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Doctor Who 5.5″ Warriors of the Deep (1984) Set

Character Options announces its first online exclusive Doctor Who collector set of 2022

Warriors of the Deep (1984), a new 3-piece set offers a once only chance to collect these iconic Silurian figures

Character Options has today revealed the next instalment of Doctor Who collectors’ sets, available exclusively online on the Character Options website.

The new Warriors of the Deep (1984) set includes the Three Command Silurian crew of Ichthar, Tarpok and Scibus as seen in the season twenty-one episode of the same name. Perfect for all Doctor Who fans and collectors, the set comes beautifully displayed in a special presentation pack with diorama insert and Doctor Who heritage packaging. These figures will only ever be available this one time only, and offers the perfect opportunity for fans to add to their collections.

The Silurians

Psionosauropodomorpha, Homo Reptilia or more simply Silurians are a species of highly intelligent reptiles with psionic abilities who inhabited the planet Earth millions of years before humans. In order to outlive the catastrophe that destroyed the dinosaurs, they descended into underground hibernation shelters, but were never revived and now many pockets of survivors lie dormant within the planet. The Silurians have attempted to re-take the planet Earth on several occasions but have always been defeated by either human weapons or by the Doctor.

Setting the scene

In the Warriors of the Deep episode, we travel to Earth year 2084. Two power blocs control the planet. One of them has an underwater base called Sea Base 4 operating deep in the ocean and strategically positioned to control nuclear weapons aimed at its opponents.

Evading missile fire in space, the TARDIS lands on Sea Base 4 in the middle of a practice missile run. The TARDIS crew are soon detected and alarms are triggered whereupon the Doctor as a distraction programs the base’s reactor to overload in an attempt to avoid capture. This fails however, and the time travellers are detained.

We soon learn the Silurians have located and revived a group of Sea Devil Warriors from deep hibernation and together they attack the base. The Silurians dispatch the Myrka, a large marine creature, to break through the outer airlocks. After a fierce battle the Doctor surmising an aversion to bright light, kills it using a rigged up ultra-violet projector. The Silurians and Sea Devils take control of the base.

After much bloodshed, the Doctor confronts the Silurian Ichthar about the death toll whereupon the he scornfully reveals it’s irrelevant as his warriors intend to destroy mankind by triggering a global nuclear war. They connect a ‘manipulator’ to the computer systems and while distracted, the Doctor escapes and discovers cylinders of hexachromite gas, which is utterly lethal to all sea life.

Unable to find another option the gas is fed into the ventilation system. The Silurians and Sea Devil warriors collapse and the Doctor tries to stop the missiles by linking himself into the computer and succeeds.

Al Dewar, Character Options’ Creative Director, added his own personal thoughts on the release of this new exclusive and the episode from which they are created.

‘I think it’s safe to say that 1984’s story Warriors of the Deep brought back a much underused yet very fondly remembered Doctor Who foe .. The Silurian’s. I personally remember this story with great fondness; partly this was because from the start I was trying to guess who the protagonists were as the mysterious submarine closed in on the Sea Base. And then later because of the great rework of the original design for this Classic Monster.

The Silurian costume design is excellent and I think created quite a different look with the updated carapace body added. The Silurian’s in this story are like the Silurian’s and Sea Devils of old, they are not the baddies and neither are they alien. They are simply trying to survive and in the story it’s the humans who appear less than squeaky clean. Like many really good Doctor Who stories there are no winners at the end of Warriors…just survivors. It’s a really cracking adventure with the 5th Doctor with a kind of feeling of downbeat inevitability which I really like.

Three Silurians in the set might seem an odd choice but for me this Story is all about “Three” We have the three races, humans, Silurians and the Sea Devils. We have Ichthar, the last of the original Silurian Triad. The three Silurian characters themselves are the command crew of the ratty old sub and all we see of the once proud race. Obviously we have the Silurian’s own third eye though this time used as a speech unit and not as a psionic weapon. Therefore the set we’ve brought together works perfectly as we have two Silurians with the black unlit eye and the slight variation in body deco on these means they are all slightly different. I absolutely love this figure and think it’s one of the best we’ve done and a great addition to the Classic line up.”


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478 comments

  • Popplewick

    February 22nd, 2022 - 1:16pm

    One of the best figures theyve done had mine about 15 minutes ago – look great . Annoying theyre in such a nice box always seems wrong to unbox them !

