December 1st, 2022
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B&M 2022 The First Doctor and Electronic Tardis Set
The five new Doctor Who classic lines will be available in November 2022 at B&M stores nationwide.
We think fans will be both delighted and surprised with this rather unique set. This action figure set includes:
- The First Doctor as portrayed by David Bradley
- Electronic TARDIS
As fans know, in the first ever episode of the TV show we encounter the TARDIS and its owner and pilot, an alien traveller known only as The Doctor. It’s the start of a great number of adventures over many years.
Since that first show the First Doctor has been played both on screen, and in audio format, by several actors but David Bradley in both the dramatization of the early years of Doctor Who ‘An Adventure in Space & Time’ and in the twelfth Doctor Story ‘Twice Upon A Christmas’ as well as many Big Finish audio adventures, giving a very unique and powerful portrayal which really captured the essence of William Hartnell’s First Doctor.
Speaking of this wave of releases Al Dewar, Creative Director at Character Options, said: “This range has some real gems in it, including some not so easy to spot ones. The three figure sets are very cool and there’s at least one standout figure in each set, including a new Ninth Doctor with new components and an updated Rose V1. We also have a brand-new Angel variant as well as a physically new version of Yaz. Collectors will delight in looking for both variants of the Angel figure.
“With the Dalek sets – this time we have two absolute standout pieces with ‘Genesis of the Daleks’ and my personal favourite Dalek story ‘Destiny of the Daleks’. For me it has everything and I love the look of the battered war worn Daleks. Following that and much to my own delight, is a new First Doctor figure in the form of David Bradley’s Doctor paired with a very unique looking TARDIS based more on the TARDIS look in the BBC 2013 anniversary drama story which covered the creation of the TV series.
“Lastly to go hand in hand with the Dalek sets is a great special release featuring Davros and a very special Dalek … all I can say is fans will not want to miss out on that one!”
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James
November 21st, 2022 - 12:56pmbooboo don’t suppose you could do a map specifically for tardis sets locations just so I can see if there’s a pattern or maybe find a town nearby so I can check there. It would really narrow down the possible locations. Thank you
booboo
November 21st, 2022 - 1:05pmThey are on the map now. The Tardis shows where Tardis sets have been found
Bigman 47
November 21st, 2022 - 11:13amAlso may I suggest if we spot them we all buy 2 one for ourselves the other to sell on here for a fixed price of £30…that way we help those who cant get one….thoughts booboo
booboo
November 21st, 2022 - 11:17amthere is no way of direct contact or exchanging details via this site
Bigman 47
November 21st, 2022 - 12:48pmFair enough booboo, just so frustrating with the prices on ebay and local distribution but just a thought
Anonymous
November 21st, 2022 - 2:06amDisgusted with B&M they put the TARDIS up twice at the same time on two days I can’t stay up so late to order them and tonight I stay up to find they don’t go back in stock… Why do B&M make it so hard and painful to get something and where the hell can I make a complaint. Can’t even get them in any B&M
Rex Farrel
November 21st, 2022 - 7:44amThey listed what they had at the time they usually update stock. Why would they treat this one item any differently? If Dr Who toys need special treatment they’ll probably just not bother as the cost would outweigh the benefit. All they could possibly do, website permitting, is limit it to one per order.
PS. The address to complain is on every page of their website.
pupbenny
November 21st, 2022 - 1:04amAs some predicted, doesn’t seem like they’re refilling they’re stock tonight…. At least at this time. Disappointing. I’m not even necessarily annoyed at not getting the set, but more the fact I have to wait up later than I normally would be just to see if they’re going to restock it lol.
TheLostDalek
November 21st, 2022 - 12:21amI got informed earlier that only the big b & m stores will be getting the tardis set in, not the little ones also that both the st austell store and bodmin won’t be getting it ever
GrantP
November 21st, 2022 - 7:07amWouldn’t give up hope as walked into Liskeard store back along and got both 5th dr Tardis and 4th Dr Shada Tardis sets Liskeard is always a few weeks behind but I suspect this time that Tardis will be hard to come by possibly.
Steve65
November 21st, 2022 - 8:37amMy local store is a standard store and the Tardis set was there yesterday.
Darren
November 21st, 2022 - 10:00amI take pretty much everything I’m told in B&M stores by staff in regards to these figures with a huge pinch of salt.
