Doctor Who

An original phaser prop used in the production of the long running BBC television series Doctor Who.

From the Trial of a Time Lord season serial Mindwarp starring Colin Baker as The Doctor this is the original Thordon CD phaser used by The Doctor in the cave scenes as he does battle with the creature and can be screen matched to that sequence. Peter Wragg's handwritten visual effects notes for this story dated 30/04/86 show that 12 phasers were planned to be made by his visual effects team, 6 hero light up versions and 6 non practical versions.

This hero light up version of the futuristic prop was built by visual effects designer Paul McGuinness, constructed largely from fibreglass the prop lights via a scrolling thumb switch located on the side of the body, this lighting function remains in working order to this day.

The phaser measures approximately 10" long and remains in good screen used condition with some wear from production use.

A fantastic example of an operational hand prop from this cult television series.