February 27th, 2014
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Doctor Who 3.75-inch Wave 2 Action Figures
Doctor Who 3.75-inch action figures (Wave 2)
Available to order from www.bbcshop.com or www.Character-Online.co.uk
Also available from www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk or www.forbiddenplanet.com
The new figures will be available at all the usual outlets from early March although some retailers are getting stocks now. At just £6.99 they are a snip!
A great gift for fans of any age, these highly detailed, realistic and poseable action figures include some iconic characters from Doctor Who.
Re-enact scenes from The Time of the Doctor using the Twelfth Doctor Regenerated figure or create your own adventures across space and time.
Battle against some famous foes like the supreme beings that are the Daleks, the terrifying Weeping Angels or the Zygon which are all included in this exciting collection of Doctor Who 3.75-inch scale action figures.
Each character has its own Doctor Who display base (Dalek action figures do not include display base). 7 to collect.
One supplied. For ages 5 years and over.
Assortment
· The Eleventh Doctor
· The Twelfth Doctor Regenerated
· Clara Oswald
· Weeping Angel (Screaming)
· Assault Dalek
· Imperial Guard Dalek
· Zygon
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Jamie
February 9th, 2014 - 9:49pmReally looking forward to these.
12th Dr: Head sculpt is pretty good, Bowtie removed, looks like a good figure.
11th Dr: Face still isn’t quite right but overall not bad.
Clara: Different from the rare version. Brighter Red. Slimmer head sculpt is much better.
Zygon: Looks great! Best of the bunch.
Weeping Angel: Glad the screaming angel will be more widely available. This is a new sculpt with a crackle effect.
Assault Dalek: Love the 3.75 Daleks so im very happy for another new version!
Imperial Guard Dalek: Sensor Arm looks good!
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
February 9th, 2014 - 8:45pmi wonder why clara’s dress is so bright red in this wave.
the astronaut of death
February 9th, 2014 - 8:50pmIt is like the one she wore
In the day of the d
Dominic Kane
February 9th, 2014 - 7:06pmi think it would be awsome if they made companion and monster and villiants sets and a doctors set 🙂
Doctors Set – Doctors 1-12 and The War Doctor (3.75)
12th Doctor Twin Pack 1 version Regenrated and another Version in his Main Outfit (5)
Companion Set (3.75)
Rose Tyler (S4)
Martha Jones From The Doctor’s Daughter
Donna Noble From The Stolen Earh/Journey’s End
Amy Pond from either Angel Take Manhattan or Dinosaurs On a Spacehip
Rory Williams From Asylum of The Daleks
Clara Oswold from The Time of The Doctor or The Name of The Doctor.
Dominic Kane
February 9th, 2014 - 7:14pmCONTINUED
Exsclusive 5 Inch Clara Oswold Action Figure
A Better 5 inch Rose Figure
Paternoster Gang Set With
Madame Vastra from The Snowmen with hood up
Jenny Flint
Commander Strax in his suit
2nd Set
Bassicly all of them but in their battle outfits so what they wore in AGMGTW with swords and sontaran gun
Monster Set
The Gunslinger
Snowman
Whisperman
Peg Doll (female)
Handbot
Minotaur
Silence
Ood
Silurian (New)
Exsclusive 5 inch Figure of 2013 Cyberman new Ice Warrior and Zygon.
Dominic Kane
February 9th, 2014 - 7:15pmThe monster set to be 3.75 btw
And I think it would be sooooo cool if they did a Black Cube from The Power Of Three and it opens and has loads of mini tiny cubes for the 3.75 figures 🙂
The Other
February 9th, 2014 - 7:43pmSome cool ideas!
We need a paternoster gang!
doc fan
February 9th, 2014 - 3:17pmthere are really good but wheres Rose Tyler, sh had a bigger part than Amy in series 7 part 2!!!
Anonymous
February 9th, 2014 - 3:42pmrose wasn’t in series 7 it was the bad wolf
The Big Friendly Button
February 9th, 2014 - 4:15pmPerhaps, but Amy does have the reputation for being the longest companion to stay in the tardis for the new series.
