February 11th, 2016
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Doctor Who 5.5″ 8th Doctor Action Figure
“I love humans. Always seeing patterns in things that aren’t there.”
The Eighth Doctor was an effortlessly charming, romantic figure. He was unguarded about his background and equally candid about what the future held for people he came into contact with.
Includes..
- Sonic Screwdriver Accessory
- Karn Chalice Accessory (Cup O’ Karn)
- Cass’s Bandolier Accessory (removable)
It seems ironic that so much about this open Doctor remains a closed book…His first adventure took place in San Francisco at the turn of the Millennium with Dr Grace Holloway and Chang Lee in an epic battle with the Master.
Much later, after many adventures with many companions, the 8th Doctors fate is finally sealed during the Time War, as he attempts to rescue a pilot, Cass, whose ship was crashing into the planet Karn.
When Cass realized that the Doctor was a Time Lord and her enemy, she refused his help and allowed the ship crash.
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Ian
November 17th, 2015 - 10:50pmJust to remind folks the 8th Doctor is due into TRU tomorrow. That is the company, then they will be allocated to the stores.
My local store in Manchester will not be stocking them but the store manager will pick them up from another store for me.
DannyTheNerd
November 18th, 2015 - 9:34amSo it wont be avaliable for deleivery?!
booboo
November 18th, 2015 - 9:37amit will, also not sure whey some stores wouldn’t be keeping it, something toys r us need to address i would think
DannyTheNerd
November 18th, 2015 - 9:47amAh that is good then. I thought it was only in stores, I was like nooooooooooooooo! lol
booboo
November 18th, 2015 - 10:00amyes besides a lot of people will have been holding off ordering anything until this becomes available
Cool Salsa
November 18th, 2015 - 11:24amIt seems most toys r us stores don’t have any 5 inch figures in stock at the moment, a bit of a shambles really.
booboo
November 18th, 2015 - 11:26amor a good sign!
Whovastron
November 18th, 2015 - 11:59amThey said that the other figures would be online on the 31st of October but they ended up in stores then. So who knows maybe the figure will turn up today.
TW.
Cool Salsa
November 18th, 2015 - 2:05pmThe problem is, places like Lakeside (Essex) & Basildon never got the new 5 inch figures to begin with. (no 12th Doctor, Clara etc)
Ian
November 18th, 2015 - 3:43pmBooboo I had a chat to the store manager of the Manchester branch. His store will not be getting the 8th Doctor or any of the 5.5″ collectors series because his a smaller store compared to the likes of Stockport or Warrington. I did say they should change their website to say only available in certain stores.
booboo
November 18th, 2015 - 4:55pmi cant understand how why all stores would not stock exclusives, that excludes a very large “impulse buy” market, especially in a large city
Velvet Doctor
November 15th, 2015 - 1:50pmHey Booboo, will you be posting more pics on here or on Flickr at any point?
booboo
November 15th, 2015 - 6:34pmprobably not for a while
Antonio Zambonini
November 14th, 2015 - 11:10pmI saw on ebay that its apperiently 18th/19th of nov
Missy
November 12th, 2015 - 5:38pmBooboo when will forbidden planet get these in stock + ready to despatch?
booboo
November 12th, 2015 - 5:44pmno idea they said end of November originaly
Antonio Zambonini
November 12th, 2015 - 10:01pmI saw a seller today on ebay who’s selling the 8th Dr and available to preorder at £29.99 and it says in the description that they get stocked at the end of November
booboo
November 12th, 2015 - 10:04pmby whom i wonder
Antonio Zambonini
November 12th, 2015 - 10:10pmThat’s what I was wondering booboo it also said as a est delivery of being between 18th-19th aswell
Nan57
November 14th, 2015 - 11:41amGot it
TARDISGuy
November 12th, 2015 - 12:31pmHmm, it looks as if the screwdriver doesn’t fit into his hand very well. Booboo, is this a problem?
booboo
November 12th, 2015 - 12:42pmi just stuck the end in so you could see it better
Ian
November 12th, 2015 - 11:31amHi Boobo got this email from TRU on the 8th Doctor.
The 8th Doctor in Night of the Doctor Figure £14.99 stock code 196522 is booked to arrive into the company on the 18th November. At this stage we do not know which stores are getting them until our Inventory Control Department split the stock.
booboo
November 12th, 2015 - 11:40amnot to long then hopefully
DannyTheNerd
November 17th, 2015 - 11:51amShould be out this weekend then! YAY!
the astronaut of death
November 11th, 2015 - 8:21pmis it the same sculpt as the war doctor set 8th doctor head?
booboo
November 11th, 2015 - 8:25pmnothing like it 1000 times better
Figure mad
November 11th, 2015 - 8:01pmCan you change the head with the one in the war dr set
booboo
November 11th, 2015 - 8:08pmI haven’t tried, not going to risk it at the moment
The Living Shadow
November 11th, 2015 - 8:30pmDoes the neck seem as long?
