Derek Dodd, British, 1937-2018 a collection of photographs and copies of plans for the Dr...

Derek Dodd, British, 1937-2018 a collection of photographs and copies of plans for the Dr Who series The Power of the Daleks, to include approximately 100 black and white photographs of the sets, some as duplicates or multiples, with in addition 47 similar photographs mounted on board, three of which are coloured or toned, to include a colour reproduction image of Patrick Troughton as the Dr by the main drive train of the TARDIS, with other loose pieces of art work, various notes on the shooting schedule of The Power of the Daleks, and nine plans for interiors in the Power of the Daleks, to include plans entitled, a fret cut out for prison, Communications room, scientific investigation machine room, plans for corridor set and a copy of a special effects drawing for a Dalek by Raymond Cusick showing front and side elevations for a Dalek, with four others, one including plans and suggestion for the creating of a Dalek and its incubation with special effects notes, together with a collection of thirteen copies of plans for interiors for Dr Who and the Wheel in Space and a poster featuring a Dalek entitled, To Victory (a lot)

Note: Derek Dodd was educated at Gillingham Grammar School and The Rochester School of Art where he studied theatre and set design.

His work is seen in many classic television series including Dixon of Dock Green and Dr Who, where he made set designs for the Power of the Daleks and the Wheel in Space. He also worked with some of the most formative of writers and directors from the television age including Stephen Frears, Stephen Poliakoff and Dennis Potter. His work has received BAFTA and EMMY nomination's.

The Power of the Daleks was first broadcast by the BBC in six weekly parts from 5^th November to the 10^th December 1966 and first introduced the Doctors second incarnation played by Patrick Troughton.

The master tapes of all six episodes were erased in the late 1960s, while the copies kept for foreign sales on 16mm film were destroyed in 1974. Their destruction meant that the only information to survive on the series was limited to stills photography and films made by fans when the programmes were broadcast.

The Daleks who first appeared in Dr. Who in 1963 were an alien race of merciless and murderous creatures whose sole aim was world domination and the extermination of inferior races. They were created by the writer Terry Nation and bought to life by Raymond Cusick, who designed the shells that are widely familiar to us now.

The archive material in this lot is rare as it contains photographs of the sets designed by Dodd together with blue prints for the set designs.. There are also similar plans for sets from the Wheel in Space.