INTERVIEW BY ALISTAIR McGOWN
The Denys Fisher Doctor stands in the doorway of his TARDIS. By twisting the lamp on the roof the figure could be made to disappear.
While designing precision components for NATO weaponry, the Leeds-born engineer Denys Fisher created what would become the UK Toy of the Year for 1967. Making draughting tools from Meccano, he accidentally created a drawing toy that produced amazing patterns – the Spirograph.