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First Big Finish B&M Dalek Set Image (Closed)
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Character Options announces new Doctor Who lines planned for B&M Stores
New Malden, London 11th June 2019
Character Options is delighted to announce a new series of exclusive Doctor Who toys that will be available later this summer from local B&M stores (UK variety retailer). Full details of the product line-up (with images) will be revealed in the coming weeks but here’s a small taster of what will be available.
Fans of the Doctor’s Sonic Screwdrivers will be able to get their hands on a heritage set of three popular incarnations.. The new blister-pack series will include electronic versions, inspired by the 50th anniversary episode, of the Tenth, Eleventh and War Doctor’s sonics.
For action figure fans,Character Options presents a set of three unique Doctor & Dalek Twin Packs, inspired by the Doctor Who audio series from Big Finish. This includes a brand new take on the Eighth Doctor, plus the Dalek Interrogator Prime, as featured in Big Finish audio book story In the Garden of Death. The two additional Doctor and Daleks sets to be released from this range will feature the Seventh and War Doctors respectively.
This year there will be not one, but two new TARDIS & Doctor sets released, each with a completely new take on both the Doctor and the blue box, inspired by adventures spanning the 1970s and 1980s.
To complete the summer line-up there are three brand new collector sets with a range of three figures in each, inspired by the Classic adventures of the Second, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors.
Al Dewar, Creative Director at Character Options commented: “We are delighted to announce this first taster of what’s to come from our B&M stores Doctor Who toy range. To reveal the visuals of these brand new products, we plan to do a full unveiling live, which will take place ‘unboxing style’ on Character Options’ own Youtube channel in July; details of the time and date will be announced.”
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Anonymous
June 19th, 2019 - 8:28amHow long do you reckon there’ll last for, and will all stores get permenant stock??
booboo
June 19th, 2019 - 8:41amfrom what i understand B&M are looking at Doctor who as a semi permanent range rather than just one hit wonders, as far as i know there are considerably more 4th Doctor Tardis than the 3rds but if you want the sets wouldn’t hang about to much.
guy
June 17th, 2019 - 5:40pmBooboo, when do we expect pictures?
booboo
June 17th, 2019 - 5:44pmas far as i know Big finish will show the 8th Doctor / Dalek set, probably by/ at the weekend as its Big Finish day, the rest will not be until July after the “unveiling” video
Dan Fellows
June 23rd, 2019 - 9:45amSo, no News re Big Finish figures? Can’t see anything announced from the Big Finish Day!
booboo
June 23rd, 2019 - 10:00amno nothing, saving it for later looks like
Dan Fellows
June 23rd, 2019 - 10:04amShame!
Euan Bird
June 17th, 2019 - 5:17pmI don’t know if the B&M sets are going to be for me this year but I am really glad that there are so many classic sets and even big finish sets for those fans out there. I like both classic and big finish but I don’t really collect classic figures and I’m not too interested in the big finish sets. But all that matters at the end of the day is that doctor who figures are still being made in the 5.5 inch form because they could easily not be.
sauvix
June 16th, 2019 - 9:48pmIf there is a War Doctor and Dalek set, I want it to be the Temporal Weapons Dalek from Engines of War, but is seems unlikely
Wholords2
June 17th, 2019 - 12:31amI think it will either be something we’ve never seen before or the eternity circle dalek tbh
Acefan2005
June 17th, 2019 - 7:14amThe time strategist would b good
Anonymous
June 15th, 2019 - 11:14amPersonally I’m hoping the eighth dr set will be the eighth doc in his big finish costume.
David
June 14th, 2019 - 11:04pmI think that they should release a night of the dr
Anonymous
June 16th, 2019 - 6:22pmThey did
Ollie
June 17th, 2019 - 6:55amTwice
Bobby Davros
June 18th, 2019 - 9:30amHe might have been about to say NOTD War Doctor before his attention drifted. There hasn’t been one of those.
StirlingWhoo
June 14th, 2019 - 8:55pmHas anyone considered that the new take on the Eighth Doctor could be based on this June Hudson concept drawing? https://mobile.twitter.com/dwcoverstory/status/1134912054672986112
Would be easy to repaint the NotD Figure to look like this, and curiously Al Dewar has retweeted it.
