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Doctor Who 3.75″ Spin and Fly Tardis

Simply clip the TARDIS onto the clear flight cradle to make it spin and fly. This highly detailed replica electronic toy TARDIS is in scale with the Doctor Who 3.75-inch action figure collection.

Features include spring loaded doors, authentic sound FX; take-off and landing light the new TARDIS interior card. Requires 3 x AAA batteries.

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Categorised under: Doctor Who 3.75″ scale figures, Toys

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387 comments

  • the astronaut of death

    May 29th, 2013 - 7:02pm

    booboo witch of the new merchandise are you getting

    Reply
    • booboo

      May 29th, 2013 - 7:03pm

      all of it

    • the astronaut of death

      May 29th, 2013 - 7:06pm

      im getting

      . the ice warrior figure
      . Clara figure
      . doctor figure
      . cyberman figure
      . spin and fly tardis
      . cold war diorama set

  • the astronaut of death

    May 29th, 2013 - 7:00pm

    booboo do you think the new merchandise will be out by the end of the month

    Reply
    • booboo

      May 29th, 2013 - 7:01pm

      i dont know we dont get retailer info

  • doctorpond393

    May 29th, 2013 - 6:21pm

    Booboo, when are you getting yours?

    Reply
    • booboo

      May 29th, 2013 - 6:55pm

      tomorrow probably

    • doctorpond393

      May 29th, 2013 - 7:16pm

      I assume we will be seeing pics of the packaging and stuff taken by you.

    • booboo

      May 29th, 2013 - 7:18pm

      yes we will, i am opening up a new section for user images as well when the figures and sets start to arrive

    • Doctorpond393

      May 29th, 2013 - 7:36pm

      Sounds good

  • Nicholas

    May 29th, 2013 - 6:13pm

    3.75″ figures have been pushed back to May 31st

    Reply
    • Trenzalore1502

      May 29th, 2013 - 6:56pm

      Nooooooo…

    • Trenzalore1502

      May 29th, 2013 - 6:57pm

      booboo, is this true???

    • booboo

      May 29th, 2013 - 6:58pm

      no idea, so many dates going around know one knows what’s what

    • Nicholas

      May 29th, 2013 - 7:40pm

      forbiddenplanet.com

  • The Monitor

    May 29th, 2013 - 5:53pm

    Has anyone found the new CB “Lego” sets in a chain store yet. I have seen dealers selling them for more than 6 weeks, but have yet to see them for myself. I quite fancy the twin pack. I thought it might be John Lewis, but my one has cut back to almost nothing Who-wise.

    Reply
  • booboo the third

    May 29th, 2013 - 5:17pm

    just got mine from forbidden planet in shaftbury avenue

    Reply
    • booboo the third

      May 29th, 2013 - 5:28pm

      what snapshots do you guys want

    • Trenzalore1502

      May 29th, 2013 - 6:53pm

      The doctor Clara cyberman and ice warrior please. Also, if you have the tardis, can you put that in a picture with them to please?

    • Trenzalore1502

      May 29th, 2013 - 6:55pm

      Sorry wrong one…

  • LumatTheEwok

    May 29th, 2013 - 11:09am

    BBC Shop have this online, pre-order for 31st May

    Reply
  • Matthew

    May 29th, 2013 - 9:38am

    has anyone had there 3.75 new figures dispatched

    Reply
  • the mr master

    May 29th, 2013 - 7:44am

    does it have buttons that close the door like the 10th doctors tardis

    Reply
    • matt9982

      May 29th, 2013 - 9:08am

      No sorry 🙂

  • Jay Ubi

    May 29th, 2013 - 6:44am

    Gary Oldman as the Doctor….now that would be one hell of a Doctor.

    Reply
  • BaZzA

    May 28th, 2013 - 4:57pm

    Anyone know of this is in stock at forbidden planet in Sheffield

    Reply
  • josh smith

    May 28th, 2013 - 11:48am

    RIP Woolworth it was 2 seconds form my house they had lodes of dr who figures my first ever set was from there ad now i have ot take an hour train to get to forbidden planet.

