{"id":4774,"date":"2024-07-23T03:28:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T03:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/doctor-who-superfan-seeks-good-home-for-dalek-after-26-years\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T03:28:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T03:28:26","slug":"doctor-who-superfan-seeks-good-home-for-dalek-after-26-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/doctor-who-superfan-seeks-good-home-for-dalek-after-26-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who superfan seeks good home for dalek after 26 years"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Davie Kirkwood’s dalek sits in the front window of his house in Dumfries<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A Doctor Who superfan is preparing to part with his beloved dalek after 26 years – as long as he can find it a good home. <\/p>\n

Davie Kirkwood says he would give away the life-sized replica of the timelord’s oldest enemy to the right person, in exchange for a donation to charity. <\/p>\n

“I’ve had my fun with it,” the retired car salesman from Dumfries said. “I want someone to get the enjoyment I got out of it.”<\/p>\n

The 5ft 7in (1.7m) dalek, made from wood, metal, sink plungers and lights from a Morris Minor car, has become something of a landmark in Dumfries. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At one point, the dalek sat in the front window of Davie’s home, alongside a Tom Baker model and a replica K9<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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It sits in the front window of his house in the town and regularly attracts attention from passers-by. <\/p>\n

Davie estimates that two to three hundred people have knocked on his door, asking to see the handmade model. <\/p>\n

He has spotted people looking at it from the street and invited them in to have their photograph taken with it. <\/p>\n

And when his children were young, they would hide inside it and use the inner voice distorter to give guests a fright. <\/p>\n

It’s just part of a huge amount of Doctor Who memorabilia Davie has collected over the years. <\/p>\n

He has a replica life-size K9, autographs, books, videos and DVDs, and a cardboard cut-out of former Doctor Who starTom Baker. His car once had the number plate D8 WHO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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David’s kitchen cupboard door is painted like the TARDIS<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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But now Davie has sold his house and is preparing to move to Stranraer, he is looking to slim down his collection and part with his beloved dalek.<\/p>\n

He has put it up for sale with an asking price of \u00a31,250 but he admitted he would give it to the right person who has space to accommodate it. <\/p>\n

Ideally, they would also make a donation to a Parkinson’s charity in memory of his late father. <\/p>\n

“I’m at the age now, I’m 60 and I’m moving to a house – the house has enough space to put it in to be honest but I don’t need it anymore,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I’ve had my fun with it, the kids have grown up, they wouldn’t want it. But if someone came along, the right person, I would be quite happy to give them it. <\/p>\n

“Even if they gave me \u00a3500 and I gave the money to charity. <\/p>\n

“As long as it goes somewhere. I don’t want to give it to someone and then they sell it, that’s the big thing. I want someone to get the enjoyment I got out of it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Davie dressed as Tom Baker <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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In the long-running BBC TV series, the daleks are one of the doctors’ most feared enemies. <\/p>\n

They are said to be mutants encased inside an armoured polycarbide shell, bent on universal domination. <\/p>\n

Davie’s model is based on a 1970s dalek and was one of three made by a model maker in England called Andy Shaw. <\/p>\n

He said he acquired it from a local photographer friend who was given it in lieu of payment for a job in the 1990s. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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