The Living Shadow
June 14th, 2019 - 9:43pmOh wow that’s a good shout. And an awesome costume too!
TARDIS_H63
June 15th, 2019 - 9:11amThe link doesnt work
booboo
June 15th, 2019 - 9:12ami can see it ok?
StirlingWhoo
June 15th, 2019 - 11:12amCan I get a prize if I’m right?
The Living Shadow
June 14th, 2019 - 7:43pmCurious about the “brand new take” on the Eighth Doctor, and I wonder what kind of Dalek the War Doctor will come with!
Anonymous
June 15th, 2019 - 6:54pmI have a hunch that it could be the Dalek Time Controller…
Chris
June 17th, 2019 - 10:48pmWell they have the mold for it already. It’s the red supreme dale from season four, with two rings around its head. Been looking for a spare supreme figure for a while to make my own custom. Might just wait now and see if this is what it is going to be.
The Outcast
June 18th, 2019 - 6:19amIt’s actually not exactly the same as the Red Supreme but purple and with ring, the neck section is actually somewhat different to that of the Red supreme.
booboo
June 18th, 2019 - 8:48amits been said there are no new parts so i think we have to assume any Dalek will be a repaint of existing tooling.
BlueBoxBoy
June 14th, 2019 - 6:59pmBooboo, when is the other news you’ve alluded to supposed to be coming out?
booboo
June 14th, 2019 - 7:05pmabsolutely no idea, by or on Next Saturday i would have thought.
I was of course referring to the Big Finish reveal of the 8th Doctor / Dalek set
SJF
June 14th, 2019 - 7:07pmNext Saturday is Big Finish day, so the Eighth Doctor Set is likely to be revealed then.
booboo
June 14th, 2019 - 7:17pmmy thoughts
Acefan2005
June 15th, 2019 - 9:28amBoo boo, do u think these might b the sets we get?
Seventh doctor & Black+Gold Dalek from the Genocide Machine.
War doctor & Dalek time Strategist from Dark eyes
What do u think these are the odds?
booboo
June 15th, 2019 - 9:38amtop one could be right, i don’t think you will get a Dalek time Strategist because of the new tooling / assembly required for the rings
The Outcast
June 15th, 2019 - 10:40amI guessed that exact set for the 7th Doctor on the thread on GB, but the reaction I got from Fab 14 seems to suggest it’s not that. I’ve seen someone suggest a set based on We are the Daleks, with a unique 7th Doctor variant based on his appearance on the cover and an Imperial Dalek, so for now I’m going with that guess for now.
Dan Fellows
June 18th, 2019 - 10:48amI wonder if the 7th Dr will be in his create linen suite as per New Adventures. Could easily uses Aston or Master’s Body on these. I’d really like to see the TV movie costume, but not sure how they could cobble that together. The 8th Dr one is intriguing as if it’s not a tweak of the 9th Dr Body, what else could it be? As for War Dr. Just a straight re release or slight change of colours on the costume? Thoughts anyone??
guy
June 14th, 2019 - 4:17pmI need to know more!!!!!!!!!!!
Skonnos
June 14th, 2019 - 1:36pmThe 3 figures sets have dropped to £14 in-store and on the B&M website. No drop on the TARDIS set tho
booboo
June 14th, 2019 - 1:42pmi think all the new sets will be £19.99, they are in new packaging i believe so will probably have a new code.
Anonymous
June 22nd, 2019 - 11:17pmFourth doc set didn’t
booboo
June 23rd, 2019 - 8:42amI mean the 3 figure sets
The new sets are packet in “solids” meaning there is the same set in each box of 9/12, they were mixed before.
because of that i suspect each set will have its own product code now, probably different from the previous packs as well.
The Tardis sets will probably have the same code as before.
Anonymous
June 23rd, 2019 - 1:25amI hope the 3 figure sets haven’t gone up to that too….they were previously £17.99
booboo
June 23rd, 2019 - 8:47amas far as know there has been no official confirmation of price on the 3 packs, gut feeling is they will be £19.99 now
The new sets are packet in “solids” meaning there is the same set in each box of 9/12, they were mixed before.
