Thursday, January 04, 2007

Dr Who fan Jack gets his very own time machine

One youngster has received a Christmas present that is out of this world - a SIX FOOT model of Dr Who's Tardis in his back garden.
Dr Who fan Jack Halsey, eight, was thrilled when his family surprised him with a life-size version of the timelord's travel machine, complete with police signs and flashing lights on the roof.
It took Jack's grandfather Robert four weeks to build the Tardis, which was painstakingly modelled on a money box just six inches high.
Jack, of Herrick Place, Graig y Rhacca, Caerphilly, said: 'It's really exciting. I don't know how it got there!'
Mum Amanda, 46, said Jack, who suffers from autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), had never asked for anything for Christmas before declaring he was keen to get his own Tardis last month.

'He's just gone Dr Who mad,' said Amanda, who also has two teenage sons Andrew and Jordan and a daughter Heidi, 26.
'He watches it all the time and he's got all the DVDs.
'He just said to me one day 'I would really like Doctor Who stuff for Christmas and I would like a Tardis'.'
Amanda's husband Andy, 48, happened to mention Jack's Christmas list to his father Robert, a professional furniture maker from Gloucester - and the talented 70-year-old took less than a month to build the Tardis.
Robert's wife Shirley, 72, covered the inside of the phone box with all things Dr Who - from stickers to posters and pictures.
Once it was built, Robert took the Tardis apart so it could be transported in a van to Jack's back garden just in time for Christmas Eve.
'I thought it would just be a flimsy thing but when I saw it and saw the amount of people it took to lift it up, I just thought it was out of this world. I couldn't believe it,' said Amanda, 46, who added that the Tardis had given her son, who cannot play outside his home, a place to play with his pals.
'It was a magic moment when we opened the curtains and Jack saw it. His grandad was so pleased he said it was worth all the hard work.'

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