Taxi driver conned by Doctor Who money

The Northern Echo is reporting that a taxi driver in Darlington has been conned by a passenger who left a fake £20 note, branded with Doctor Who imagery, as security while he left the vehicle during a stop-off mid journey. According to the report: "Arriving in Shildon, the passenger told him he needed to go into a nearby house to collect a suitcase. By way of security, he left a wallet on the vehicle's dashboard containing a visible, but folded, realistic looking £20 note."When the passenger failed to return, the driver investigated the note and discovered it to be a fake apparently coming from "the Bank of Doctor Who." The report claims that the note featured the image of a Cyberman, which would preclude it from having been one of those specially mocked-up for the cash machine scene of last year's Christmas special The Runaway Bride, as those £20 notes featured the face of producer Phil Collinson. However, this could have been the journalist's attempt to make the story more appealing to readers.