AppleHeadandCherry.
SALEROOM NOTICES
Please note that this mask was made to be laid over Peter Davison's face, during the regeneration sequence and not worn by Adrian Gibbs as the description states.
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Sold for £812

Bonhams FLASHBACK: 2nd September 1993 Entertainment sale

I came across this vintage Bonhams catalogue dating from 1993.

In my research into sales of Doctor Who costumes and memorabilia at historical Bonhams auctions, I don’t think I’ve seen quite so many Who-related items in a general sale before - 75 items in total, most of which are costume.

Catalogues in those days were sparsely written, often containing typing errors and misattributions. Hence you will see Sontarin (not Sontaran) and Androzanni (instead of Androzani).
Other instances cite the wrong episode titles; wrong seasons; and occasional wrong aliens!

I have therefore NOT attempted to correct any of these as it is not always possible to fathom the ambiguous nature of some of the listings.

Where possible I have used the (few) photos from the catalogue to illustrate the items, but most I have sourced images from either episodes cited, or later Bonhams auctions where it would appear these items resurfaced for sale.

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

Lots 498-503, 512, 514-517, 519-524
1st Doctor (1963-1966)

Lots 467, 480a, 498, 500, 512, 520, 522
2nd Doctor (1966-1969)

Lots 453, 501, 504-504a, 509-512, 516-519, 521-524
3rd Doctor (1970-1974)

Lot 459-465, 469-478, 498, 506-508, 512-513, 516-517, 520-521, 523
5th Doctor (1982-1984)

Lots 466, 479-485, 498, 506-508, 510-513, 516-517, 519-521
6th Doctor(1984-1986)

Lots 459, 468, 486-495, 498, 506-508, 513, 516-521
7th Doctor (1987-1989)

Here are just the lots relating to the Fourth Doctor era

Lot 454 ‘GENESIS OF THE DALEKS’
1975 A high standard replica black and silver ‘Davros’ chariot/ chair complete with switches.
Estimate £600 - 1,000

Lot 455 ‘HAND OF FEAR’
1976 (Tom Baker) A cast of Eldrad’s severed hand.
Estimate £200 - 300

Lot 457 ‘THE ANDROIDS OF TARA’
1978 (Tom Baker) A fibreglass guards visor.
Estimate £20 - 40

Lot 458 ‘THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR’
1979 (Tom Baker) A replica black, Shadow Guard gun.
Estimate £150 - 250

Lot 496 ‘BRAIN OF MORBIUS’
Two Sisters of Kahn gowns. (2)
Estimate £150 - 250

Lot 497 ‘MIGHTMARE OF EDEN’
Two crewman jackets, together with ‘Happiness Patrol’ Census Inspector full suit. (3)
Estimate £100-150

Lot 498 DR. WHO - THE AUCTION, CATALOGUE
From 11th May 1991 Sale of selected costumes from the wardrobe, 41 page catalogue with black and white illustrations, colour cover, together with a sheet of prices realised. (2)
Estimate £10 - 20

Lot 503 A ‘DALEK’
A black fibreglass replica Dalek with good roundels built to a very high standard, all to original Dalek modifications and dimensions.
Estimate £1,750 - 2,250

Lot 504 A ‘DALEK’
A replica Dalek scratch built to a very high standard, realistically modelled in wood and finished in grey and black.
Estimate £800 - 1,200

Lot 505 A ‘DALEK’
A Dalek made of fibreglass/ wood/ aluminium running on castors, approximately 5ft. in height, circa 1975.
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
Thought to have been created by B.B.C. Enterprises for exhibition purposes at Blackpool/Longleat. Vendor acquired this Dalek sixteen years ago from a Radio Merseyside D.J. at a cancer charity benefit; ever since then used it at many Dr. Who Conventions around the country.

