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Friday 30 January 2009

New Classic Doctor Who Figure Sets - FB Exclusives

Character Options and Underground Toys have revealed three new classic Doctor Who figure sets, all exclusive to Forbidden Planet:

First Doctor & Dalek - £24.99
This is the first appearance of the first Doctor, William Hartnell as part of Character Options classic figure series. It was Hartnell who brought the Doctor to our screens in that very first broadcast on 23rd November 1963. At the time the show was shown in black and white and the colour used on these figures are authenticated by the many existing ‘behind the scene’ shots. The Dalek is from the Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964) storyline and varies most conspicuously from later versions by the double neck banding and the energy dish collecting aerial on the rear. The Black Dalek was designated by rank as the ‘Supreme Controller’.

Second Doctor & Cyberman - £24.99
This is the first appearance of the second Doctor, Patrick Troughton as part of Character Options classic figure series. Troughton was the first actor to experience the Doctor’s regeneration in the Cybermen storyline The Tenth Planet first broadcast in 1966. At the time the show was shown in black and white and the colour used on these figures are authenticated by the many existing ‘behind the scene’ shots. The Cyberman is the version which appears, discovered in the cyber-tombs of the planet Telos, in the episode Tomb of the Cybermen (1967).

Sixth Doctor in Real Time Clothes - £14.99
This alternative costume was most visibly used in the BBC webcast Real Time (having previously appeared on a few book and audio book covers). It varies vastly from the gaudy coat of many colours normally worn by Colin Baker’s sixth Doctor whilst retaining some design elements including the dandy’s tie and question mark shirt collar. For many fans this has become almost the preferred costume with it’s more muted, less frivolous, colourways.

All three sets are on sale from June exclusively at Forbidden Planet stores.

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