    Reply
    • Still Not Ginger

      May 28th, 2013 - 1:22pm

      R.I.P Woolworths. I miss it so much 🙁

    • supreme dalek

      May 28th, 2013 - 5:21pm

      aah Woolworths i went in there when i was about 8 and my dad got me a 12″ dalek sec. i was over the moon
      so many happy memories
      it was the best place for doctor who toys apart from maybe toys r us

    • Andrew

      May 29th, 2013 - 12:11am

      I bought my first GTA at woolworths lol, brilliant store, they need to make a come back.

    • The Monitor

      May 29th, 2013 - 5:51pm

      It was a great British legacy, and had something of everything. There has been nothing since to touch it. When you stop to think about it, there was loads of Doctor Who stuff in there over the years. Videos/dvds, clothing, stationary, toys, Easter eggs, gifts. Some even remember Target paperbacks in there.

  • McGann is the Doctor

    May 28th, 2013 - 10:59am

    Who is the 8th Doctor looking guy at the top ?

    Reply
    • Scott the Raptor

      May 28th, 2013 - 11:02am

      A Harry Potter Sirius Black. He is my Twelfth Doctor

  • BaZzA

    May 27th, 2013 - 8:35pm

    I’ve just ordered this from forbidden planet how long do you think the delievery will take

    Reply
    • Dylan Cameron

      May 28th, 2013 - 8:36am

      Well, I ordered my one 4 days ago and it hasn’t arrived yet, i’m hopeful that it will arrive today!

    • Anonymous

      May 28th, 2013 - 11:01am

      Hopefully mine will come sooner as you ordered it over the bank holiday weekend

    • Dylan Cameron

      May 28th, 2013 - 12:37pm

      Actually I ordered it on 23rd which was Thursday! 5 days ago lol

    • BaZzA

      May 28th, 2013 - 2:35pm

      I’ve just realised that mine hasn’t been dispatched yet brilliant

    • Dylan Cameron

      May 28th, 2013 - 4:22pm

      they’ve just sent me an email saying they have just found the order and have dispached it now.

    • BaZzA

      May 28th, 2013 - 5:46pm

      Mine says I have been charged but no dispatch yet hopefully it will be dispatched very soon

    • BaZzA

      May 29th, 2013 - 10:25am

      Its been dispatched

  • DrWhoFan1

    May 27th, 2013 - 3:48pm

    I just phoned up the Forbidden Planet International in Cardiff and they have them in stock! That’s tomorrow planned out! I’ll send some photos if you want Booboo?

    Reply
  • RastonEd

    May 27th, 2013 - 12:31pm

    The back is horrific. Even less a reason to buy it. (I am not wasting money on something like this, which is in scale with the likes of the hp figures. After a couple of months, they were dirt cheap, so if I finally decide to get these ‘figures’ I think I’ll wait til they are like, three pounds or something)

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    • Da Big Friendly Button

      May 28th, 2013 - 9:47am

      There would be no where else to put the speaker on the Tardis.
      They had to put it somewhere.

    • Cybermen

      May 28th, 2013 - 10:31am

      Could of put it on the bottom

    • Scott the Raptor

      May 28th, 2013 - 10:33am

      No they couldn’t. It would make the base too thick.

    • HarryReeves2000

      May 28th, 2013 - 1:43pm

      And if it was at the bottom you wouldn’t hear it very well

  • McGann is the Doctor

    May 26th, 2013 - 11:21pm

    Interesting, but shame about the windows not being white.

    See that 11th Doctor figure ? I recommend everybody take theirs and paint the buttons white and with a cocktail stick and silver paint, colour the silver trouser button like I did 😉

    Reply
    • the astronaut of death

      May 27th, 2013 - 10:36am

      can you take a pic and post a link

      so I can see how it looks

    • McGann is the Doctor

      May 27th, 2013 - 12:27pm

      Give me afew days, I have been meaning to do that for ages lol ! ❗

  • Doctor PSY

    May 26th, 2013 - 8:32pm

    A tiny bit of subject but when are the new 3.75″ figures coming out?

    Reply
    • CONNORTHEDOCTOR

      May 26th, 2013 - 8:50pm

      29th of May, well that’s when Forbidden planet get them in stock.

