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Doctor Who # 6 LbNA #14516

Owner:Indigo Vulture
Plant date:Apr 10, 2005
Location:
City:Horsham
County:Montgomery
State:Pennsylvania
Boxes:1
Found by: cybr.angel
Last found:May 29, 2006
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFaa
Last edited:Apr 10, 2005
I've gotten several MIA reports on this box. I'm not local anymore, and won't be able to check on it anytime soon. Consider this fair warning that this box may indeed be missing.

Doctor Who was a science-fiction television show aired by the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1963-1989, and aired in America in the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s by many PBS stations. This show was a very important part of my childhood. In early 2005, the BBC began airing new Doctor Who episodes for the first time in sixteen years (not counting a one-off joint production with FOX television in 1996). In honor of this exciting moment in sci-fi television history, I’ve carved a series of nine Doctor Who letterbox stamps, and scattered them all over southeastern Pennsylvania.

The most unique thing about Doctor Who is that the lead character, known only as “the Doctor,” has been played by nine different actors over the years. As a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, the Doctor has the ability to regenerate when faced with death. His appearance and personality change significantly whenever this happens. Each of my Doctor Who letterboxes is in honor of one of these distinct Doctors (known as “the First Doctor,” “the Second Doctor,” and so on). Each stamp contains the logo in use during that Doctor’s tenure, an image appropriate to that Doctor, and another image from the show in general. Fans of the show should recognize all these images; they may seem quite odd to others!

The general format of the show is rather simple. In most stories, the Doctor (and one or more companions) would arrive in his space/time ship (called the TARDIS) on some planet or other, then solve a problem or two, and leave again at the end of the story. In keeping with this style, the clues for my Doctor Who letterboxes start at other, already planted letterboxes.

To find the Sixth Doctor, start at “The Graveyard,” the second box in Cyclonic’s “Ghostly Gathering” Series. From the Graveyard, backtrack to post #7. Continue nine more paces to cross over a downed log. Six paces past the log, turn right onto a faint trail. Follow the faint trail around to the left until you see a large cylindrical log on the ground. Behind that log is a stone. Under the stone is the Doctor.

This stamp includes an image of one of the pins the Sixth Doctor wore on his lapel; they were all in the shape of cats. It also includes an image of a question mark, which was a part of the costume worn by several of the Doctors. Make sure you record the number you find on the box…it’ll be necessary to find the Ninth Doctor.