October 1st, 2021
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B&M 2021 First Doctor and TARDIS Set
Character Options is excited to announce a next wave of Doctor Who action figure sets for 2021 with five new lines scheduled to arrive in B&M stores in Mid-October.
The line-up will introduce two more action figure three packs, two further ‘History of the Daleks’ sets, plus a rather splendid “Doctor & TARDIS” set. This new wave includes highly detailed and decorated 5.5 inch scale figures with multiple points of articulation all of which come packaged in the familiar ‘heritage’ style Doctor Who collector packs with specially created insert artwork. Once again these Limited Edition figure sets all bring something fresh to the range be it the characters themselves or variants never released before.
In this story, upon entering an old Junkyard in Totters Lane, Shoreditch in a bid to locate a wayward pupil of theirs, schoolteachers Ian and Barbara encounter a mysterious stranger called the Doctor and his unworldly Time and Space machine TARDIS. The set features the First Doctor figure in his closed jacket and scarf plus the TARDIS. The TARDIS is also presented for the first time with a more correct ‘Brachacki’ style taller roof and Fresnel lamp of Season 1 plus additional ‘drip bars’ on the lower windows.
Al Dewar Character Options’ Creative Director said: “I think it is safe to say this swathe of releases is very different from the first release and features some truly unique characters and ‘Big hitters’. This line up represents some of the finest episodes of the Fifth Doctor, Cyber Androids with interchangeable ‘attack’ hands, a Raston Warrior Robot and a new First Doctors TARDIS that’s not just a repaint! In the Daleks sets we have also delivered something new for fans again with some truly nefarious Daleks and the first real ‘army builder’ set. We hope that our fans and followers enjoy them!”
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Jordiwho
November 19th, 2021 - 10:19amAny news on the release of these?
John
November 19th, 2021 - 10:51amSeems to be a general concensus from next week, but nothing official.
pupbenny
November 7th, 2021 - 12:47pmThis TARDIS would actually be a pretty close match for how it looks in the opening shot of The War Machines I think. Well maybe not the roof perhaps. And plus I just checked and actually in that same scene, from one cut to another, the window frames turn from white to blue LOL. The chamelion circuit was haywire in those days.
pupbenny
October 29th, 2021 - 4:31pmI was just thinking, I wonder if this set is an indication of next year’s online exclusive if they do one. An Electronic TARDIS and First Doctor from The Tenth Planet would be a good choice, they’re get to re-use this TARDIS roof (like how they got to re-use the Second Doctor one from the War Games set) and have the Doctor with the cape, etc, except in the outfit colours that matches his final story.
I wonder if that’d be big enough of a change.
TheGingyrDoctor
October 30th, 2021 - 9:55amBut the thing is, the Tardis from that story was already second’s Tardis. It had the flat roof with the four corner posts.
pupbenny
October 30th, 2021 - 9:36pmOooooh, that’s true….
TheGingyrDoctor
October 31st, 2021 - 11:02amBut they could do an electronic version from something like The Chase as the tardis was used quite frequently in that story. Or maybe we get a Third Doctor Tardis from the Green Death? An electronic version would double up as the bracknaki mark 2.
Rah1
November 3rd, 2021 - 4:25pmThey could do a Tenth Planet TARDIS by reworking the Abominable Snowmen TARDIS with the telephone panel put back on the left-hand door! That said, the flat-roofed version has never been completely accurate, it needs to have the roof raised a little more with that slight gap on the front side!
TheGingyrDoctor
November 22nd, 2021 - 6:13pmMaybe if they teaked it properly, we could have a Twice upon a Time/Fugitive of the Judoon Tardis. That would be a cool collectable as they’d only have to tweak first to make him look like David Bradley. Then they could re-release it as an online special with a new Ruth figure! It would be a lot just to make the figure though.
Jack
October 25th, 2021 - 12:30pmSo are there any sightings of these yet?
booboo
October 25th, 2021 - 1:08pmdelayed like many other things, might start showing around 22nd November
Jack
October 25th, 2021 - 1:47pmThanks bobo, that’s a shame but in the current chaos (which is likely to persist) understandable.
Demdike@CultLabs
October 29th, 2021 - 5:13pmI haven’t seen any Doctor Who sets for weeks.
