Friends gathered for an out-of-this-world Doctor Who-themed party at the weekend.

It was to celebrate the show’s 50th anniversary and signaled the launch of a Sittingbourne mum’s new business.

Artist Nikki Baker is selling Time Lord trinkets such as paintings, jewellery and other handmade knick-knacks.

Saturday’s party at her home in Shakespeare Road was filled with an instantly recognisable array of self-built models and characters from the series including a Dalek and Cybermen.

Party food included a version of the current Doctor’s favourite snack, fish fingers and custard, with cod pieces replaced by slices of cake.

Nikki, 57, has a very real link to the unearthly drama.

Her late uncle, Ron Oates, was Doctor Who’s official effects designer when he worked at the BBC in the mid-1960s.

It allowed Nikki to become the envy of Whovians worldwide when she visited the set of the show during filming of an episode in 1966.

She said: “It was during the making of Web of Fear which archivists have recently found.

“It was a tiny little set which looked like a real underground tunnel and train tracks. It looked really massive on the telly but in reality was just a painting.

“I met the then Doctor, Patrick Troughton, and his assistants, Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling. I was inspired, from that moment, to make and paint things...” - artist Nikki Baker

“I met the then Doctor, Patrick Troughton, and his assistants, Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling.

“I was inspired, from that moment, to make and paint things.”

Nikki, a mum-of-four, who has nine grandchildren, said her new online venture has been a stop-start affair due to her battles with ME.

Among the props which she and husband Steve, 52, have skilfully fashioned is a replica of the Tardis front door which guests walked through to enter her house on Saturday.

To commemorate the show’s 50th anniversary, an estimated 100 million viewers will tune in to watch BBC1’s The Day of The Doctor featuring the present Time Lord, Matt Smith, and his predecessor, David Tennant.

Nikki outlined her passion for the programme: "It’s fun and interesting, and the stories have lots of twists and turns,” she said.

“The whole show regenerates, not just the Doctors.

“My favourite Doctor? I’ve got to say Patrick Troughton haven’t I? He was lovely.”

Time Lord trinkets