A DALEK-mad couple are planning a Doctor Who themed wedding on the same day as the programme’s 50th birthday.

Sci-fi fans Nicola Steer, 27, and Dave Rossiter, 31, from Malpas, will tie the knot at Barnabas Arts House in Newport today in the second wedding ever to take place at the art gallery.

Five years after they first met, Mr Rossiter proposed to his bride shortly after watching the Doctor Who Christmas special last year, which they celebrated with Snowball cocktails.

The pair’s wedding invitations are decorated with the Carina Nebula, and their table centrepieces are small pots painted Tardis blue with thyme – a nod to the time-travelling Doctor – growing in them, with each table of guests named after a different nebula.

Rather than a champagne toast, those gathered at the reception will raise their glasses of Snowball cocktail to the happy couple, explained Miss Steer, and the tables will be illuminated by candles in paper lanterns with star patterns cut out.

She said: “A lot of our friends are quite into geeky stuff, so they will understand the references.

“And for other people it’s not too in-your-face.”

The happy couple plan to watch the 50th anniversary episode, which will be broadcast live while they are enjoying their wedding reception, the following day before they jet off to Madeira for a honeymoon.