Andy Sharpe
November 20th, 2022 - 11:10pmI am waiting to be notified by email when they are back in stock that was Friday, so if it’s true what you guys are saying that they were available yesterday why haven’t they emailed me to let me know but to find out they have been back online am disgusted that b&m have not notified me to let me know it’s not fair if i’ve missed out because someone just can.t be bothered to send a simple email message it’s an absolute shambles.
Rex Farrel
November 21st, 2022 - 8:05amIt’s probably like eBay – automated notifications go out at a certain time, and if they’ve already sold out then there’s no point sending the email. I doubt B&M are used to items selling out in seconds, because most of their products… have a different demographic.
Richard
November 20th, 2022 - 10:02pmLoads of TARDIS sets in Huddersfield town centre, usually if this has stock the pin Lees Rd and Halifax will also. There were about 8 on the shelf when I left
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pupbenny
November 20th, 2022 - 10:01pmAnyone know if the £3.95 delivery fee is per order or per product? Just deciding whether to get the 8th Doctor set now or whether to wait and see if the TARDIS set does come back on.
booboo
November 21st, 2022 - 9:50amPer order unless is goes over a certain weights
From the site
You’ll only pay a single delivery cost for items priced to match the largest or heaviest item.
Delivery times below are estimates.
Regular Delivery
Regular Delivery (3 – 5 working days)
£3.95
Medium Delivery
Medium Delivery (3 – 7 working days)
£7.95
Large Delivery
Large Delivery (from 7 working days)
£14.95
Extra Large Delivery
Extra Large Delivery (from 7 working days)
£34.95
pupbenny
November 20th, 2022 - 6:10pmWill be ready today earlier than yesterday.
I’m thinking about buying the 8th Doctor set while I’m at it, but I’m not sure. It’s interesting that that one doesn’t seem to go out of stock, suggesting it’s one of the ones that’ll be shelf-fillers and likely reduced at some point. Hm, can’t decide whether to get it or not. Would be slightly annoyed if I bought it and then see it’s on sale for half-price elsewhere in a few months.
I wonder why the TARDIS set sells so quickly yet the 8th remains.
the ergon
November 20th, 2022 - 6:56pmIf you read comments below Pupbenny I wouldn,t hold out too much.
pupbenny
November 20th, 2022 - 7:16pmYeah, I suppose that’s a good point…. not a good sign that they’re cancelling orders.
Anonymouse
November 20th, 2022 - 8:54pmI’d say A) Tardisis…sus sets always sell quicker, Pupbenny, plus B) the electronic features and C) the Bradley portrait makes this set in particular unique.
It’s not quite “Peter Cushing Doctor Figure” special, but it’s quite divergent from what we usually get from this range.
pupbenny
November 20th, 2022 - 10:02pmAh yeah those are very good points.
Steve65
November 20th, 2022 - 4:26pmB&M in Consett (near Durham / Newcastle) has the Tardis set – nothing else from the new wave yet – 4 sets left after I grabbed mine – so don’t anyone give up hope yet… they’re making their way out to the stores
Steve65
November 20th, 2022 - 4:12pmJust been to my local B&M in Consett at 3.30pm (Sunday 20th November) – no Daleks, no Davros, no Doctors – but, completely unexpected, the Tardis sets are on the shelf (4 left) so I grabbed one – such a surprise to see them there(!)…so don’t anyone give up hope yet, they’re on their way out to the stores
kaz
November 20th, 2022 - 1:17pmI managed to order one last night,
Hoping they don’t cancel the order
Who1
November 20th, 2022 - 12:11pmThey just cancelled my order…
booboo
November 20th, 2022 - 12:13pmwhen did you order?
Who1
November 20th, 2022 - 12:16pmYesterday morning, Not this morning, Yesterday Morning at 6am
John kelly
November 20th, 2022 - 12:18pmWhy would the do that
mick
November 20th, 2022 - 1:00pmwhat reason did they give?
Who1
November 20th, 2022 - 1:03pmI dont know why, but looks like it happened to another person as i got a Customer service email addressed to another person just after it
The ergon
November 20th, 2022 - 1:43pmAs been said they may have just been testing the water for sales. Rest of orders might even get cancelled. Its a strange system, rather than putting limited stock up in shop for a time and limiting amounts bought.