Because of that i suspect each set will have its own product code now, probably different from the previous packs as well.
That will make it a lot easier for stock enquiries as well
The Tardis sets will probably have the same code as before.
Number 6
June 14th, 2019 - 8:16amGood to hear that they are planning to release other Doctor three figures sets, as I had read the comments. One made a very good point that over the last few years, we had received a lot of Pertwee figure sets. Understandably, that he was a old favourite, but I would like to see more of the classic figures from other Doctor eras – e.g. Enemies of the 2nd Doctor, who knows. Maybe a three enemy figures from the 4th, 6th and 7th. That would be great to see on the market. But got to wait and see when they come in July.
Bobby Davros
June 13th, 2019 - 9:26pmIf they want the new Tardises on the shelves they’re going to have to do some serious discounting of the 4th Doctors Tardis as both of the branches local to me have countless left and they are no longer shifting.
Blue Box Jackie
June 14th, 2019 - 6:05amThen they need to distribute them properly as there’s 2 b&m stores in my home town that never got any in
booboo
June 14th, 2019 - 8:10amsame, my store never got any, might help if they had it on their website as well.
Anonymous
June 14th, 2019 - 1:35pmThe 3 figures setsvhave dropped to £14 in-store and on the B&M website. No drop on the TARDIS set tho
Nick Betts
June 13th, 2019 - 5:26pmI have found the figure suggestions really interesting.
I love the idea of a “Two Doctors” set with an Androgum 2nd Doctor. I also think a Sontaran trooper from “The Invasion of Time” is a no brainer. I would love a Meglos figure, perhaps it could be in a 3 pack with the Sontaran and an “Attack” Cyberleader?
For a lot of fans, July can’t come soon enough!
Col
June 13th, 2019 - 5:42pmConsidering its a year with no TV who I feel spoilt …vinyl …great big finish audio….some amazing eaglemoss stuff …. I just need to earn more cash :p
Voldermort
June 13th, 2019 - 2:57pmI think this is all fasntastic news. For too long we’ve have a drought of 5.5″ figures given the decrease in popularity of DW merchandise, and any new figures are welcome by me. I much refer classic figure sets than current Who.
I think if you can afford any or all of these sets then buy them. Give B&M and Character a return for their investment and a reason to keep this flow of figures going and they might just (if all goes well) invest in an exclusive figure.
Bobby Davros
June 13th, 2019 - 1:34amA cheap idea for B and M would be to release the 9th Doctor TARDIS with distressed weathering and package it with the NOTD 8th Doctor to match the TARDIS seen in that story.
The Outcast
June 13th, 2019 - 5:48amThey actually had plans to do that, but it was too expensive to produce or something.
Tyler Prescott
June 13th, 2019 - 6:58amThe 9th/10th Doctor TARDIS toy is a lot bigger and bulkier, so it would be more expensive, so it’s understandable.
If they were to use that TARDIS though, they’d probably do the War Doctor’s – we never got his TARDIS as a figure.
SJF
June 13th, 2019 - 8:49amWar and NOTD Eight’s TARDIS is exactly the same prop. And they said that they’d had an idea to do that TARDIS packed with NOTD Eight but as Outcast said, it was too expensive and not a viable idea.
Anonymous
June 13th, 2019 - 12:28amIt’s not that I don’t like these sets I do but isn’t the reason why we haven’t had classic figures in so long is because there was no demand for it ? I feel like there should’ve at least been 1 new series figure pack in case b&m don’t get money back from this big investment
Bobby Davros
June 13th, 2019 - 1:27amIf they were going to invest in brand new series figures they wouldn’t limit them solely to a non-online discount vendor.
booboo
June 13th, 2019 - 7:43amthe classics in later years were co funded by Undergorund toys but they really weren’t starting to sell enough in the states, they tend to want the more geeky up to date stuff these days, thats reinforced by WHONA’s somewhat disastrous move it seems to take on the 3rd Doctor set as an exclusive and it looks like sales have been very poor (817 still in stock aster 2 years), but it sold like hot cakes here in the UK.
So the damned is here, but only in the shape of repaints tweaks and re-leases in budget sets at this time.