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  • Tom

    February 22nd, 2022 - 9:50am

    I ordered 2 sets Last Tuesday and they both came in the post today !. Nice Silurian Figures though I do like the first Silurian John Pertwee Story. Just Hope Character Options bring out some more of the Classic Series Line.

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  • Finlay

    February 22nd, 2022 - 7:22am

    I ordered on Tuesday at 09:30 and immediately got a confirmation email.

    However, mine has still not arrived. (Although I did get a shipping email yesterday.)
    I have learned of others who have been sent additional sets at no extra cost and I am wondering if Character have mixed orders. Considering the delivery information is correct that seems unlikely and my set will probably arrive, but it is strange when The Abominable Snowmen set arrived much faster despite my ordering it later.

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    • booboo

      February 22nd, 2022 - 8:43am

      most were sent out Friday , but in some areas the storm may have delayed movement to local distribution centres

      some got this Saturday and couple of people said they got even it Thursday and Friday i think its just the luck of the drawer really

    • Philip Shaw

      February 22nd, 2022 - 12:09pm

      No sign of mine yet, also ordered as soon as on site. I imagine the Silurians must be swimming to me!

    • Philip Shaw

      February 22nd, 2022 - 1:46pm

      Spoke too soon, mine have arrived, excellent set.

  • lister

    February 21st, 2022 - 10:14pm

    Any U.S. customers get their sets yet? I ordered on Tuesday and got my shipping notice earlier today. Not that I was expecting it to arrive already, but I was wondering if any had made it to the States yet.

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  • TheBrigadier@2013

    February 21st, 2022 - 9:13pm

    Ordered on Tuesday last week. Came in the post today. It’s a great set!

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    • The ergon

      February 21st, 2022 - 9:59pm

      Its had a very positive response all round thebrigadier@2013.

  • The Werewolf

    February 21st, 2022 - 8:28pm

    Still waiting for both this and the Eaglemoss that everyone else seems to have, but am very busy day at work anyway do probably better without the distraction, probably very busy tomorrow as well though.

    Reply
  • Peter C

    February 21st, 2022 - 6:40pm

    Got my first set of two ordered today, along with the missing email confirmations. An absolutely brilliant set. Love it!

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  • the ergon

    February 21st, 2022 - 6:38pm

    looking at those silurians surrounding my 5th doctor, that season 21 Tegan is conspicuous by her absence but the scene isnt quite accurate anyway as he isn,t in his sea base outfit so you just compromise. I,so want those season 19 companions. Next wave with any luck. And a three pack of Terileptils please Al.

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    • TimelordTim

      February 21st, 2022 - 8:06pm

      Tegan has to happen at some point, as do Susan and Jamie.

      Would love Barbara, Liz, Nyssa and Adric as well, plus all the others. And you know my wish for Lucie, and Charley for that matter, from the audios.

      But Tegan, Susan and Jamie are too iconic and popular to miss out.

    • The ergon

      February 21st, 2022 - 9:50pm

      Ive a good feeling these might happen tim. If not paired with a doctor and iconic monster. Then in 60s, 70s 80s…… companions sets. The warriors set has given me renewed hope.

    • TimelordTim

      February 21st, 2022 - 10:14pm

      Indeed Ergon, the B&M sets last year were good but left me feeling the range was flagging a little compared to the year before (maybe cost cutting through COVID to be fair). But just the fact they’ve gone this far with producing something so different it has given me a lot of hope for future releases, online and in budget range. Let’s see what they do next!

    • John

      February 22nd, 2022 - 2:51pm

      Timelord Tim – did you see different sets to the rest of us? New TARDIS, new Dalek attachments, new Dalek with hinge, 4 new 60s monsters, new Cyber variant, raston Robot, new 3rd variant, new Companion. 2020 was meh compared to that!

  • TimelordTim

    February 21st, 2022 - 6:35pm

    Arrived today, an amazing set! So glad to have these and they look great next to my Davison.

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  • Gallifrey Falls No More

    February 21st, 2022 - 6:35pm

    Got my shipping email today. Anyone know the average wait time from now?

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  • The Silent Silent

    February 21st, 2022 - 6:23pm

    Fantastic Set, Just received mine 🙂

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  • Adric’s badge

    February 21st, 2022 - 6:01pm

    My Silurians arrived today, along with my confirmation email. I love these figures! A great addition to my forever growing figure set…

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  • Troughton’s Trousers

    February 21st, 2022 - 5:10pm

    Whilst I’m very happy with the figures – does anyone else find the blurb on the back of the box to be appallingly written? The synopsis reads like something a child would author, and the proof-reading is so bad that no-one in product-production seems to have noticed how the last line of the review section is repeated…

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  • KORSAIR

    February 21st, 2022 - 4:42pm

    My set came today.