Bundy
November 20th, 2022 - 2:03pmThat’s annoying, and I wonder how many others will get this – 1:00am listings does suggest something is not quite right here.
Anonymouse
November 20th, 2022 - 3:58pmSurely if they’re processing orders already intent on not fulfilling them, that must contravene some selling/retail law or other? B&M not caring who these sets sell to is one thing, we’ve all accepted that, but wilfully mucking consumers about could get them into a lot of trouble, especially if said customers have been somewhat inconvenienced in order to make the purchase in the first place. At the very least, it’s not a good look for a supposedly respectable and compliant retailer, particularly at this time of year, ESPECIALLY in the current economic climate.
If they took and processed your card/payment details, you’ve every reasonable expectation to expect and if necessary demand an explanation as to why the order was cancelled.
Jon666
November 20th, 2022 - 6:10pmAnd mine, why put them online and then just cancel, very very poor business
Pjd94
November 20th, 2022 - 7:37pmI’d be tempted to phone Customer Services to see if anyone there knows what’s going on.
booboo
November 20th, 2022 - 7:53pmAs a matter of interest, for those who have had their order cancelled did you order more than one?
Anonymous
November 20th, 2022 - 8:21pmExactly what I was thinking booboo, seems very odd b and m would cancel orders at random when they have subsequently put online again(even if just for a minute).
I was enclosed to think it was either someone buying too many and/or a problem with the buyers card as apposed to the company randomly cancelling orders
Anonymouse
November 20th, 2022 - 9:03pmOoh. OOH. Well that’d be great if they’re actively cancelling multiple orders, it’ll give the rest of us a fighting chance at getting hold of one.
I was (cynically) contemplating the opposite earlier, that maybe they were *prioritising* bulk orders over individual ones. I’d rather believe the other theory, though.
Bundy
November 20th, 2022 - 11:46amKingston Park has 4 Tardis (Newcastle)
Roosta
November 20th, 2022 - 10:39amThis process makes getting hold of Taylor Swift concert tickets look like a walk in the park… 😉
James
November 20th, 2022 - 10:36amI almost had one last night I was halfway through checkout. They went in a blink of an eye. They went fast faster than you can imagine. Don’t turn your back Don’t look away and Don’t blink. Good luck
Uncle Davros
November 20th, 2022 - 10:17amI think scalper’s must have used this site to learn that there TARDIS sets availble on B&M’s website, as it seems the only plausible explanation as to why these sets literally sold out in 30 seconds last night. Bear in mind, B&M’s website lets you order more than 1x, so scalpers could’ve possibly added 10x or 20x sets to their cart, ready to sell on eBay.
Compare this to when I bought mine 24 hours earlier on the website, the TARDIS set was available to purchase for around 4-5 hours before selling out of its stock allocation, so word hadn’t fully got “out there” yet.
B&M must take a lot of blame in this, especially as their alert system (which you have to sign up for) clearly doesn’t work and the fact they allow people to buy large quantities of what is clearly a much sought after item.
booboo
November 20th, 2022 - 10:26amThe Tardis being available on the B&M website is all over social media, Facebook groups and many other forums, some much bigger than us, so people should really stop singling us out.
Kone112
November 20th, 2022 - 11:04amI had the same problem trying to get a PlayStation 5 last year , got one from a lad at work who had loads of them and he said they use something called “bots” so as soon as something that people want comes online they can buy them all up in a couple of seconds. Then sell them for whatever.
John kelly
November 20th, 2022 - 11:56amOne on ebay for 90 and is telling people expect this January 23
Exterminator
November 20th, 2022 - 7:37amGrrrrr! I had one in my basket at 00:59 and by the time I’d entered my details for delivery it had sold out and the one in my basket was gone. 🙁
You needed a Tardis to travel back to 00:58 to get one! Lol.
Nathan
November 20th, 2022 - 7:33amIs it not one per person limit or something as I went on and got one was going to buy two but didn’t straight after they were out of stock at 6:16 am 19th (yesterday) was surprised it was being sold for £24.99
Anonymous
November 20th, 2022 - 7:16amI am totally disgusted at the way the sale of this tardis set has been handled and I think people are ordering more than 1 set hence the item is sold out. I am fed up that other people over the last couple of times are getting this set before other genuine customers I’m done with collecting as the way Band M are not putting a limit of a maximum 1 per customer is totally wrong and unfair!