    • Doctor PSY

      May 27th, 2013 - 10:11am

      Will Argos or Toys ‘R’ Us have them by then?

    • CONNORTHEDOCTOR

      May 27th, 2013 - 11:27am

      I doubt it, well i used to get them from my toys r us but i had to wait 2 months for one wave and ever since then I’ve ordered from Forbidden planet. Your’s might be different.

    • Doctor PSY

      May 28th, 2013 - 9:27pm

      Oh, I’m going tomorrow…

    • the astronaut of death

      May 28th, 2013 - 9:30pm

      I normal get my stuff from shops like argos and toymaster

      I have been starting to get a lot from the bbc shop

    • Doctor PSY

      May 28th, 2013 - 10:46pm

      @TheAstronaughtOfDeath
      When you shopped at Argos and Toymaster did they usually have the brand new range in stock on the day it came out?
      If not I shall try Argos tomorrow and Toymaster on Thursday and if I still have no luck at the weekend I’ll go to Toys ‘R’ Us!
      If not I’d just order the stuff from character!!

  • callum simmons

    May 26th, 2013 - 3:23pm

    Oh dear that is rather small isn’t it! I’m not really interested in the action figures at the moment but I had the matt smith 5 inch Tardis and some figures before and I can see that this is clearly a step backwards. I just wish we’d see some announcements of the release dates for the character building summer stuff: Series 7 Tardis interior, multipacks and the 11 doctor set version 2.I saw two of the new multipacks on eBay and it said they were importer preview sets. They were the dalek paradigm and angels in Manhattan farewell pack.

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    • Scott the Raptor

      May 26th, 2013 - 3:56pm

      It’s a step forwards.

    • Doctorpond393

      May 26th, 2013 - 5:14pm

      How exactly in any way is this a step forwards?

    • Scott the Raptor

      May 26th, 2013 - 5:43pm

      I have the product and here are the reasons:

      1: Without the telephone, the doors can open fully.

      2: Much better console insert. (You actually get to see the console this time)

      3: The free spinner you get with it.

      4: Better detail and more of a wooden effect.

      5: When lit, the light has a more effective colour. (White rather than a purpley blue)

      6: It is smaller and that means less weight when playing with it.

      7: It doesn’t need those small batteries anymore. It uses triple AAA’s.

      8: Less of a blue ‘glossy’ paint effect.

      There you go.

    • doctorpond393

      May 26th, 2013 - 7:06pm

      1. Fair enough but i always liked the little door.
      2. You could never see the console when the doors were open in the series so thats down to the set designers not character. Plus on this one the console is way too close to the doors.
      3. ok
      4. I’ll take your word for that.
      5. The light has always been white.
      6. Alright but also means its more brittle and would break easier.
      7. It’s always used AAA’s. Its the sonic screwdrivers that use the small batteries.
      8. Again, I’ll have to take you word for it.

    • Scott the Raptor

      May 26th, 2013 - 7:25pm

      The light hasn’t always been as white as it is. The console has always been a part of the TARDIS and for the toy to miss it out wasn’t very nice. Even though you couldn’t see it in the show it would’ve been nice to include it. And it’s not too close to the doors. You just can’t see the railing leading to the console. It doesn’t break easier. It’s just exactly like a smaller Flight Control TARDIS. Only better in my opinion.

    • doctorpond393

      May 26th, 2013 - 7:32pm

      All my flight control tardises lights are white. The backdrop is too close because in the show you can see all 3 of the rings at the top of the time rotor. On this you can only see 3/4 of one of them. And if character had included the console in the 2010 one it would have been inaccurate. When the doctor opens the doors in day of the moon you cant see the console so it would have been very wrong and people would probably moan because its inaccurate. And what colour are you FCT lamps then?

    • Scott the Raptor

      May 26th, 2013 - 7:38pm

      I told you what colour mine are. And also, it’s not a TARDIS if you can’t see the console. It is merely Bits’s and Bob’s car. You can’t really see any inaccuracies on the rings on the time rotor unless you are looking for them. I think this is a very good product and better than the FCT. It’s just a personal opinion though and it is OK if you disagree.

