A MOTHER is appealing for kind-hearted artists to transform her daughter’s dull wheelchair lift into a Tardis.

Sacha Walker, of Sherbourne Road, Hove, wants to spruce up the ugly equipment as a treat for her Doctor Who-loving daughter, Amy.

Amy, 18, was left severely brain-damaged by a rare virus which attacked her brain when she was two weeks old.

She has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and is dependant for all of her care - but she loves dancing to the Doctor Who theme tune.

Mrs Walker said: “Amy is quite a mover, she jiggles her legs and arms and smiles and pats her hands for more.

“When the theme tune comes on we all mimic the sound and Amy lies on her bean bag and jiggles around.

“When she’s in the lift we can mimic the sound as she’s going up and down.

“We need to get a blue light too. There’s going to be a police car driving around without one on top wondering where it’s gone!”

After realising that it was the same shade of blue as the Tardis, Mrs Walker was inspired to turn the lift from unsightly to exciting.

She decided to post an appeal for help on Facebook and was overwhelmed with well-wishers supporting their dream to build a Tardis in the garden.

“Amy is always smiling and anyone that meets her says she’s a happy girl,” she said. “It’s really nice that so many people are being supportive and want to see the end result.

“I want to break the mould of equipment being so boring and dowdy - it’s all so big, bulky and bland. Teenagers want something a bit funky but designers put no thought into making it interesting.”

She hopes to find an artist willing to transform the clunky metal mobility aid into the Doctor’s iconic time-travelling machine.

Other parents and carers of young people with special needs have joined Mrs Walker in her mission to revolutionise the appearance of disability aids.

Marian Tipler, Marian Tipler, who co-founded Brighton charity Exratime for young people with disabilities and cares for her disabled son Joseph, said: “Most of the equipment is not very attractive and is generally very expensive.

“If this stuff could look less medical without increasing the cost too much then it would help make the homes of the disabled look more normal and less like a hospital. I wish Sacha all the luck in the world in getting an artist on board to help.”