Bad Wolf
28-10-2005, 09:31
Harry Potter's 'flying' car taken
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40957000/jpg/_40957456_anglia203.jpg The car is given magic powers triggered by a silver button
The "flying" Ford Anglia used in the Harry Potter films has been stolen from studios in Cornwall.
Police said the rusting Ford Anglia, registration 7990 TD, went missing from the South West Film Studios in St Agnes on Wednesday night.
The car, which could not have been driven, could be seen from the road.
Police said: "The thieves may not have known its connection with the films and just thought it was a classic car, or it may have been a Harry Potter freak."
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40957000/jpg/_40957296_studio203.jpg The car was taken to the studios for an exhibition
Police say a trailer must have been taken onto the studio site to remove it.
The turquoise 1962 Ford Anglia was taken to the St Agnes studios, which went into receivership last year, for an exhibition.
The studios were not used to film the Harry Potter films, which were made by Warner Brothers at Leavesden, Hertfordshire.
In the books, the car is imbued with magical powers by Arthur Weasley from the Ministry of Magic and used by his children who are schoolmates of Harry at Hogwarts.
The car has magical properties which are triggered by a silver button on its dashboard and as well as flying it has a Tardis-like expanding interior.
It features on the front cover of the UK edition of the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and author J.K.Rowling arrived in an Anglia when she launched her next Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Devon and Cornwall police spokesman Pc Baxter Provan said: "The car was stolen from the film studios at Penwinnick Road in St Agnes between 5.30pm 26 October and 4.15pm 27 October. "For those who have not seen the Harry Potter films, this is the car that flies in the movie and is very well known. "It is believed that the vehicle could not have been driven therefore it is suspected that it would have to have been towed or full lifted from the scene."
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40957000/jpg/_40957456_anglia203.jpg The car is given magic powers triggered by a silver button
The "flying" Ford Anglia used in the Harry Potter films has been stolen from studios in Cornwall.
Police said the rusting Ford Anglia, registration 7990 TD, went missing from the South West Film Studios in St Agnes on Wednesday night.
The car, which could not have been driven, could be seen from the road.
Police said: "The thieves may not have known its connection with the films and just thought it was a classic car, or it may have been a Harry Potter freak."
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40957000/jpg/_40957296_studio203.jpg The car was taken to the studios for an exhibition
Police say a trailer must have been taken onto the studio site to remove it.
The turquoise 1962 Ford Anglia was taken to the St Agnes studios, which went into receivership last year, for an exhibition.
The studios were not used to film the Harry Potter films, which were made by Warner Brothers at Leavesden, Hertfordshire.
In the books, the car is imbued with magical powers by Arthur Weasley from the Ministry of Magic and used by his children who are schoolmates of Harry at Hogwarts.
The car has magical properties which are triggered by a silver button on its dashboard and as well as flying it has a Tardis-like expanding interior.
It features on the front cover of the UK edition of the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and author J.K.Rowling arrived in an Anglia when she launched her next Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Devon and Cornwall police spokesman Pc Baxter Provan said: "The car was stolen from the film studios at Penwinnick Road in St Agnes between 5.30pm 26 October and 4.15pm 27 October. "For those who have not seen the Harry Potter films, this is the car that flies in the movie and is very well known. "It is believed that the vehicle could not have been driven therefore it is suspected that it would have to have been towed or full lifted from the scene."