Lot 505a A ‘DALEK’
Scratch-built to a high standard and realistically modelled and finished in green and black.
Estimate £400 - 600

Lot 507 A TARDIS ROUNDEL
(Doctor unknown) A transparent fibreglass disc.
Estimate £50 - 80

Lot 508 A TARDIS ROUNDEL
(Doctor unknown) A transparent fibreglass disc.
Estimate £50 - 80

Lot 512 LONDON POLICE BOX (T.A.R.D.I.S.)
A blue London police box, complete with beacon on the top, built of wood, to the same dimensions and appearance of the B.B.C. TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions In Space) featured in regular episodes of Dr. Who.
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000

Lot 519 DR. WHO AUTOGRAPHS
A superb collection of Dr. Who associated autographed photographs, postcards, letters and related ephemera, including Tom Baker, John Nathan-Turner, John Leeson, Anthony Ainlay, Tony Selby, David Troughton, John Levene, Christopher Ryan, Ian Marter, Jackie Lane, Michael Wisher, Honor Blackman, Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford and many others. (a lot) Estimate £100 - 200

Lot 521 DR. WHO AUTOGRAPHS
Another similar collection of Dr. Who associated autographed photographs and postcards, including Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Bonnie Landford, Bernard Cribbins, Mark Strickson, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, William Russell, Hugh Lloyd, Richard Franklin, and several others.
(a lot)
Estimate £100 - 1 50

Lot 522 DR. WHO ANNUALS
A selection of the ‘B.B.C. TV Dr. Who Annuals’ from 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1981.
Estimate £150 - 250

Lot 523 DR. WHO ANNUALS
Another selection of ‘B.B.C. TV Dr. Who annuals, including those for 1965, 1976 (x2), 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983.
Estimate £150 - 250

Lot 524 ASSORTED DR. WHO ANNUALS
A collection of Dr. Who annuals including the 21st year anniversary issue, 1984 (X3), Terry Nation’s Dalek Annual, 1976 (X2) and 1978, B.B.C. TV Dr. Who Adventures in Time and Space, 1971, The Amazing World of Dr. Who, 1976, B.B.C. TV Doctor Who Special Journey Through Time, and Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus, 1976. (a lot)
Estimate £200 - 300

Bonhams FLASHBACK: - 19th December 1994 Entertainment Sale

In my researching into sales of Doctor Who costumes and memorabilia at historical Bonhams auctions, I came across the catalogue for an Entertainment Sale in late 1994.

There are a good dozen Who-related items right at there end of the sale.

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

Lots 391, 394, 397 to 398
1st Doctor (1963-1966)

Lots 379, 395 & 398
2nd Doctor (1966-1969)

Lots 378, 380, 392 & 394
3rd Doctor (1970-1974)

Lot 376, 384, 387 & 394
5th Doctor (1982-1984)

Lots 386 to 389
6th Doctor(1984-1986)

Lots 385 to 386, 390 & 394
7th Doctor (1987-1989)

Here are just the lots relating to the Fourth Doctor era

NB: There are minimal photo illustrations in the catalogue. 
All colour images (bar lot 400) are internet sourced and as example only

Lot 377 DR. WHO
A copy of ‘Dr. Who Discovers Prehistoric Animals’, a paperback book published in 1977, in which ‘Even Dr. Who finds out things he did not knowl', signed on the title page by Tom Baker, in blue ink.
Estimate £30 - 50

Lot 378 DR. WHO
A model of the Dr. Who’s Tardis. approximately 9 1/2in. high, thought to have featured in many Dr. Who BBC Television episodes of the 1970's.
Estimate £100 - 200

Lot 381 DR. WHO
Meglos, 1974 (Tom Baker) Two hats worn by General Grugger (Simon Shaw) and a Tigellan guard (Simon Shaw). (2)
Estimate £100 - 150

Lot 382 DR. WHO
Pyramids of Mars, 1975 (Tom Baker) A scaled-down replica of Suterh the Destroyer’s head.
Estimate £100 - 200


