August 26th, 2013
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Doctor Who Fanatic Alasdair Dewar’s Dream Job
Doctor Who fanatic Alasdair Dewar has dream job
Partial image Carl Fox
DON’T tell Alasdair Dewar that you should put your toys away when you grow up.
Because the Scot’s love of action figures is now his job.
Alasdair, from Perth, is product development director at toy manufacturer Character Options.
And one particular part of his job is a dream come true, as the childhood Doctor Who fan is now responsible for the production of action figures and toys based on the BBC series.
This year, he’s been involved in the creation of various toys to tie in with Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary, including Union Jack Daleks.
He laughed: “Though as a Scot, given the independence issues, I don’t know how well it will go down in Scotland – some people might prefer a St Andrew’s flag version.
Read the full article at www.dailyrecord.co.uk
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obeythewhispermen
August 29th, 2013 - 12:45pmIn the picture on the daily mail website hes got a drawing of the 11th doctors current tardis so do you think hes planning on making it as a playset.
Davide Edinburgh
August 27th, 2013 - 3:30amPlease more 5” figures, more expensive, better quality, less for kids and more for collectors maybe, in respect of all those collections and people who spent time and money.
The Professor
August 29th, 2013 - 10:22amI agree
andrew
August 26th, 2013 - 9:11pmloving the pic of him drawing the newest tardis, i assume thats a compressed playset hes drawing up, cant wait!
Dominic Kane
August 26th, 2013 - 6:48pmim just going to move onto trying to make custom figures and start with the new figurine collection and try and get classic figures that i havn’t got too
Dominic Kane
August 26th, 2013 - 5:56pmand my dream figure would be clara 🙁
Dominic Kane
August 26th, 2013 - 5:47pmcool article but i dont understand why they have done a dalek in the design of the union jack? 😕
lawrie
August 26th, 2013 - 5:53pmbecuase dr who is a british icon
ParadigmDalek1325
August 26th, 2013 - 2:17pmI spy my little eye on the TARDIS 😛
thedoctorshallreturn
August 26th, 2013 - 1:58pm🙂 😯 😎 😈
Jack
August 26th, 2013 - 1:42pmThis must be the new Tardis that he is drawing for Peter capuldi 😀
DalekTheSupreme
August 26th, 2013 - 1:02pmHe does have a great job. Designing toys, especially if it was Doctor Who or Transformers, is a job that highly appeals to me.
JackgDwf
August 26th, 2013 - 12:39pmAwesome TARDIS! And regeneration figure! Epic
DrWhoFan1
August 26th, 2013 - 12:50pmRegeneration figure?
pwilc1967
August 26th, 2013 - 12:54pmread the article – all explained
DrWhoFan1
August 26th, 2013 - 7:20pmI have, but I thought that you saw a regeneration figure! My bad! I can’t wait for Peter Capaldi now. I didn’t want anything to do with him at start but I’m a bit, yeah, he’ll be mysterious! Bring on Series 8 I say, after the 50th and Christmas Special of course! hehehe
the mr master
August 26th, 2013 - 11:58ami love the faded union jack dalek
DrWhoFan1
August 26th, 2013 - 2:45pmI have, but I thought that you saw a regeneration figure! My bad! I can’t wait for Peter Capaldi now. I didn’t want anything to do with him at start but I’m a bit, yeah, he’ll be mysterious! Bring on Series 8 I say, after the 50th and Christmas Special of course! hehehe
thedaleksdeath
August 26th, 2013 - 11:54amREGENERATION FIGURE!?!?!?! NEW TARDIS PLAYSET IN THE WORKS!?!?!?!?!?! AL THANKS YOU!!!!
the astronaut of death
August 26th, 2013 - 12:04pmwhat do you mean regeneration figure
DalekTheSupreme
August 26th, 2013 - 1:03pmThe TARDIS playset has my name all over it! :Grin:
DalekTheSupreme
August 26th, 2013 - 1:04pm😀 *
thedaleksdeath
August 26th, 2013 - 3:09pmRead the artical near the bottom that were planning on special regeneration figure with capaldi’s head and Smith’s.
From,
Thedaleksdeath.
Mr Evil Fez
August 26th, 2013 - 11:37amHe’s drawing a Tardis! :O