100000BC
February 9th, 2014 - 4:15pmWhen it comes out, the Amy figure is supposed to be from Asylum of the Daleks not the Time of the Doctor. She had a much bigger part in Series 7 than Rose Tyler – who wasn’t in it at all; because a) Billie wasn’t playing Rose, but the Moment, and b) She was in the Day of the Doctor, which isn’t part of Series 7.
Dalek Just
February 9th, 2014 - 6:22pmwhere are the verents or what are the verents?
I Froze Gallifrey
February 10th, 2014 - 8:22amNo, The Big Friendly Button, Amy didn’t stay in the TARDIS for the longest of the new series companions. She was in her house with Rory at the beginning of The Impossible Astronaut, therefore she lasted a year of staying in the TARDIS, the rest were all The a Doctor picking them up, taking them on an adventure, and dropping them off again.
Anonymous
February 10th, 2014 - 4:28pmi kind of agree with big freindly button amy is longset
Baby face
February 9th, 2014 - 3:03pmI hope the rare figures are back and seriously the 12th doctor has a wrong coloured waistcoat! Way to go and mess up his first figure!
The Master
February 9th, 2014 - 6:47pmThat waistcoat is the right colour for the NEWLY REGENERATED twelfth doctor. This is not the series 8 costume.
The Other
February 9th, 2014 - 7:47pm@The Master
Actually Baby face is right, 11 was wearing a dark waistcoat when he regenerated
😉
100000BC
February 9th, 2014 - 8:21pmAAAAAAARRGH! I didn’t want to get the figure before because it’s pointless; now I know it’s not even ‘canon’ I’m definitely not getting it!
I Froze Gallifrey
February 10th, 2014 - 8:25am100000BC, the Clara in this wave isn’t canon, and you don’t seem to have a problem with that figure.
Anthony
February 9th, 2014 - 3:02pmOmg don’t even get me starte don the 11th doctors paint apps on the shirt is there evena collar? I can’t help but think the face seems a tiny bit better , I wss in forbidden planet yesterday and that new face sculpt clara was there my god I thought the proto type of the new one looked better but oh well be getting 11th 12th clara and the rest just because I think they are better than the others , I think that Amy and 10 should’ve been released in stead of the weeping angel
The Other
February 9th, 2014 - 12:06pmTo go with the Time of The Doctor sets I suggested elsewhere on page 3 of the comments on this article
I’ll resuggest my Day of The Doctor sets, but in 3.75 inch:
DOCTORS PACK:
11th Doctor (x2 Day of The Doctor outfit: one waist coat; one full costome including frock coat (both with sonic))
10th Doctor (x2 Day of The Doctor, flat hair, one brown suit, one brown suit and coat (both with sonic))
War Doctor (x2: one leather jacket, one waist coat (with moment cube and button form) (both with sonic))
Curator (with cane and GFNM painting)
CONTINUED
Harry Christopher Drake
February 9th, 2014 - 2:05pmSounds awesome!
The Other
February 9th, 2014 - 2:09pmCONTINUED
NIGHT OF THE DOCTOR PACK:
8th Doctor (with sonic)
Cass
Leader of Sisterhood of Karn (with goblet)
Regenerated War Doctor
ALLIES PACK:
Clara (swappable motorbike head and hands (with motorbike)
Queen Elizabeth 1st
Kate Stewart
Osgood
Mcgillop
Unit soldier (x2 (with gun))
CONTINUED
The Other
February 9th, 2014 - 2:26pmCONTINUED
TIME WAR PACK:
Battered Dalek (x3)
Destroyed Dalek
Time Lord soldier (x3 (with weapon))
Time Lord General (with staff)
ZYGON PACK:
Zygon (x3)
TARDIS PACK:
11th Doctor exterior
10th Doctor exterior
War Doctor exterior
CONTINUED
The Other
February 9th, 2014 - 2:29pmCONTINUED
TIME ZONE PLAYSETS
War Doctor interior
Battle torn Arcadia
Please tell me what you think everyone!!
😉 😀
The Other
February 9th, 2014 - 2:31pmAdd to the ALLIES PACK:
Moment (physical form)
The Other
February 9th, 2014 - 4:43pmAnyone want to give their opinion on my list?
Please?
🙂
the astronaut of death
February 9th, 2014 - 4:44pmYes agree with everything in list good choices
The Other
February 9th, 2014 - 4:52pmThank you!