Lot 383 DR. WHO/TOM BAKER
A longbow by Bear, together with some black and white photographs of Tom Baker in Dr. Who costume aiming this bow. (qty.)
Footnote: Thought to have been taken on location when Tom Baker was attending a private function in Dr. Who costume.
Estimate £500 - 700

Lot 392 DR. WHO
A camera script for The Destructors (The Sentaran Experiment, 1974, Tom Baker), signed by John Nathian-Turner, John Leeson and Colin Jeavons, a rehearsal script for Vampire from Space (1971, Jon Pertwee), and a camera script for the Keeper of Traken (1980, Tom Baker). (qty.)
Estimate £150 - 200

Lot 393 DR. WHO
A blueprint of plans for the ‘New Lightweight Demountable Tardis’ designed by Tom Yardley-Jones, showing construction and graphics of this Dr. Who telephone box,
project no. 2340/9251, dated 25/2/80, 16 1/2 x 2 3/4in.
Estimate £150 - 250

Lot 394 DR. WHO/VARIOUS
A selection of postcards and photographs, of varying sizes, signed individually by Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, John Levene, Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sylvester McCoy, a clipped autograph of William Hartnell, and some others. (qty.)
Estimate £200 - 300

Lot 396 DR. WHO
A plywood replica of K-9 used for promotional purposes.
Estimate £100-200

Lot 399 VARIOUS
Two unidentified heads and a green felt robe. (3)
Footnote: This lot was purchased from the Limegrove Theatre in Shepherd’s Bush, when it closed down in 1991.
Estimate £80 - 120

Lot 400 DR. WHO
Approximately ninety negatives and nine colour photographs thought to be location stills from ‘Robot’ (1975), ‘The Sentaran Experiment’ (1975) and ‘Terror of the Zygons’ (1976), many featuring Tom Baker as Dr. Who. (qty.)
Footnote: To be sold with copyright. Whilst the seller confirms that this property is sold with copyright, Bonhams can accept no liability in relation to any matters arising as a result of any imperfection in copyright given.
Estimate £600 - 800

Original 4th Doctor items on eBay - December 2016

Spotted this on eBay this month.

Destiny of the Daleks - Tyssan jacket

DOCTOR WHO 1979 '' DESTINY OF THE DALEKS '' TYSSAN ( Tim Barlow ) distressed jacket and belt.

The Jacket originally had foam padding inside (quite a lot of costumes from around this time
were padded using the dreaded pink foam) .......... but this has turned to dust, on photographing the costume
the dust was still making its presence known, even though I had gentle shook it for a good few minutes.
(I have the same trouble with the Mandrel, every time you move it another pile of dust comes out)


ORIGINALLY sold by The Prop Gallery more info and pictures at:
The Prop Gallery | Tyssan (Tim Barlow) jacket - Destiny of the Daleks

Tyssan is one of the main characters in the story and is in some of the key moments in the story.

A RARE opportunity to own a screen matched key characters piece of wardrobe, from the Tom Baker era and ad to that from a Dalek story. ......... what more could you want?

Warriors Gate - Gundan costume

This is an original BBC costume from the classic, Tom Baker, Doctor who serial, "Warriors Gate", originally aired during the 18th season over three episodes from 3 January to 24 January 1981.

This is a full Gundan jumpsuit, which sat underneath the armour on each Gundan robot.

It is in excellent condition with a foam corrugated type material top and silky black arms and legs.

It also comes with a Gundan waist harness, that joins around the waist and through the legs (picture).

Written inside the jumpsuit is the name Tony Prior, who is credited as a Gundan robot in the serial.

The harness has J.Adams written on the inside.

Bonhams auction - 15th December 2016

Every six months I eager anticipate the Bonhams Entertainment auctions at Knightsbridge.

They often turn up Doctor Who props and especially costumes. In the past we ’ve seen Tom’s trademark scarf sold, and even one of the velvet frock coats.

This time around, to say there is very little on offer is an understatement - only one solitary item. But it is a pair of shoes worn by Tom during his time as The Doctor!