Lewisfrisby
October 20th, 2021 - 10:12amWhen are these sets getting released
booboo
October 20th, 2021 - 10:57amlast date was 25th October onwards but there are lots of delays at the moment
Lewisfrisby
October 20th, 2021 - 10:21pmOk thanks
Joe
October 15th, 2021 - 12:07amAnd now we find ourselves in mid-October. Now is the waiting game.
Philip Shaw
October 14th, 2021 - 12:26pmWhat TARDIS Variations can they do next?
Dr 7 with Pink TARDIS from Happiness patrol, 2nd Dr White TARDIS from The Mind Robber. War Dr and Battered TARDIS from Day of the Doctor.
They have ruled out Dr 6 for reasons of costing too much for the painting of his figure, perhaps a Mark of the Rani miners coat version. Dr 5 and Harlequin would be nice, but please no more standard Dr 5 figures, only so many variants you can do when he only had one minor cricket outfit change in his run, barring the waistcoat in Planet of Fire. Bad wolf TARDIS and Clara tribute possibly if they continue into New Who.
The ergon
October 14th, 2021 - 2:18pmYou forgot claras memoriam Tardis phillip.
Philip Shaw
October 14th, 2021 - 2:28pmThat’s what I meant when I said Clara tribute Ergon…
TimelordTim
October 14th, 2021 - 2:42pmIf they can’t do 6th in the budget range because of the detailed painting required then a Clara memorial TARDIS is unlikely, unless as an online exclusive. Pink, white and even black/white variations all possible though and wouldn’t require anything extravagant.
pupbenny
October 14th, 2021 - 8:31pmA problem with the War Doctor one would be the new tooling for the different lamp. It’s pretty much the same as the lamp on the TARDIS from the 4th Doctor regenerated set, from what I can tell, but I don’t know how easy it would be for them to swap the new series lamp for that one.
Of course, they might not see the need to be *that* accurate with it, especially for a change not a lot of people would probably notice.
Robert Watkins
October 14th, 2021 - 10:30pmMcGann movie Tardis or Night of the Doctor Tardis
the ergon
October 14th, 2021 - 11:23pmYes saw that phillip now. Just read the top half with regards to TARDIS variants. Rushing in again.
Doctor Mysterio
October 15th, 2021 - 12:15amCould they not do the 6th Doctor in a blue coat variant?
Rob
October 17th, 2021 - 7:09pmSurely they can do the 7th’s again, but this time with the new thinner base, since that colour was amazing. Plus a 6th is possible but perhaps dropping the figure for it, although I’m not sure how different 6’s is to 5’s or 7’s apart from colour.
An 8th is a must, with this new 1st having a new roof and lamp, that’s basically all 8’s needs. But for War or any other 9 – 12, I don’t think the bigger mold is ever going to return, due to price, or it would have to be £20 or more and no figure, to turn up at B&M.
Popplewick
October 17th, 2021 - 7:43pmIf the did the white Mind Robber Police Box I wonder how difficult it would be to mayve include it with a White Robot and maybe Zoe in her sparkling outfit. There’s rather a lot in The Mind Robber that’s figure worthy.
the ergon
October 17th, 2021 - 8:23pmThey dont have to drop the 6th doctor figure if hes in the the waistcoat from The Two Doctors or his blue Mourning cape from Revelation.
the ergon
October 17th, 2021 - 9:30pmIts probably easier with humans or humanoid shapes for wraparounds and the odd new head sculpt. I,m not sure if the budget would stretch that far popplewick, for a new one off figure they might not beable to reuse for the B And M Who collection.
Whovian
October 8th, 2021 - 12:02pmDefinitely want the First Doctor and the TARDIS set. With these waves of figures, I’ve only managed to find the Ian and Voord sets, so made sure to pick one up. None of the sets are in any of my local stores sadly and I refuse to buy from scalpers on ebay.
The moment I see this set, I’m grabbing one
Doc
October 7th, 2021 - 9:07pmBit of an odd question but, how’s the sellotape placed when the TARDIS is packaged in the box? Because in my copy of the War Games TARDIS set, the sellotape was placed, round & into them, that the doors were warped. (Sorry if it was unclear)
Rex Farrel
October 7th, 2021 - 11:43pmThey changed it for the Snowmen Tardis due to that problem. Presumably they’ll carry over the new method.