Most kind of you to say so
😉
Anyone else?
DrWhoFan1
February 9th, 2014 - 5:57pmAnother fantastic list The Other! Why doesn’t Character consider our opinions?
dalek 105
February 9th, 2014 - 6:02pmI agree with them all aswell 🙂
The Other
February 9th, 2014 - 6:07pmThanks!
🙂
Haydenp
February 9th, 2014 - 6:20pmlove it and i wish they were made why is character options going down hill??
booboo
February 9th, 2014 - 6:23pmthere not, they are making things retailers will buy in the quantities needed to make them viable , I’m afraid its that simple.
matt9982
February 9th, 2014 - 11:20amI hope they make a 50th set with:
11th Doctor (waistcoat)
10th Doctor (Suit)
War Doctor
The Moment (Billie Piper)
Time War Dalek (Broken)
CG
February 9th, 2014 - 2:00pmIn 5 inch or 3.75 inch?
matt9982
February 9th, 2014 - 5:51pm3.75″
I Froze Gallifrey
February 9th, 2014 - 10:17amI would have had:
Ageing 11th Doctor with walking stick and Handles
Clara from The Time of the Doctor
Wooden Cyberman
Zygon
12th Doctor Regenerated
Metallic Dalek Drone
Metallic Dalek Strategist.
Anonymous
February 9th, 2014 - 12:22pmAnd a gunslinger
I Froze Gallifrey
February 9th, 2014 - 2:28pmNo
the astronaut of death
February 9th, 2014 - 2:56pmYes I would love a gunslinger it would have made a fantastic figure I wonder why they never did one
Anonymous
February 9th, 2014 - 4:46pmYes definitely a gunslinger we need one
Joe27157Productions
February 9th, 2014 - 1:26amAlso BooBoo, since I’ve heard that you have got the 3.75 Inch Figures, could you release some pictures of what they are like?
Alexanderop
February 9th, 2014 - 1:08pmBooboo doesn’t have any of the new figures, does he?
booboo
February 9th, 2014 - 1:16pmno i just have the new sculpt Clara
Anonymous
February 9th, 2014 - 1:37pmI don’t
Ike th news cult of clara she looks ore like Steven Moffat
booboo
February 9th, 2014 - 1:53pmhow exactly does the picture posted of her look like Steven Moffat?
the astronaut of death
February 9th, 2014 - 1:56pmWell the dog dose 🙂
Trenzalore
February 9th, 2014 - 2:23pmBooboo, where is that K9 figure from?
booboo
February 9th, 2014 - 2:28pmMarks and Spencer’s (and others) key ring
Haydenp
February 9th, 2014 - 2:24pmha ha ha
Trenzalore
February 9th, 2014 - 2:34pmIt looks pretty good, thanks booboo
Anonymous
February 9th, 2014 - 3:49pmbooboo look at the version on the “new” version of clara in wave 2 i meant that one
booboo
February 9th, 2014 - 4:20pmi look, i dont see anything resembling Steven Moffat
Anonymous
February 9th, 2014 - 4:57pmwell it dons’t look like clara
josh smith
February 9th, 2014 - 7:17pmit is Steven Moffitt in a wig XD
the ergon
February 10th, 2014 - 12:45pmnot even in drag.nothing like steven moffat.
hayden7257
February 8th, 2014 - 10:36pmthis should have been:
1)10th doctor, sonic
2)zygon, vortex manipulator
3)Clara from 50th with swappable head and hands with bike gear
4)Assualt dalek
5)11th doctor in purple cloak(removable and tweed), with handles
6)Cyberman with gun and control panel
7)12th doc regeneration with bow tie
Haydenp
February 8th, 2014 - 11:02pmhay im hayden too!