Bonhams Sale 23527
15th December 2016
Entertainment Memorabilia

Lot 46 Tom Baker as The Fourth Doctor, a pair of brown brogues, 1970s,with four eyelets, inner stamped Regent Made In England, right shoe with indistinct size stamp but believed to be 12

FOOTNOTES
Ex-lot 144, 'The Angels Film Costume Auction', 23rd May 2010, Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers.

Estimate £800 - 1,200
Sold for £937

The Frock Coat Of Evil

After last week’s grey tweed frock coat, this week I completed work on what chronologically was Tom’s next coat, the brown velvet version which debuted in Face Of Evil!


This too was a client-led project, and something I hadn’t done before so again the production time inevitably became quite drawn out.


The main challenge was to source a velvet in just the right shade of brown.

I have a couple of suppliers I go to for velvets. It’s from these that I sourced the velvets for the Sixth Doctor Frock Coat, as well as the collar of my City of Death coat.

One of my UK based supplier has over 40 colours and up till now hasn’t let me down, but for this particular coat the range of browns they stock just didn’t match the screen-worn shade I was after.

Next I looked to a manufacturer I use for corduroy and moleskin who also has a range of velvets, but again their range was too narrow to cover what I was looking for.

Next on my list was a stockist in Germany who have a good range, but it’s difficult sometimes to communicate the shade you want and the range of browns they sent still didn’t have what I was looking for. They also were a little on the heavy side, and given the fluid drape I need for the skirt part of the coat, the cloth really wasn’t suitable.

This left a final option - the various cloth and fabric shops of London’s Soho.

To be honest I don’t like to use Soho for a coats like this, as although you can sometimes find what you want, the stock isn’t repeatable and be a dead-end for future coats. When the Doctor Who costume designers find cloth here, like off-the-peg clothing used on the series, by the time you find where it came from the last of the cloth as gone and can’t be restocked.

However, I did find a couple of potential fabrics I was happy to show to the client, and sent him swatches. He wasn’t convinced and we went back and forward before agreeing that one of them could work.

Sadly though, by the time I got back to the shop my fears had come true - the last of that shade had been sold!
Despondent I looked through a couple more shops before heading home and chanced upon a PERFECT match - even better than the first choice I had sent the client.

Rather than let it slip through my fingers, I snapped up enough to make the coat, plus a second for myself, which I’ll make at a later date.

I conveyed the results of my trip back to the client and put a swatch in the post - but time was now of the essence and I needed to crack on with making the coat in time for his deadline around Halloween.

To cut the coat, I used a combination of the Eighth Doctor Night Of The Doctor coat I made, with the grey Android Invasion coat I did recently.






To be frank - having studied photos of the brown velvet frock coat - I don’t much care for it.

I feel the original was probably made in a rush and wasn’t best thought out or executed.

It has a set of waistline level pockets, but the flap are disproportionately large and look to have been hand sewn in place as an after thought. You can see the hand stitching in this screencap (see left).

Having discussed this with the client, we agreed to make the flaps large, but just pull back a little from their near comical size, so I used the pattern size of the lower pockets from the City Of Death and Android Invasion coats as a guide.

The buttons for this coat are very easy to match as they are simply self-covers buttons.
All I had to do was keep hold of some scraps of cloth left over during sewing, and took them along when I had the buttonholes sewn. The guy that does them also makes covered buttons while you wait!


The tailoring on this coat has been deliberately loose and lightweight. Where I would usually use a horse-hair or calico backing to support the cloth, I have erred on the side of a lighter weight or even a cotton pocketing fabric. This has made the the skirt of the coat hang very limp and the body is a lot looser on the the chest.

Although this doesn’t make it my best work in that regard, it’s given the coat a saggy pre-worn look I feel original had.

In hide-sight there are a couple of changes I might have made to the cut, but as it is the first time I have made this coat you can’t always 100% predict how it will turn out.

I’d love to hear what you think of the coat, as it’s taken quite a while to get to this stage!