Wendy and David Gibbins are committed viewers catching every episode of Doctor Who, not to mention its spin-offs, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. They see the series differently than most however - because they've had a hand in creating parts of the ambient scenery through their Cardiff based company Designs and Signs.

Designs and Signs is a signmaking company but in reality it does much more. The company has a reputation led by the outstanding quality of its work across a broad sweep of imaging applications from traditional signing through product personalisation to engraving, textile decoration and beyond. No job that comes to Designs and Signs is beyond the company's reach and versatility and that includes work from the BBC destined for Doctor Who, the majority of which is produced by the creative hand of Christopher Gibbins, the founders' son...

 

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Lots of Signmakers claim their work is seen internationally, few are known across time and space...

According to Guinness World Records, Doctor Who is the longest running science fiction television how in the world. The show has been entertaining, and petrifying, generations of viewers since the early sixties and is famed the world over earning numerous awards including a BAFTA for best drama series in 2006.The current series pits David Tennant's Doctor Who and Catherine Tate's Donna Nobel against swarms of alien baddies across the known universe and way beyond. Grown men are still known to take a dive behind the sofa when the Cybermen arrive...