Hayley
October 7th, 2021 - 11:52pmBack to the old plastic thing like the androzani one
John Hogg
October 9th, 2021 - 10:23pmits not the sellotape its missing a thin strip of plastic at base that stops doors opening outwards so instead of closing flush they bow outwards easy fix but nothing to do with selotaping them
pupbenny
October 6th, 2021 - 7:54pmIt just dawned on me that I probably won’t be able to get this set because there’s no B&M near me and Doctor & TARDIS sets always go for ridiculous amounts on eBay…. lol.
Erato
October 6th, 2021 - 9:13pmNot sure I agree with you there… The War Games, Peladon and Visitation TARDISes are still quite reasonable at £25-35, and you can get the electronic Second Doctor TARDIS from Abominable Snowmen for between £45-50. It was £39.99 to buy new from CO only a few months ago.
Coleman
October 7th, 2021 - 11:51amHa, Erato, my favourite Who monster, lol.
pupbenny
October 7th, 2021 - 1:35pm@Erato Very true, but I’d guess this 1st Doctor’s TARDIS will be more in the league of the Shada TARDIS, in terms of desirability, which frequently sells for close to £100. (Not that the Abominable Snowman set wasn’t desirable but it was available online so anyone that wanted it could’ve/would’ve got one so the price is probably going to remain relatively low for a bit with that one.)
Rex Farrel
October 7th, 2021 - 11:40pmThe Shada Tardis is only expensive now – ebay prices at the time of release were often around £30-35, £40 if you were unlucky. It actually seemed to be the slowest seller until recently, so it’s probably desperate punters buying them who passed on them for too long. You just need to follow the ebay patterns, checking completed listings, etc. I’m sure you’ll get one for a fair price if you time it right.
Erato
October 6th, 2021 - 7:24pmJust noticed that the white sign on this TARDIS is inaccurate. It should be in a ‘times new Roman’ style font rather than an ‘arial’ font. Even the old Uber rare electronic 1st doctor TARDIS got that one right! So annoying!
Rex Farrel
October 7th, 2021 - 11:50pmIt might be too expensive this time, a higher rate of faulty/smudged ones perhaps?
Inter Minor
October 3rd, 2021 - 6:17pmI’m still waiting for my local stores to get the current ones
Not a sausage
Crosby
October 7th, 2021 - 6:08amI only manage to get one of each 3 figure sets then they all sold out in Redditch still trying to get the HOTD 5&7
Doug Quaid
October 3rd, 2021 - 12:11amShould I be sleeping in the B&M carpark for the next 2 weeks ready for when this gets put on the shop shelf…
booboo
October 3rd, 2021 - 9:03amit this stage they are down for around the 25th
John
October 3rd, 2021 - 1:19pmGet the tents out
John
October 3rd, 2021 - 1:20pmLove the fresnal lamp
Doc
October 4th, 2021 - 9:32pmXD that’s a hilarious comment!
Lewisfrisby
October 2nd, 2021 - 10:26pmI will 100% be getting this
Dalek Eye Stalk
October 4th, 2021 - 8:39amI will 100% be getting this….likely on eBay as per usual.
Coleman
October 4th, 2021 - 9:28amI know it’s annoying Dalek Eye Stalk, not been able to get these Exclusives in the shops.
But when you keep going round and round the shops wasting Fuel or paying bus fares, sometimes it’s better to cut your losses and order from eBay. At least your guaranteed to get them.
Fledershrew
October 2nd, 2021 - 6:37pmThis might be the best Tardis Set since the Shada set was released. One for the Christmas list!
Doctor Mysterio
October 2nd, 2021 - 6:21pmI want I want!
Doctor What
October 2nd, 2021 - 4:00pmThe bit that surprises me is that they never marketed it as ‘The Aztecs’ TARDIS instead of An Unearthly Child, mainly because it’s completely accurate to that episode more or less, the St.John’s logo in that has faded badly, the window bottoms are accurate to it too as is the roof, plus wouldn’t have had to change the First Doctor figure at all (apart from removing his scarf)
Type 15
October 2nd, 2021 - 3:32pmHow much will this cost?
booboo
October 2nd, 2021 - 5:23pmas far as we know still £19.99
Alex Oswin
October 2nd, 2021 - 11:42amI’m not really a 1st Doctor fan but this set is very tempting. Such a nice looking police box.
