This week is the bonhams entertainment sale, so I popped along to the viewing to see the Who-related items for myself.
The highlight of the viewing for me was to see first-hand the Sylvester McCoy TARDIS key, and to put my replica against it and see how it fared.
The key was presented to me on a small navy blue velvet cushion (
see right), awarding it the iconic place it now occupies!
The most obvious difference between the original and the replica I have is the size! The replica is way bigger (
see left).
I’m not sure what the screen-used key was made from, but it was very lightweight, but quite rigid. It looks like metal, but I’m sure it’s not.
My replica is really just a novelty key-fob, so is the same on both sides, whereas the original has a astronomical map on the reverse (
see right).