    Reply
  • Gazza

    February 21st, 2022 - 2:49pm

    I received a confirmation email from C/O today and then it was delivered an hour later !

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  • Slitheen71

    February 21st, 2022 - 1:43pm

    On shift changeover and come home to find mine had been delivered. In hand this is a brilliant set (mind blown I have classic Silurians) I always thought the new who versions were the worst reinvention of a classic monster ever. Have been looking at customs for years because never thought we would get official release.

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  • GloucesterBoy

    February 21st, 2022 - 1:37pm

    I ordered my Silurian box-set last Tuesday. It arrived today. No confirmation email, but at least it came safely. Packed in a sturdy cardboard box too.

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  • mick

    February 21st, 2022 - 1:36pm

    Got mine today. Ripped corner to the box and a dent in the window. Not happy about this at all

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    • Judooning

      February 21st, 2022 - 6:35pm

      Not good Mick! Do you keep your figures boxed or open them? I get 2 so I always look to see which box is better looking and open the other.

    • mick

      February 21st, 2022 - 7:47pm

      I keep them boxed

  • Alvin

    February 21st, 2022 - 1:20pm

    The Warriors of the Deep set arrived today, they look fantastic and a great addition to my collection 😀

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  • Andrew Y

    February 21st, 2022 - 1:20pm

    I received my shipping email from Character at 10am today. Hopefully they will arrive soon!

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  • Lewis frisby

    February 21st, 2022 - 12:34pm

    My set has arrived today looks amazing

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  • Popplewick

    February 21st, 2022 - 12:17pm

    Have a feeling their email service was ‘constipated’ and unblocked itself today all the relevant invoices, dispatch notices, plus a mass of attempts to change my password (luckily I remembered it on the day) turned up this morning

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  • Spacewarp

    February 21st, 2022 - 11:58am

    I ordered mine on Thursday. No confirmation email, but it arrived this morning by Royal Mail.

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    • Matt Y

      February 21st, 2022 - 1:06pm

      Ordered mine Tuesday….status…Not Yet Shipped. What has gone wrong at CO? My confirmation e mail arrived this morning.

  • TomBakersDozen

    February 21st, 2022 - 11:51am

    Got my confirmation email from Character this morning too. At work so have no idea if it was delivered or not, should have it soon though if not already.

    Reply
  • Sons of Skaro

    February 21st, 2022 - 11:43am

    My wife has informed me that 2 parcels have arrived. Can’t wait!

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    • Coleman

      February 21st, 2022 - 11:52am

      Two parcels?
      Seems strange, I’ve heard if you ordered more than one they come together in a bigger shipper.
      How did your two come booboo?

    • booboo

      February 21st, 2022 - 12:01pm

      Royal mail but also got figurines today

    • Sons of Skaro

      February 22nd, 2022 - 12:06am

      I had a parcel from geekynerdtoys also.

    • Coleman

      February 22nd, 2022 - 9:35am

      Ah, Sons of Skaro, thought you meant to seperate box’s just from CO.

  • Troughton’s Trousers

    February 21st, 2022 - 11:33am

    Mine just arrived too, safe and sound. But be careful how you open the box – there is no packaging inside, so don’t use a knife!

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    • Kevin225

      February 21st, 2022 - 4:29pm

      Mine came by Royal Mail (normal postie) today. I wish that they would do this for Daleks & Tardises too and leave the standard 3 figure packs for B & M!

  • Jamie

    February 21st, 2022 - 11:24am

    My Silurians just arrived!

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  • L

    February 21st, 2022 - 11:15am

    Are they coming from Royal Mail?? Or another service?

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    • booboo

      February 21st, 2022 - 11:53am

      most seem royal mail

    • L

      February 21st, 2022 - 11:57am

      Seems strange, I ordered mine the minute they came on the website before they were officially announced and haven’t received them when lots of people have. Already had our Royal Mail delivery today but hopefully it comes tomorrow.

  • Paddy Troughton

    February 21st, 2022 - 10:58am

    Recieved my order confirmation this morning if it follows the trend like others of course it arrives the day both the mrs and I are working but ah well will just have to get it from the post office tomorrow

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  • The Contessa

    February 21st, 2022 - 10:28am

    Be patient guys! Mine arrived today. Double boxed so perfect condition! Also received a payment invoice by email shortly after!

    Reply

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