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February 28th, 2025 17 comments

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Harrop Buckley Designs The Fifth Doctor

Available to order while stocks last from www.robertharrop.com

You can also search for past figurines on www.ebay.co.uk

We at Harrop Buckley Designs Ltd have been creating collectable hand painted figurines for over 30 years and have gained a well earned reputation of high quality and accuracy of detail. Our extensive portfolio includes Thunderbirds, Camberwick Green, Beano Dandy and 2000AD to name but a few. A portfolio that is extremely nostalgic and very British, so it was no surprise that Doctor Who would be the next project that we wanted to embrace into our studios!

In partnership with the BBC, we have meticulously hand sculpted a range of 1:12 scale, hand cast and hand painted Doctor Who figurines, each made to strict Worldwide Limited Editions.
As a mark of provenance, each Limited Edition figurine will be numbered with a unique Edition Number and will come packaged in a presentation box with an Information Card and Certificate of Authenticity!

DATA…

THE FIFTH DOCTOR

1982 – 1984

“That’s the trouble with regeneration. You never quite know what you’re going to get.”

The Fifth Doctor made his first appearance in ‘Logopolis’, a 1981 story, where the Fourth Doctor is mortally wounded in a fall and regenerates. The newly regenerated Doctor, played by Peter Davison, made his full debut in the next story ‘Castrovalva’, which was first aired in January 1982.
In this story, the Fifth Doctor is still weak from his regeneration. The Doctor’s arch-enemy, the Master, ensnares Adric and tries to destroy the TARDIS by sending it back to ‘Event One’, where it will be torn apart in the creation of the galaxy. However, the Doctor manages to jettison a quarter of the TARDIS’ mass just in time, which propels them back to conventional time. With the Doctor still in recovery, Nyssa and Tegan take him to the tranquil town of Castrovalva to recuperate. What they have yet to realise is that this idyllic town is fictitious and is in fact another trap laid down by the Master.

The Fifth Doctor would appear in 69 episodes, spanning over three series, until his regeneration into the Sixth Doctor in ‘The Caves of Androzani’, aired in March 1984. The Fifth Doctor’s companions over this time included Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Vislor Turlough and Peri.

• Designed, Sculpted and Made in Shropshire, England by Harrop Buckley Designs Ltd.
• Traditionally Hand Sculpted by Mike Rogers.
• Official BBC License. The figurine has been approved by the Doctor Who television production team at the BBC.
• Approximately 7.4 inches (188mm) tall.
• A Limited Edition of Only 225 Figurines Worldwide.
• Individually hand numbered with a unique number on the base.
• Comes complete in a presentation box with information card and a Certificate of Authenticity!

Harrop Buckley Designs Ltd
Doctor Who Collection


Categorised under: 1:12 Scale Robert Harrop Figurines, Collectables

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17 comments

  • MJS

    March 12th, 2025 - 10:51am

    Hm, it’s not great is it? Reminds me of those odd drawings of the 5th Doctor in the DWM comic strips back in the day!

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    • Missyrules

      March 12th, 2025 - 11:59am

      Harrops always struggle with human faces, even the clockwork robot from the mind robber looks odd! The monsters are great but the human figures are weak.

  • Jason

    March 10th, 2025 - 1:51pm

    The face on it , it looks awful lol

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    • Amypondfan

      March 10th, 2025 - 3:22pm

      Looks a bit like stan laurel lol

    • Rory

      March 12th, 2025 - 12:01pm

      I think he has a pleasant, open face.

    • Walter Hardback

      March 12th, 2025 - 1:49pm

      Rory: I genuinely LOL’d there, nice work!

    • Missyrules

      March 12th, 2025 - 2:29pm

      Yes, whoever he is!

  • WhoWhenWhy?

    March 4th, 2025 - 8:17am

    Oh dear.

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    • Missyrules

      March 6th, 2025 - 6:37pm

      Yep. Human faces are always weak in this series, they should stick to the monsters really.

    • The Unlicensed Physician

      March 7th, 2025 - 2:10am

      Or hire a different sculptor, even if only to do the head. (The humans really look out of place next to the other models, which are often excellent.) Then again they still sell out, so they probably don’t see any reason to change – same as the dodgy faces on the Big Chief (RIP) figures, which were inferior to the fan sculpts/3D prints being hawked on fleabay.

  • Snowman

    February 28th, 2025 - 10:12pm

    Been Looking Forward to Having the 5th Doctor in My Collection. I think it’s Been A couple of Years since we last had a Doctor, So it’s Long Overdue.
    But if I’m Honest I’m looking Forward to the Release of the Primord More.

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    • Snowman

      February 28th, 2025 - 10:48pm

      BraveHeart Tegan.

  • Moodbeam

    February 28th, 2025 - 1:23pm

    I’ve bought every Harrop figure to date and this is no exception however… is it just me or does the size of the head look odd with the body?

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  • Doctor Mysterio

    February 28th, 2025 - 12:58pm

    Probably my favourite of the Doctor’s so far. Had to order one this morning, been waiting a long time for my Doctor.

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  • Zygon_invader

    February 28th, 2025 - 12:24pm

    Just ordered no rush on this one think it will be slow selling

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    • Liam

      February 28th, 2025 - 3:20pm

      Just a dozen left right now.

    • Doctor Mysterio

      March 1st, 2025 - 9:17am

      Sold out.

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