    • doctorpond393

      May 26th, 2013 - 7:46pm

      Yh, I thought it was stupid how in the show you couldnt see the console but i understand why they didnt put it on the toy. And i should have made myself clearer by what i meant by rings. I meant the bits at the top that have the gallifreyan text that spins

    • Andrew

      May 27th, 2013 - 10:55am

      In reply to Scott Raptor’s “step forward” post, ahem, interior lighting? Character have been taking steps back since 2010.

    • the astronaut of death

      May 27th, 2013 - 11:04am

      yeah I agree it took them 2 years to release a Rory figure . a rather bit of the series 5 figures we did not need they were just random characters. we got barley any series 6 part 2 figures . and the 2010 flight control tardis lost loads of good feachers it had in the 2005 one . and then they change the scale ruining loads of peoples figure collections and now most people are waiting for a 2013 tardis play set witch we will probably have to wait for ever for.

    • Andrew

      May 27th, 2013 - 11:09am

      I don’t necessarily think its the reduction in size that is the problem, I think its the reduction in detail.

    • Scott the Raptor

      May 27th, 2013 - 1:41pm

      Erm, Andrew, this console room shouldn’t have lighting. The light came from the sides and the time rotor in the actual BBC set.

    • Andrew

      May 27th, 2013 - 5:01pm

      So you’re saying it was accurate to have a bright white-blue light in the original and best Flight Control TARDIS? No, but it made it A LOT better.

      And that is where you are wrong. The interior lighting in the original FC TARDIS was added to make the windows and “Police Box” lettering light up, as it does in the actual show (and as it has done on this series, so therefore your point is invalid).

    • Scott the Raptor

      May 27th, 2013 - 6:45pm

      But you see, you don’t have the product. Until you have the product, I will not reply to you. It is pointless arguing with you when you don’t have anything to talk about.

      So, until you have the product, the Spin and Fly TARDIS is the best one CO have produced in my opinion.

    • Andrew

      May 27th, 2013 - 9:42pm

      Okay first of all, how would you know if I did or did not have the product? Exactly, you don’t.

      And why should I need to have bought this product to know what is has and doesn’t have? I can read. I can see pictures. I can watch videos. I know exactly what this product looks like and what features it contains, I don’t need to buy it. That was a very dumb statement.

      Its easy to see that this is just the 2010 Flight Control TARDIS but smaller and with a new interior background. That’s it.

    • Scott the Raptor

      May 27th, 2013 - 9:53pm

      But you don’t have this product, do you?

      You need to have the product in hand to see the wooden effect. It is much better than the previous TARDISes.

      And altogether, calling me dumb is very stupid. I don’t mean to be offensive, but I don’t really care about those pointless remarks or yourself acting like a little child. I don’t know why I am wasting my time squabbling with you like we are two years old to be honest.

      And how is this ‘just the 2010 Flight Control TARDIS but smaller)?

      1. This comes with the spinner

    • Scott the Raptor

      May 27th, 2013 - 9:57pm

      (Continued)

      2. A different font for the ‘Police Public Call Box’ sign

      3. A more wooden effect

      4. A different kind of blue paint

      5. I don’t know what it is, but this TARDIS seems to have a much better feel to it.

    • Andrew

      May 27th, 2013 - 10:07pm

      While that all looks nice standing on a shelf while its doing nothing, you gotta admit that it looks boring after a while when switched on and all that lights up is the lantern, when in the show (if I recall correctly, I could be wrong and the windows may not have been lit up since Series 3 or 4) the windows are lit up as well.

    • Scott the Raptor

      May 27th, 2013 - 10:12pm

      Although you are right, I think CO had a certain budget to stick to on this. For what it is, I think it’s a good product.

    • matt9982

      May 27th, 2013 - 10:17pm

      I agree with scot the raptor

    • doctorpond393

      May 27th, 2013 - 10:23pm

      I agree for the size its good but the step backwards is the scale change.

    • Andrew

      May 27th, 2013 - 10:26pm

      Although you are right, personally I feel that CO should allow bigger budgets to create better quality toys. Maybe I sound like I’m clinging to the past, but I’m sure that most people would rather buy the 2005 TARDIS control room over the 2010 TARDIS control room, purely for the fact that the 2005 one was electronic, and the 2010 one wasn’t.

