'I want to keep my husband's ashes in a TARDIS urn': Heartbroken wife's pledge to Dr Who fan husband, 27, who has just months to live



Kevin ‘Wash’ Pratt and Tashi King knew they knew they were perfect for each other – he introduced her to TV series Dr Who, and they spent countless hours watching Joss Whedon’s Sci-Fi show Serenity.

The two got married three years ago at a young age - he was 25 and she was 23. But shortly after they exchanged vows, Wash was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour that leaves 95 per cent of those diagnosed dead within a year.

Now, Ms King, 25, is appealing to have a Dr Who-themed TARDIS urn fashioned for her now 27-year-old husband, who she says has only months to live.

Last request: Young wife Tashi King (left) is requesting a custom-made TARDIS urn for her husband Kevin 'Wash' Pratt (right), who is dying of cancer

Final resting place: She has requested a TARDIS urn - the time travelling device from popular Sci-Fi show Dr Who

Huge fan: Mr Pratt poses in front of a door painted to look like a TARDIS

She put a post on Regretsy asking if any artistically-gifted Sci-Fi lovers could fashion a custom-made TARDIS urn for her husband.

She wrote: ‘(My husband) has managed to hang on for 28 months with a cancer that kills more than 95 per cent within nine-12 months.

‘After he passes, my husband wants to have a portion of his cremains kept in a TARDIS urn.’

Ms King explained the couple’s financial difficulties, saying neither have much disposable income, as she serves as a full-time caregiver to her husband.



Ms King said Wash does not have much time, and details their heart-wrenching years together on her blog, entitled Learning to Hope .

Endless love: In one post, Ms King wrote: 'I will take happily every day I am allowed to wake up next to you, my love. For however long we get'

Bonding: The couple bonded over watching Joss Whedon's Sci-Fi series Serenity

The couple, who live in Tempe Arizona, proposed to each other after they bonded over their similar interests.



She got married in a red dress and he wore a kilt.

She wrote in an emotional post earlier this month about her love for Wash.



‘You are the person I want to touch as I fall asleep every night.



'You are the person I want to speak my last words to every night, “I love you.”

‘I will take happily every day I am allowed to wake up next to you, my love. For however long we get.’

Already, some 200 people have responded to the post – including several people who have said they know people who can fill the couple’s request.

In addition, the couple has raised nearly $8,000 from their Fundly page , where they request donations of any size for rent, general living expenses, medical care, and money to cover end-of-life costs.

The TARDIS – otherwise known as Time and Relative Dimension in Space – is a spacecraft and time machine that can transport riders to any point in time in the universe.

The inspiration: Sylvester McCoy, the seventh Dr Who, poses with Bonnie Langford aboard a TARDIS



