Sponsor a Doctor Who fan to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro - UPDATED!

UPDATE: now with added Rula Lenska Appeal and extended to June 4th...

Regular listeners to Tachyon TV and readers of this blog will almost certainly know about my Kilimanjaro Challenge next month but if you don't please click here for more details. A while back I mentioned something vague about a Doctor Who charity auction. Well, here it is. Many, many thanks to everyone who contributed something. You're all brilliant.

I had originally intended to use this auction to make one last push towards my fund raising target but late last night a Radio Free Skaro listener made a massive contribution which sent us over our £3000 target. However fantastic that is - and it is bloody fantastic - there's nothing stopping us smashing that target to bits. And with your help we can.

How this works:

The good news (or bad, depending on how tight you are) is that even if your bid fails then your money still goes to charity. That's right, everyone's a winner; especially UNICEF.

If you wish to bid you'll need to donate some cash to my climb. You can do this with any debit card, credit card or paypal. If you are a UK taxpayer you can use Gift Aid to donate an another 25% at no extra charge! All the money goes directly to UNICEF - none of it goes towards the funding of my expedition. Which is a shame because it's almost bankrupted me.

Anyway, when you make your donation you'll be asked to leave a short message. All you have to do is put the following code in brackets somewhere in this message when you make your bid so I will know which item you want.

Here are items and codes:

• Scream of the Shalka novel signed by Paul Cornell (BTS1) - minimum bid £20
• British Summertime novel signed by Paul Cornell (BTS2) - minimum bid £15
• Martha's Story signed by Rob Shearman with personal message (BTS3) - minimum bid £20
• The Kingmaker Big Finish CD signed by Nev Fountain with personal message (BTS4) - minimum bid £20
• Signed 10x8 photograph of Mary Tamm which has been mentioned on many TTV podcasts over the years! (BTS5) - minimum bid £10
• A Christmas Treasury Short Story Collection signed by me because I contributed to it. My story isn't very good but all the other stories are great! (BTS6) - minimum bid £15
• Signed 10x8 photograph of Kate O'Mara (BTS7) - minimum bid £5
• Signed 10x8 photograph of Jacqueline Pearce from The Two Doctors (BTS8) - minimum bid £5
• Signed 10x8 photograpgh of Bernard Horsfall from The War Games (BTS9) minimum bid £5
• Signed 10x8 photograph of Frank Windsor from Ghost Light (BTS10) - minimum bid £5
• Signed 10x8 photograph of Michael (not actually in TV Dr Who) Praed from Dynasty (BTS11) - minimum bid £5
• NEW! - The Nightmare Fair novel signed by Nicola Bryant with personal message (BTS12) - minimum bid £15

You can put multiple codes in your message if you are happy to win something from a selection of items, for example "BTS1-6" or "BTS1, 4, 6"  or BTSALL if you aren't bothered what you get and put the numbers in order of preference if you like.

UPDATE: The closing date for bids is Thursday 4th June at 7pm GMT. The highest bid made at that time for each reference number wins.

I will announce the results on here shortly after that.

PLEASE BID HERE

Many thanks to everyone who has supported me so far and happy bidding! Please use the comments section below if you have any questions...

Cheers

Neil