      Again, personally I feel that the original Flight Control TARDIS was far superior to the later ones purely due to the interior lighting. Maybe its just me, and other people can take it or leave it,

    • Andrew

      May 27th, 2013 - 10:27pm

      (continued)

      but I feel that the original is truly superior to the later two.

    • TARDISTIME

      May 28th, 2013 - 1:56pm

      you but its silly now coz in TBOSJ you see that it still has a phone just in a different way

    • Andrew

      May 28th, 2013 - 5:56pm

      Just reading these comments from yesterday makes me wonder why we are acting like little children in a childish squabble over something as minor as the aesthetics. I apologise for my behaviour.

      On another note, why have they removed the phone? Considering how it was used in TBOSJ, it seems silly to not include it.

    • Scott the Raptor

      May 29th, 2013 - 9:00am

      I also am extraordinarily apologetic.

  • the astronaut of death

    May 26th, 2013 - 10:57am

    im disappointed in them changing the scale but im still getting this

    any way their is still loads of 5 inch figures I have till not got

    Reply
    • Hello

      May 26th, 2013 - 2:20pm

      Yeah Same need to collect all of the series 6 digures

  • the astronaut of death

    May 26th, 2013 - 10:35am

    im going to try to get this in shops e.g. Argos, toy master or bbc shop

    p.s their is review on this on youtbe

    Reply
  • Nathan Hancock

    May 26th, 2013 - 10:30am

    Hopefully getting this from forbidden planet in cardiff today

    Reply
    • Nathan Hancock

      May 26th, 2013 - 9:39pm

      Got this today its very good

  • Pug in a kilt

    May 26th, 2013 - 9:36am

    It soooo anoying!
    I live in Tewkesbury and non of the shops have any dr who stuff 🙁

    Reply
    • booboo

      May 26th, 2013 - 9:37am

      well its no better in Cheltenham where we are

    • Pug in a kilt

      May 26th, 2013 - 9:43am

      the thing is every bodys ordering online and no one is buying from the shops any more :sad:.
      But maybe be the end of the week stuff might be easier.

    • booboo

      May 26th, 2013 - 9:50am

      i would happily buy in a shop -if there was one, like you i would love to go out today (or yesterday) and buy one but there no where to get on from, its rather sad

    • Pug in a kilt

      May 26th, 2013 - 9:58am

      yeah iv always shopped in shops and 7 years ago
      you would have dr who in all the big shops e.g Tescos,Argos it not the same:sad:
      p.s id luv a dr who shop! a permanent one!

    • The Ice Warrior is

      May 26th, 2013 - 10:27am

      Its no better in gloucester too cant find it at all

    • 76 Totters Lane

      May 26th, 2013 - 1:01pm

      RIP Woolworths, great stockists of ‘Doctor Who’ merchandise.

    • the living shadow

      May 26th, 2013 - 1:10pm

      I miss Woolworths! I remember a day where i could walk down the street and Woolies would be there. I would go straight to the Dr who section at the back and i could just, simply buy a figure. Now i have to take the train and go to Forbidden Planet
      (Not that i don’t like Forbidden Planet, it’s just a lot further to go)

    • Pug in a kilt

      May 26th, 2013 - 1:18pm

      i miss the good old days e.g 2005-2010.
      it was better personaly.

    • The Supreme Dalek

      May 26th, 2013 - 5:39pm

      Oh I remember Woolworths. The one near me had loads of Doctor Who Figures! I remember seeing Series 1 and 3, I bought the Slitheen/Spacepig and Dalek Thay. I was very sad when they closed down. 🙁

    • McGann is the Doctor

      May 26th, 2013 - 11:27pm

      My first ever Doctor Who figures were from woolies.

      I remember in 2011 it took ages before the 2011 figures appeared in stores, now, normally there is a delay in my town, but this was rediculous.

      Finally I got a Silent in argos, and Cybermatt’s in sainsburies for 3.99, but that was after January and they were the only stores but FP and TRU who had them.

  • The CyberNestene

    May 26th, 2013 - 2:29am

    I have that Anakin figure!