DannyTheNerd
November 12th, 2015 - 10:16amI’d imagine you can. Every other 5 inch figure from last and this year have had removable heads
Doctorfan
November 11th, 2015 - 7:25pmGetting this definitely but why does it have the weapon shoulder strap since he wears it after regenerating into the war doctor
Doctorfan
November 11th, 2015 - 7:26pmIt’s still a cool accessory but not a necessary one
booboo
November 11th, 2015 - 7:33pmwell I’m sure most people would rather have it than not, you can use it for the war Doctor anyway
Doctorfan
November 12th, 2015 - 7:45amHe already has one
booboo
November 12th, 2015 - 9:07amyes but its fixed
DannyTheNerd
November 11th, 2015 - 4:30pmIf this is sold in TRU stores why can’t they sell it online too? lol cmon TRU I need thus figure! XD
cyberdoctor42
November 12th, 2015 - 5:38pmIt’s not out yet.
TheDoctorForever
November 11th, 2015 - 2:49pmMy local forbidden planet said that they would be getting this and the new Clara within the next two weeks… Should be good! Managed to get the war doctor and the impossible set for £35 today!
cyberdoctor42
November 11th, 2015 - 5:24pmHow much individually and what forbidden planet?
TheDoctorForever
November 11th, 2015 - 8:45pmI think she said £14.99 like the 12th doctor figure and Nottingham
Tardis23
November 12th, 2015 - 3:40pmGreat news that’s my local store
oswin
November 12th, 2015 - 8:40pmDont know how you managed to get War Doctor and the impossible set from FP Nottingham, i go in quite often and impossible set is 29.99 and according to them, and unfortunately for me, the War Doctor has been discontinued (website said this)
Just feels like i will never get them
Darren
November 11th, 2015 - 1:37pmSeen the photos on this booboo, you had yours arrive then seeing they look like the ones you take to show the product to everyone? If you have had yours arrive where did you get it from?
booboo
November 11th, 2015 - 2:00pmwe were kindly sent it by Toys r us / Character / evolution PR
Darren
November 11th, 2015 - 2:29pmAh ok, just wondered if you had been lucky to find one in your local toy r us store, any news on the when it’s turning up in toys r us or the FPI orders will be dispatched?
booboo
November 11th, 2015 - 2:34pmnon were not getting any feed back from anyone
Darren
November 11th, 2015 - 2:56pmOk, we will all just have to wait expectantly for news, mind I am hoping Character might have a stall at the festival this weekend with the 5.5 inch range
booboo
November 11th, 2015 - 3:08pmthey could only really sell Missy.
Darren
November 11th, 2015 - 3:12pmAh ok, if they could only sell that there cant see them being at the festival, will be interesting to see who is selling things there apart from the official merchandise there, the bbc shop and big chief and rubbertoe replicas
booboo
November 11th, 2015 - 3:22pmyou never know something really scary might happen like toys r us being there with a stand showing off all their exclusives, they could go in with character and sell Missy as well
wouldn’t that be something
booboo
November 11th, 2015 - 3:30pmLast Time FP (.com) had a big stand
others there were
Underground Toys
Big Finish
Scifi Collector
Harrop
Eaglemoss
Darren
November 11th, 2015 - 4:15pmThat would be mega, I remember last time at the 50th in 2013 most of them were there but can’t remember Harrop being there but do remember mintedUK being there with the coins. Would be very surprised if FP.com aren’t there, can’t see FPI being there though same as last time, the others you say I think might be there as well as Hachette with the complete history book collection
prototype dalek
November 14th, 2015 - 8:06pmNever buy off ebay straight away, I bought both Missy’s from character and saved £50 then buying them off ebay.
TARDISGuy
November 11th, 2015 - 1:35pmI want to use the removable bandolier to make a coatless War Doctor, if I can buy another one
The Eleventh
November 8th, 2015 - 3:43amDoes anyone know if the head is removable?
The Living Shadow
November 8th, 2015 - 10:36amI’m hoping that you can fit the one that came with the war Doctor on it!
Sam Richard Bentley
November 11th, 2015 - 12:07pmOut of pure interest – why? The head that came with the War Doctor is incredibly innacurate, and clearly based on Paul McGann’s head in the Dark Eyes photoshoot. This head, however, is extremely accurate to The Night of the Doctor, the hair is much longer, and not brushed back. Unless you intend to make a Dark Eyes 8th Doctor custom, the head that came with the War Doctor has, frankly, no use.
Phil
November 11th, 2015 - 12:21pm@ sam, I think he means the John hurt head.
Sam Richard Bentley
November 11th, 2015 - 12:56pmWell, he said ‘the one that came with the War Doctor’. I suppose I could say putting the War Doctor’s head on this would be just as inaccurate – but hey, there isn’t a Young War Doctor Head so, gotta make do, eh?
Cyberman Bill
November 11th, 2015 - 2:02pmI think he meant the Mcgann head… I don’t know why you would want to switch the head to that one?? It is so inaccurate for The Night of the Doctor! Don’t do it! As for if u put on the war Doctors head, that would make him too old. Just don’t it ! This figure is perfect as is!