Anonymous
February 8th, 2014 - 11:46pmMy choices would have been:
1. Aging 11th Doctor with Handles
2. Clara in her costume from The Day of the Doctor with Vortex Manipulator
3. 10th Doctor with timey-wimey device
4. War Doctor with The Moment device and The Moment’s Physical Form Two-Pack
5. Battle-Torn Dalek
6. ‘The General’ with staff
7. Zygon
And maybe some more Time-Zone playsets with could be…
1. War-Torn Arcadia
2. ‘Christmas’ on Trenzalore
Dalek the Supreme
February 9th, 2014 - 12:36amI would have had:
11th Doctor (Tweed, white shirt/blue bow tie)
Regenerated 12th Doctor
War Doctor w/the Moment
Zygon
Dalek Drone (Metallic)
Whisperman
Rares:
Dalek Strategist (Metallic)
Dalek Supreme (Metallic)
Dr. Simeon
11th Doctor (Tweed, blue shirt/red bow tie)
Old 11th Doctor
Ancient 11th Doctor
I’m cool with the playsets, though, and I don’t include the 10th Doctor or Amy Pond because they’re due for release later this year.
Dynamite Doctor
February 9th, 2014 - 9:47am12th doctor doesn’t gave a bow tie.
The Other
February 9th, 2014 - 11:21am@Dalek the supreme
I’ve always wanted a 5 inch 11th Doctor with blue shirt and red bow tie, but as I’m now getting the new scale I’d rather have the blue shirt red bow tie as a common figure, and the rare would be white shirt blue bow tie
but you’re more realistic with your wish list (unfortunately)
I love the sound of the other figures, especially the paradigm (I love them) and Whisperman/Dr Simeon
Please check out my wish list further down everyone!
Shane McEntee
February 8th, 2014 - 9:09pmHey have they made Claras face even chubbier. Jenna Coleman used to have a wider face than she does now and I assumed that may have been the reason for Wave 1’s weird face sculpt but there is no excuse for the chubby chops they have given her in Wave 2. Do her and 12 go off and eat a LOT of mince pies after The Time of The Doctor or something? No excuse for such an awful sculpt after Wave 1 being pretty bad. I expected at least the same. not worse.
booboo
February 8th, 2014 - 9:33pmIts just the pictures, I have the new sculpt and its considerably better than the old done, in fact the likeness is brilliant
Mumble5557 Online
February 8th, 2014 - 9:46pmWere did u get that k9 from?!
booboo
February 8th, 2014 - 9:48pmits the marks and Spencer (and others) key ring, fits perfectly
Mumble5557 Online
February 9th, 2014 - 6:52amI’ll buy it
matt9982
February 9th, 2014 - 10:19amYh, I reccomend it. I got the K9 from FPI and it works great! 🙂
KRYNOIDY
February 8th, 2014 - 8:55pmThese look awful!
Haydenp
February 8th, 2014 - 9:10pmheres my list
1 zygon
2 weeping angle
3 both daleks
4 the 12th dr
5 clara
JackDWF
February 8th, 2014 - 8:17pmBooBoo, so are the sets (TATM, Hide and the TARDIS) in Wave 3
Matthew
February 8th, 2014 - 8:05pmI’ll be getting 11, Clara, Zygon and Angel, maybe the Capaldi but I might just wait for the wave 3 one, regeneration figures are always nice at first but after a while they just look silly
CyberSlave2014
February 8th, 2014 - 6:11pmI hope these are Figures in Wave 3,
Martha,Ood,Rory,Rose,Silent,Wooden Cyberman,9th Doctor,Drone Dalek.
DrWhoFan1
February 8th, 2014 - 7:06pmI’m afriad Wave 3 is
Peter Capaldi (official outfit)
Amy,
10th Doctor in trench coat,
10th Doctor in suit (rare),
New Monster,
New Monster,
Dalek
the astronaut of death
February 8th, 2014 - 7:12pmAnd a dalek from genisis of the daleks
Dynamite Doctor
February 9th, 2014 - 9:51amWhy would Martha be there?
The Silent Silent
February 9th, 2014 - 10:30amBecause apparently the heritage line will include random figures from random series 🙂
CyberSlave2014
February 9th, 2014 - 9:28pmI want Martha. My fave companions are 5.Strax 4.Rose 3.Clara 2.Amy & Rory 1. Martha
Gosh ima get lots of hate for having Rose 4th.