    Reply
    • Jamie

      May 27th, 2013 - 4:06pm

      Cool! Its a good figure.

  • Doctorpond393

    May 25th, 2013 - 11:11pm

    Oh, character have annoyed me very much! First they tell me that there is a door release button on this when there isn’t and then they go and call the doctor figure “doctor who” on their website. False advertising

    Reply
    • charliec3po

      May 25th, 2013 - 11:23pm

      its annoying indeed btw glad you liked my vid 🙂

    • Doctorpond393

      May 25th, 2013 - 11:28pm

      Yh it was good and informative.

  • charliec3po

    May 25th, 2013 - 9:12pm

    just to let you know i have uploaded i review of this on my other youtube channel.if you are intersted,my channel name is charlieclaridge100

    Reply
    • booboo

      May 25th, 2013 - 9:16pm

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gBBGS3VL5k

    • Pug in a kilt

      May 25th, 2013 - 9:23pm

      WHERE DID YOU GET IT
      ITS SSOOOOO AWSOME!

    • TARDISTIME

      May 25th, 2013 - 9:29pm

      great review, I agrre lights would have been better and for it the spin the flight control tardis did without that base thing

    • Doctor 909

      May 25th, 2013 - 9:30pm

      Brilliant review I really want this now

    • charliec3po

      May 25th, 2013 - 9:50pm

      got this at collectormania 19 in milton keyens tody for only 12.99 glad you all liked my vid 🙂

    • Doctorpond393

      May 25th, 2013 - 10:50pm

      Great vid. And I have a question. When I emailed character asking about this they told me there was a button on the interior for the spring loaded doors. Is there and if so where is it?

    • Jamie

      May 25th, 2013 - 11:01pm

      There is no button inside for the doors, you have to pull the doors themselves.

    • Doctorpond393

      May 25th, 2013 - 11:03pm

      Thanks. Character. The little….. Daleks!

  • Pug in a kilt

    May 25th, 2013 - 9:04pm

    Now the figures shall rise soon.
    A dawn of a new age!
    (iv made 3,75 inch Clara house it looks awsome now it needs Clara).

    Reply
    • run you cleaver boy

      May 26th, 2013 - 12:15pm

      put up a picture

    • Pug in a kilt

      May 26th, 2013 - 12:27pm

      Dont know how.

    • Doctor 909

      May 26th, 2013 - 12:31pm

      Email it to BooBoo

    • Pug in a kilt

      May 26th, 2013 - 12:33pm

      re how to do that 😕

    • Pug in a kilt

      May 26th, 2013 - 12:34pm

      NOT sure
      (soz)

  • HalfPintOfInnes

    May 25th, 2013 - 8:56pm

    Picked mine up this morning, really impressed with it! Tempted to buy another for mt desk at work. Love it a lot, just needing some figures to go along with it and I’m sure I’ll love it even more!

    Reply
    • booboo

      May 25th, 2013 - 9:09pm

      where did you get yours?

    • Pug in a kilt

      May 25th, 2013 - 9:12pm

      yeah,
      WHERE
      WHEN
      WHO?

    • Dylan Cameron

      May 25th, 2013 - 9:38pm

      I have ordered my one from Forbidden Planet.co.uk, and it says it’s in stock but It hasn’t been dispached yet.

    • HalfPintOfInnes

      May 26th, 2013 - 12:51pm

      My independant toy store just in the city centre, it always seems to get stock in early, got the End of Time wave early when it was released as the store got them in, hoping the same is going to happen with the new figures. But the guys that run it are lovely fellas, and are more than willing to order figures in for me, which I really love!

    • booboo

      May 26th, 2013 - 1:17pm

      where is this?

    • HalfPintOfInnes

      May 26th, 2013 - 8:08pm

      Up here in Aberdeen 🙂

  • TARDISTIME

    May 25th, 2013 - 8:56pm

    they should have made the tardis phone like it was in The Bells Of Saint John

    Reply
  • Pug in a kilt

    May 25th, 2013 - 8:56pm

    WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!!
    SOOO COOOL!!!!! :SMILE:

    Reply
    • Pug in a kilt

      May 25th, 2013 - 8:56pm

      🙂

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