Wholords2
November 11th, 2015 - 2:18pmIt may be inaccurate but it would be cool if you can swap it!
Merlin
November 11th, 2015 - 3:12pmI’d like to know too, it may be inaccurate, but the Dark Eyes head on any 8th Doctor makes more sense than one on a John Hurt body.
The Living Shadow
November 11th, 2015 - 6:28pmyeah, I do mean the Paul McGann one, I simply just prefer the Dark Eyes hair on McGann, plus I’d just want to see how it’d look; Maybe it’d look cool!
The Living Shadow
November 11th, 2015 - 8:33pmI may have sounded a little overexcited on my original comment!
toptimelord
November 6th, 2015 - 4:25pmI love The Eighth Doctor and I love this figure! I need this figure right now!
Antonio Zambonini
November 4th, 2015 - 6:54pmSaw a seller on ebay who has this for pre order at 35£ and the estimated date being Nov 12-16th
DannyTheNerd
November 4th, 2015 - 12:14pmbooboo do you know when will these be in stock online at toys r us?
booboo
November 4th, 2015 - 12:34pmno idea, supposedly by the weekend of the press release is correct
Anonymous
November 4th, 2015 - 12:40pmWhere is the press release information?
booboo
November 4th, 2015 - 12:51pmhttp://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/information-on-the-toys-r-us-exclusives/
Anonymous
November 3rd, 2015 - 8:25pmbooboo – Do you know when this will come in stock in toys r us?
booboo
November 3rd, 2015 - 8:33pmno but as seen as they appear i’m sure we will hear about it
the astronaut of death
November 2nd, 2015 - 9:36pmanyone got this yet?
whotoys
November 1st, 2015 - 5:46pmWhen will they dispatch this at forbidden planet
whotoys
November 1st, 2015 - 5:46pmI meant come in stock
DoctorSong2016
November 1st, 2015 - 5:53pm23rd November
whotoys
November 1st, 2015 - 9:06pmOk thanks
wholords2
October 28th, 2015 - 5:33pmFor those who’ve ordered it already, when are these due in stock?
whotoys
November 2nd, 2015 - 7:49am23rd November
Dalek Supreme
October 27th, 2015 - 6:43pmFORBIDDEN PLANET ARE NO LONGER TAKING ORDERS?!?!/!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!?!!!!?!????
Anonymous
October 27th, 2015 - 6:30pmWhy is the logo not the Classic one?
Dalek Supreme
October 27th, 2015 - 6:43pmIts not a classic episode
Anonymous
October 27th, 2015 - 6:46pmBut neither are the Capaldi figures and they all have the Classic logo on.
Anonymous
October 28th, 2015 - 3:27pmBoo boo?
James
November 2nd, 2015 - 9:20pmIt’s the same as Missy. I think it’s just a design choice for rare or exclusive figures.
whotoys
October 24th, 2015 - 4:33pmwait so are forbidden planet still sending some out cause I still have mines on my order list
booboo
October 24th, 2015 - 4:34pmyes they are
whotoys
October 24th, 2015 - 4:44pmok thanks booboo
TheWaistCoatDoctor
October 23rd, 2015 - 7:17pmSo i ordered it a while ago and it seems its be removed from my basket i assume this means they ran out of stock so does that mean i will get it once they get more in stock it will be sent to me or will i have to order it again when they get more? just curious.
Judooning
October 22nd, 2015 - 7:40pmI assume FPI have just run out of the initial batch of pre-orders rather than it being cancelled?
booboo
October 22nd, 2015 - 9:00pmthey may have only had so many to sell before toys r us took over to be honest
Mumble5557 Online
October 19th, 2015 - 7:19amI wonder if we’ll get his/ The War Doctor’s Tardis…
TheDoctorForever
October 19th, 2015 - 5:18pmThey could easily make both the exterior/interior for it so maybe?
The Savage Cabage
November 11th, 2015 - 7:04pmI hope so
TheDoctorForever
October 17th, 2015 - 11:45pmStill keeping my fingers a crossed for an updated 13 doctors variant set!!! I’m thinking if enough interest is generated for one then it could be a future possibility!! Likewise for a master or companion set!
Doctorfan
October 17th, 2015 - 1:12pmBoobo any news on flight control TARDIS exterior
booboo
October 17th, 2015 - 1:26pmnot yet
Cyberman Bill
October 17th, 2015 - 2:46pmWhat’s the flight control Tardis exterior???
Do you mean just the new flight control TARDIS?
booboo
October 17th, 2015 - 2:54pmthink they are waiting for pictures
Doctorfan
October 17th, 2015 - 11:25amIs there any news on series 9 interior TARDIS play set (like David tennants with light and sound but like matt smiths with 3 levels)
booboo
October 17th, 2015 - 11:55amnothing at all that i can see
Anonymous
November 3rd, 2015 - 8:28pmWhen will this figure be in stock?