<blockquote>Now Mr Coburn's son claims that the BBC has been in breach of copyright since his father's death in 1977. He has demanded that the corporation either stop using the Tardis in the show or pay his family for its every use since then.

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via <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/who-owns-the-tardis-son-of-man-who-invented-doctor-whos-time-machine-is-challenging-bbc-over-breach-of-copyright-8930947.html">Who owns the Tardis? Son of man who invented Doctor Who's time machine is challenging BBC over breach of copyright - News - TV &amp; Radio - The Independent</a>.