On Apr 8, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
  I have breadboarded the circuit above and tested the 4
Darlington
 Transistors. The one that was showing slightly different values to the rest
 with my diode test turned out to switch on the bulb regardless of whether
 the resistor was there or not. The others worked as they should. So I will
 now look to source a replacement. 
Ah, yes, easily sourced from Farnell.  Should have looked before I sent
the previous email, but I was on my phone:
http://uk.farnell.com/stmicroelectronics/tip125/darlington-transistor-to-22…
- Dave