November 21st, 2024
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B&M 2024 Friends & Foes of The Doctor
Character Options’ Christmas Doctor Who new offering for B & M stores unveiled
The new sets will make the perfect gifts for fans of the legendary Time Lord
Just in time for the big day and due to be at B & M Stores throughout the UK, Character Options is proud to reveal two new Doctor Who figure sets. Each comes in the ubiquitous celebration packaging designed with the fan collector in mind.
The first set is a trio of 5.5” (14cm) scale figures entitled: Friends & Foes of the Doctor.
This set comprises Professor River Song as seen in the 2010 episode The Pandorica Opens, the Cyberman with Heavy Weapons as seen in the 2011 episode A Good Man Goes to War, and the Gold Clockwork Droid from the 2006 episode The Girl in the Fireplace.
The River Song figure comes decorated in her black ‘stealth’ outfit briefly seen in the part where she is breaking into Liz 10’s secret archive to locate a Vincent Van Gogh painting. She sports a revised head sculpt with ponytail which appeared in that scene, and completing the outfit is her utility belt and holster with detachable blaster accessory.
The Cyberman is presented in the standard livery of a silvered armour over darker silver joints and come with the somewhat incongruous ‘Reaper’ heavy blaster weapon seen in this episode while the ‘Gold’ Clockwork Droid is a variant never released before but has as usual the removable mask with hair, arm mounted utility weapon, and the internal clockwork parts as seen inside the transparent clear head.
The next new set is the 19th in the history of the eminently popular History of the Daleks series.
This new chapter for the series is a celebration of black and bronze and features Daleks from the 2005 episode featuring the Ninth Doctor called Parting of the Ways.
In the episode, Rose Tyler has been captured by the Daleks and the Doctor must do some fancy flying to find her. Emerging from the TARDIS, he taunts the Daleks to find out information and is staggered to find them worshipful of something or someone. The source of this enthral is revealed to be the self-proclaimed ‘Emperor of the Daleks’, a survivor of the Time War. This set includes a black and bronze Imperial Guard Dalek
and a fully bronze Dalek – all part of the massive Dalek army that has been created by the Emperor over the centuries.
The two new Doctor Who sets will be available from B & M Stores from early December.
Categorised under: Doctor Who 5" scale figures, Toys
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The Ergon
November 21st, 2024 - 6:15pmThe variant friends and foe set i will pick up. Not so much the bronze daleks. All my favourite daleks were from the classic series.
Button
November 21st, 2024 - 6:07pmNow I wonder why the Cyberman does not have the properly moulded chest symbol from the ‘closing time’ Corroded Cyberman, if memory serves it was a separate piece that was glued onto the figure.
Snowman
November 21st, 2024 - 4:59pmBoth Sets look Nice, I think the packaging from the last Couple of Years really sets them off. The Clockwork Droid looks Great, I think it’s one of my Favourite Villains from Nu Who.
MattY
November 21st, 2024 - 4:40pmClockwork Droid variant and River Song are ok – not exciting but nice to add to the collection. The Dalek set is disappointing. Another bronze Dalek – why not an updated version of the Assault Dalek? And the black and gold Dalek….why? Was really hoping it would include the Imperial Guard Dalek with the black top and large gun that is seen on screen for substantial amount of time (not blink and you’ll miss it) that was only released as a 3.75” figure. Hey ho. It doesn’t bode well for the Doomsday set which can only be a bronze Dalek and Dalek sec. With the variety of Dalek designs much more limited in NuWho than the classic era, this could have been something more relevant to the story and different. The one plus of this is the money I will save. : )
The Destroyer of Worlds
November 21st, 2024 - 5:16pmThe Assault Dalek is the variant of the Dalek set, it’s gonna have the claw arm from the original modified for the new ball joints. They just haven’t shown pictures annoyingly.
Jay
November 21st, 2024 - 4:37pmI assume B&M already have the stock? I see no chance of them being ready this side of Christmas otherwise.
Snowman
November 21st, 2024 - 5:12pmAvailable from Early December, Since that’s only just over a week away, they must be in the UK already I guess.
Loobop p
November 21st, 2024 - 4:27pmthe names of these sets got leaked months ago they sounded alot more exciting than they actually are. A perfect for december release would have been robot santa and 2 pyjamas doctor variants or donna in wedding dress with jacket less doctor. Arn’t b and m sick of dalek repaints yet. At least one modern doctor figure would be better than all this.
Jamie
November 21st, 2024 - 4:50pmOver a decade of B&M sets and people still think we could get new figures like Robot Santa or Wedding Dress Donna?
Paul
November 21st, 2024 - 5:34pmIf my grandmother had wheels, she would’ve been a bike.
It’s B&M, what you’re expecting is way too much for their budgets! Dalek sets DO sell, so of course B&M and Character aren’t going to stop producing them, especially if they’re improvements on the original figures from 2005.
Snowman
November 21st, 2024 - 6:31pmB&M are selling Three figures for £22 when the going rate for one Figure is £20, has shown by the recent Ruby/15th Doctors Exclusive/Retail Figures.
Honestly the B&M figures are only Dirt Cheap because there basically repacks that cost nothing Tooling Wise.
B&M could make 3 packs with New Figures included that people keep asking for, but they will cost over £60. ( I have to ask Will anyone buy them)?
Tom Williams
November 21st, 2024 - 4:05pmDefo love both sets especially parting of the ways it would be best with the recent 9th dr/10th doctor regenerated set but the clock work man is also stunning 🙂
Tom Williams
November 21st, 2024 - 4:08pmMent too say the set I brought off eBay the original realise from 2005 lol
Jamie
November 21st, 2024 - 3:50pmIts fun to get some modern series variants like this. I really like the River Song, and its nice to finally get a Cyberman with the underwiring painted darker. I believe the Cyberman also has a non leader variant.