mrewanwatson
February 8th, 2014 - 3:40pmMatt Smith just looks wrong. The jackets weird (As in it being pulled in) and the face sculpt is really… strange
The Other
February 8th, 2014 - 4:46pm@mrewanwatson
Exactly what I was thinking, the jacket is too pulled in at the middle, oddly painted and looks wrong; the bow tie is too far down; and the face, although better than majority of wave 1, is still odd
Shame really, some of the prototype pics of 11 looked very good
🙁
The Zygon, Daleks, and Angel (although the angel is a bit pointless) are excellent and I’ll get them now I’ve started getting these figures
Despite a few inaccuracies The Twelth Doctor is quite good (especially for the size) and I’ll get him in his main costume 🙂
Haydenp
February 8th, 2014 - 8:52pmi can say what the 3.75 11th dr figure is in one word WEIRD
Anonymous
February 13th, 2014 - 9:31pmYup
mrewanwatson
February 13th, 2014 - 9:37pmOh, that was me…
DrWhoFan1
February 8th, 2014 - 12:43pmWouldn’t it be awesome if with The 12th Doctor figure they had 3 accessories –
1x Right hand – glowing
1x Left hand – glowing
1x Head – merge of Matt and Peter’s glowing
That would be cool wouldn’t it! That would definitely be a hit seller.
Dalekdude945
February 8th, 2014 - 1:21pmThe Figures fall apart easy enough to do that I don’t see why not.
The Big Friendly Button
February 8th, 2014 - 2:12pmI was thinking they could use the lightpiping they use in transformers figures.
DrWhoFan1
February 8th, 2014 - 2:21pmyeah, maybe they could release a set called ‘The Time of The Doctor Adventure Set’
1x – Regenerating Doctor
1x – Clara (accurate! from episode)
1x – Tasha Lem
1x – Silent (v-neck t shirt)
That would be a nice one, what do you guys think? and yeah, I agree DalekDude94, they fall apart so easy it’s unbelievable and I don’t really like transformers The Big Friendly Button so I wouldn’t know 😀
The Other
February 8th, 2014 - 5:59pmIdeally I would have a couple sets from The Time of The Doctor, featuring:
REGENERATION SET
11th Doctor (normal (with Handles))
11th Doctor (aged (with walking stick))
11th Doctor (ancient (with walking stick))
Regenerating Doctor (regeneration energy engulfing hands and head – face merged between 11 and 12)
Regenerated 12th Doctor
ALLIES SET:
Clara
Tasha Lem (with swappable Dalek nanocloud head)
Cleric soldiers (x3 with weaponary)
Barnable
CONTINUED
The Other
February 8th, 2014 - 6:20pmCONTINUED
MONSTERS SET:
Daleks (x3)
Silence (x2 (v necks and one swappable head with dalek eyestalk))
Regular Cyberman (x3 (one with gun))
Sontaran (x2 with gun))
Weeping Angel (x3 one screaming))
(And a bit of a stretch, but maybe throw in a series 4 Supreme Dalek in another colour, like black and silver, or white and gold, or something else…
Or a Paradigm White Supreme with altered rear hump…
And also a proper Cyberleader with a black designs on helmet like in some NIS promo shots)
CHRISTMAS TOWN TIME ZONE PLAYSET
With Wooden Cyberman
The Other
February 8th, 2014 - 6:27pmAlso:
DOCTORS HOUSE TIME ZONE PLAYSET
With Crack in the wall and destroyed Dalek battle pod
Please tell me what you think everyone!!!
😉 😀 🙂
DrWhoFan1
February 8th, 2014 - 6:48pmWhy haven’t CO given you a job, fantastic ideas, really they are but there is one thing I would change is with DOCTORS HOUSE TIME ZONE PLAYSET I would have put
DOCTORS HOUSE TIME ZONE PLAYSET
With Crack in the wall and pictures over the walls and pillars and chair accessory and destroyed Dalek Battle Pod
apart from that, I would love to them released, fantastic!
The Other
February 8th, 2014 - 6:55pmThank you!
Most kind of you to say so
🙂 😉
DrWhoFan1
February 8th, 2014 - 7:02pmNo problem, just speaking honesty 😀
The Other
February 9th, 2014 - 4:54pmAnyone else want to give their opinion?
Please?
🙂
Anonymous
February 8th, 2014 - 10:44amThey’ve also cut down on accessories with these
bluebox2013
February 8th, 2014 - 10:29amwhat does heritage line actually mean
tardistakeoff
February 8th, 2014 - 10:39amI think its there way of taking random figures from the past 50 years and making the ones they want without committing to a particular era, like classic, or 2005 – 2009 era, or at least that’s what it seems!