Tardis 3
November 20th, 2022 - 9:47amTotally agree,I’m completely fed up of this,so fed up in fact I’m thinking that’s it,no more of this malarkey,I’m not playing this game anymore,I really don’t need to be either chasing around or waiting up.
Karl
November 20th, 2022 - 11:01amDo you really think B&M care who buys them? As long as they sell and they can make some sort of profit that’s all that matters to them.
Peter C
November 20th, 2022 - 5:43pmI completely agree with the above comments. Ridiculous that it goes on sale at 1am, the rest of the new stuff on website marked as in store only and the fact you can’t get any due to patchy/useless distribution in each wave/scalpers etc has turned collecting of these b and m sets from what was once enjoyable to see what would be in store around 2017/18 to an almost guarantee that you won’t get the majority of these sets unless you resort to extortionate fees on eBay. I am in North East and the last few waves haven’t made it to the South Shields branch and if they have, haven’t lasted long as I’ve not seen them at all.
Anonymous
November 20th, 2022 - 4:10amSo really this is as hard to get as actually finding one in store – Laughable!
Avon
November 20th, 2022 - 1:10amIt was live for nearly one minute at 00.59, I was up anyway and manage to secure one, truly ridiculous
The ergon
November 20th, 2022 - 3:42amWell i checked every half hour up to 1:30am and nothing but if you are limited with less than a minute window at any point in time how on earth are you able to secure one.? If there are enough units why not leave them online till they sell out? Why hold back? They will sell regardless. Never known anything like this. Just let people know and go live at a fixed time even if its with half the stock.
philip shaw
November 20th, 2022 - 7:03amI had the same problem. By the time I had put in my details and was scrambling round for my bank card it had gone off and reset my cart to zero! Ridiculous. It’s like a game set up by the Celestial Toymaker!
Joe 90
November 20th, 2022 - 8:57amErgon – I was the same…stayed up until 01.30 checking every couple of minutes and missed out again.
Checked again at 6am just in case too.
I signed up to be alerted on Friday morning but have never recieved any.
No new sets in my local store so far but it’s always the TARDIS and Dalek sets that are snapped up instantly but the 3 figure sets are left on the shelves for months.
Aaron
November 20th, 2022 - 1:06amJust managed to order 1 now, it was sold out 30 seconds later!
Darren
November 20th, 2022 - 1:06amHas anyone here actually successfully placed an order for the TARDIS set online with B&M?
It appeared very briefly as avaliable to buy at 1am again, in the 1 minute it took to go through checkout it was out of stock again so my basket cancelled.
Something just doesn’t seem right with this.
John
November 20th, 2022 - 11:54amTook me 2 minutes to enter my card details and still managed to order one this was around 1.45 am yesterday morning no problem
Pupbenny
November 20th, 2022 - 1:02amWell I’m annoyed. Been waiting for this all day, finally saw they were in stock again, was in the process of checking out and boom out of stock.
Literally how do they expect us to buy these!?!?
The ergon
November 20th, 2022 - 3:57amThey need to start distributing these in stores. Its the red third doctor and TARDIS all over again. I,m not sitting up into the early hours every night. Its bad enough when i have to do nightshifts at work. Keep it.
T Radders
November 20th, 2022 - 1:02amJesus! Literally came available at 00:58am and lasted until 00:59am!!! Madness managed to get one though! Woohoo
Spacey_Jasey
November 20th, 2022 - 12:59amBACK UP AS OF 12:57AM
TheBrigadier@2013
November 20th, 2022 - 12:58amBack online to buy as of now!
TheBrigadier@2013
November 19th, 2022 - 9:47pmSuccess! Managed to get a Tardis set from Portrack store at Stockton-on-Tees! None on the shelf, but asked a very kind staff member, who agreed to check out the back for me, just before they closed, and came back with one for me! I was delighted! The staff member said that the delivery was still to be worked, and that they wouldn’t be on sale possibly until Sunday or Monday. Thank you, kind staff member! Really thought I wouldn’t get one, but I guess this shows that they are indeed on their way!
pupbenny
November 19th, 2022 - 7:40pmI wonder why, specifically, this set is being put up for sale online.
booboo
November 19th, 2022 - 7:43pmI think the others will, except possibly the Daleks, this went to Liverpool first which is why it’s the only one online