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	Doctor Who 'King of Daleks' goes up for auction

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3-11-2009 1:10 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fd1f2c7b-62e6-4b6c-8888-376db020a0be/872A13E2-B474-42BF-A7DA-FD0B19192A8A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4973352/Doctor-Who-King-of-Daleks-goes-up-for-auction.html" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4973352/Doctor-Who-King-of-Daleks-goes-up-for-auction.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4973352/Doctor-Who-King-of-Daleks-goes-up-for-auction.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/16D572EE-39C0-4725-B163-11A69D3C780F" alt="Daleks: Doctor Who 'King of Daleks' goes up for auction " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4973352/Doctor-Who-King-of-Daleks-goes-up-for-auction.html"><P>The unusual item, bought by communications agency Indeprod for £36,000 in 2005, is believed to be the one of the firm's most expensive assets.</P><P> The prop, used as the King of the Daleks in several episodes of the popular BBC television, had until now been a striking feature of the company's reception area.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4973352/Doctor-Who-King-of-Daleks-goes-up-for-auction.html"><P> Bidding at an auction to take place later this month is expected to start at £10,000.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4973352/Doctor-Who-King-of-Daleks-goes-up-for-auction.html"><P>The Dalek, also known as the Dalek Supreme, starred alongside popular Dr Who actor Tom Baker in the 1970s.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4973352/Doctor-Who-King-of-Daleks-goes-up-for-auction.html"><P> It was partially blown up in the 1979 episode Destiny of the Daleks and scorch marks from the stunt can still be found under its internal operator's seat.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4973352/Doctor-Who-King-of-Daleks-goes-up-for-auction.html"><P> Originally painted in black and grey, the wooden prop was re-painted blue and silver and included in a BBC display with a waxwork model of Tom Baker at Madame Tussaud's in London in 1980.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4973352/Doctor-Who-King-of-Daleks-goes-up-for-auction.html"><P>The item can be viewed at the Auction Centre, Stockport, Cheshire, from March 31.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4973352/Doctor-Who-King-of-Daleks-goes-up-for-auction.html"><P> Online bidding will start on March 31 and continue until 2pm on April 2.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/872A13E2-B474-42BF-A7DA-FD0B19192A8A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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