Anonymous
February 8th, 2014 - 12:01pmIt means Character have broken their promise that they wouldn’t rerelease any figures or variations of figures that they’d released in the 5inch range.
They’ll basically be working their way through their top selling 5 inch figures and re releasing them in the 3.75 range
matt9982
February 8th, 2014 - 8:37amBooboo, will any sets be out with this Wave or is that later in the year? I thought it would be Wave 2 with the Hide and Angels set. Then later this year, Wave 3 with TARDIS sets.
matt9982
February 8th, 2014 - 7:14pmBooboo ?
SomeFunnyDrWhoReference
February 8th, 2014 - 8:21amIt’s frustrating because I promised myself not to start on the 3.75″ collection having all 5″ figures, (purely a space issue)but some (daleks and zygons) are so tempting…
Mels
February 8th, 2014 - 3:36amThe expression on the twelfth Doctor’s face makes me giggle.
Probably one of the more interesting sculpts I’ve seen. 🙂
J
February 8th, 2014 - 3:35amI’m hoping that once Capaldi’s series has been on we’ll get a full “13 Doctors” set in 3.75
I’m ultimately hoping for a 5″ Twelve but I’m doubtful so I’d atleast like all The Doctors, War included, in 3.75 scale
TheBritishCupOfTea
February 8th, 2014 - 8:15amI think we will get a 5″ 12th Doctor, but it will be a FP Exclusive.
Nathanwho
February 8th, 2014 - 8:36amthey definitely need to bring our a 13 doctors set.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
war
9th
10th
11th
12th.
in 3.75” and 5”!!!
😀
Gallifrey Falls No More
February 8th, 2014 - 12:15pmYeah, thanks for clearing that up Nathanwho
whodude
February 7th, 2014 - 9:50pmwhen are they out i cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the astronaut of death
February 7th, 2014 - 9:53pmMarch
the astronaut of death
February 7th, 2014 - 9:43pmIs it me or in these pics capaldi,s hair is black not grey
Last white point star
February 8th, 2014 - 7:13amDark grey 🙂
Fiona Ting
February 7th, 2014 - 7:29pmI think the toy figure is very good for people who is doctor who fan
Anonymous
February 7th, 2014 - 7:21pmWhat I don’t like is there is no theme to these I mean if your going to throw in a zygon why no 10th and hurt why didn’t they take 12th out along with angel and replace them with 10th and hurt then in wave 3 we could have a time of the doctor theme and then you put angel,Amy,12th……!
The Living Shadow
February 7th, 2014 - 10:01pmThat’s exactly what I think, it seems apart from Capaldi, the Zygon and Clara, they just threw some random figures in. I’m not saying that they’re bad figures or anything, but to me, I think that they should only release new figures
The Living Shadow
February 7th, 2014 - 10:02pm(by new figures I meant figures of characters that have been in it in the last year)
Dynamite Doctor
February 7th, 2014 - 10:06pmYes, the point of the new range is that 5″ do classics and 3.75″ are s7p2+, so unless it was in day/time of the doctor, it shouldn’t really be here.
Anonymous
February 8th, 2014 - 10:41amSo if you wanted to re enact a scene you couldn’t because theres no theme to complete the scene you mite end up waiting awhile…..
The collectors who waited”…..
doc fan
February 7th, 2014 - 7:01pmwheres amy and tenth doctor?
doc fan
February 7th, 2014 - 7:02pmthey should be there cos there were proto types before
Trenzalore
February 7th, 2014 - 7:08pmThey’re released later in the year.
ahunter8056
February 7th, 2014 - 7:19pmThey will be released in Autumn. I believe the lineup said September onwards. Could be August though. Around that time anyway.
doc fan
February 8th, 2014 - 10:01amthanks
Iain Maclean
February 7th, 2014 - 6:46pmEven know my 5 inch Zygon is broken I would rather pay £3 more a brand new one in 5 inch and “heritage” maybe for a figure from 1963 but I doubt anything from 2005 can be classes as that !
Ten and Amy better not be classed as that as they both appeared in 2013 along with the Zygon so if he’s not then they shouldn’t be !