John
October 2nd, 2021 - 3:30pmI have to say I have the original 1st tardis and this one looks great mile better
Rob Marsden
October 2nd, 2021 - 9:11amThis is AMAZING! The TARDIS is also more accurate to the screen box than the original release! Well done
John
October 2nd, 2021 - 2:44pmHa guy in ebay has all sets for £200
Tom
October 2nd, 2021 - 5:42amGetting real sick of seeing these great sets and STILL no international distributor.
Popplewick
October 2nd, 2021 - 12:54amIs this based on the ‘pilot episode ?
John
October 2nd, 2021 - 2:48pmYes
Psychedelic
October 2nd, 2021 - 5:23pmIt’s based off An Unearthly Child (Despite the pull to open sign not being painted). The Unaired Pilot episode has a non weathered box, which is the 2010 Electronic tardis set.
Definitely a fantastic set!
Jamie
October 2nd, 2021 - 12:36amBeautiful!
pupbenny
October 1st, 2021 - 11:37pmOh yeah, is the lamp a new sculpt?
Dalekz
October 1st, 2021 - 11:09pmThe original 1st Doctor Tardis was cool but hard to find cheap now so this is great and if the roof is more acturate on this one thats a bonus
Philip shaw
October 1st, 2021 - 11:12pmDr has no Cape and walking stick as on the original, didn’t expect a skull but would have been nice to have a full re issue.
Dalek Eye Stalk
October 1st, 2021 - 10:19pmOnly interested in getting the ‘An Unearthly Child’ Tardis set, and ‘The Five Doctors’ set.
pupbenny
October 1st, 2021 - 10:04pmThis is slightly strange to me because they did An Unearthly Child set years ago with a different looking Doctor and TARDIS. I assumed this was just like from elsewhere during his era, with the TARDIS looking way more tattered than in the previous version, so I’m suprised to read it’s from the same story!
What’s the deal with this? Is this one more accurate or something? Is it from the unreelased pilot that they filmed? (I don’t think so judging by Hartnell’s outfit? No tie.)
Either way I think it looks really nice! Just curious about the story of it. 🙂
Paddy Troughton
October 1st, 2021 - 10:36pmThe roof for one is more accurate as the original first doctor tardis just used the original 80s tardis mould. Also the base is thinner, the saint John’s ambulance sticker is damaged compared to the pristine original one. And finally hasn’t got the green weathering on it and the bottoms of the windows are different. As for the doctor no idea where he comes from in the story maybe he looks like that in the cave of skulls??
Philip shaw
October 1st, 2021 - 11:07pmRead somewhere that the St John’s logo couldn’t be used anymore so perhaps that’s why it’s only partially seen. Checked the episode TARDIS pics and it’s complete on them.
pupbenny
October 2nd, 2021 - 12:19amYeah, I checked the episode too and the logo seemed to be completely there very clearly. I know it did get worn out throughout his era though, so I figured it was from later on, so it’s just strange to me that it’s meant to be from the pilot. Maybe it’s like you said because of the copyright thing, or whatever the issue was that they couldn’t use it anymore.
They’ve genuinely done a terrific job with the TARDIS though, I was just comparing it with a famous image that I’m sure is what they used as reference of the actual one because it looks exactly the same! They really put in a lot of effort to get so many details right with this model and it’s really looks great! 🙂
pupbenny
October 2nd, 2021 - 12:22amProbably only thing I would say is I’d be tempted to shade the windows black/grey. Maybe? Not sure. A lot of the pictures I’m looking at have it with black/grey windows instead of white/clear. (Not that it matters, just interesting to note. 🙂 )
Alan
October 2nd, 2021 - 11:40amOriginally, the 1st Doctors Electronic Tardis set from way back would have been more accurate but they re-used the same mold as the 7th Doctor’s Tardis instead.
Robert Watkins
October 1st, 2021 - 9:51pmShame no cloak
Master of M
October 1st, 2021 - 9:43pmNice TARDIS in this set
Mrs Croot
October 1st, 2021 - 9:39pmIs this An Unearthly Child or The Pilot, because i thought the tall roof was only in that prototype episode, nice addition altogether.
Bobby Davros
October 2nd, 2021 - 10:41pmI hope one day we get the First Doctor in his white Panama hat from the Dalek Masterplan and other stories. This could have been it.