If all goes well i can see that B&M might be brave and invest in a couple. of new head sculpts if existing parts can be used .
we have had several “new series” sets in past years.
As for the Doctor / Daleks, well jo public don’t go into the nitty gritty like forums do, and with respect, many will have little knowledge of Big Finish, that doesn’t matter because if they look good that’s all it takes.
there maybe also be big finish fans who buy into these that would not normally buy figures.
Whofan44
June 13th, 2019 - 11:50amAs someone who does not normally buy figures I can say they have my attention with Big Finish stuff and may get a sale from someone who would not normally buy
Whofan44
June 12th, 2019 - 11:32pmWith the recent audio set The Lives of Captain Jack vol 2 with Jack wearing the 6th Doctors outfit on the cover would it be plausible to release that as a figure? Just put Jacks head on the 6th Doctor body? I dont normally go for figures much so not sure if that would work.
Judooning
June 12th, 2019 - 10:37pmI hope the 4th doctor 3 pack contains all monsters/villains. Rather than another 4th dr variant, especially if we’re getting another 4th dr and Tardis set.
Wasnt it said that not all the 3 packs would arrive at once this year? One reasoning for that could be that one of the 3 packs is bigger…a Dalek perhaps? It would need its own case assortment.
Ben Delany
June 12th, 2019 - 6:21pmI really don’t know why we are getting another 70’s TARDIS I mean, we already have three. Personally I’d rather see a McGann TARDIS .
BrunoB
June 12th, 2019 - 7:12pmMight be priced out of budget for the B&M Tardis as it’s a bigger prop.
Anonymous
June 12th, 2019 - 5:25pmI’ve heard Al Dewar put pictures of the sets up on Twitter. Is this true?
booboo
June 12th, 2019 - 5:30pmno not true, he posted a couple of pics of figures ages ago that may have nothing to do with the sets (or vice versa)
Anonymous
June 12th, 2019 - 6:41pmWhat is his twitter, I can’t seem to find it and I’m curious to see them!
booboo
June 12th, 2019 - 6:46pmits a private account, if you want to interact and see whats being said (fab14) you need to join https://gallifreybase.com/gb/
if you want to speculate and discuss that’s the place to go, we only post confirmed news here.
Anonymous
June 12th, 2019 - 6:56pmthank you, it seems its time to log back onto gallifreybase then!
booboo
June 12th, 2019 - 7:24pmyes that’s where most of the info will come from at the moment as its from someone who works for CO, we can’t keep up with that
M
June 12th, 2019 - 5:06pmBooboo did you say in the comments yesterday that there would be another announcement today?
booboo
June 12th, 2019 - 5:13pmno, big finish are due to show the 8the Doctor set but i don’t know when
Anonymous
June 12th, 2019 - 4:51pmFans of the Doctor’s Sonic Screwdrivers will be able to get their hands on a heritage ‘SET’ of three popular incarnations.. The new blister-pack ‘SERIES’ will include electronic versions, inspired by the 50th anniversary episode, of the Tenth, Eleventh and War Doctor’s sonics.
I’m confused. Are these sonics being released as one 3-pack or individually?
booboo
June 12th, 2019 - 4:58pmi think separately, i think the 3 to higher would be to higher price point
booboo
June 12th, 2019 - 5:23pmjust had it confirmed, def separate releases.
Anonymous
June 12th, 2019 - 4:44pmBooboo, now that CO and Big Finish have done this do you think it’s possible Big Finish could get some exclusives (maybe like new heads ok existing bodies) which could be a sort of online exclusive range with limited editions?
booboo
June 12th, 2019 - 4:56pmif i’m perfectly honest i don’t think they would sell enough, repaints are one thing new heads are another
Tyler Prescott
June 12th, 2019 - 8:36pmYeah, most people won’t buy them for being Big Finish, the majority of sales will probably be causal fans and kids. It’s only a selection of collectors who’d really buy them for being from Big Finsih.
So if they were to make BF-series figures, only that small group of collectors would be interested, and they wouldn’t sell very well
bryan
June 12th, 2019 - 9:27pmI did wonder about this. If BF did a Jenny Flint, and put it in a box with a Vastra and strax figure. I am sure it would sell very well outside of BF.
Like the Blue Sith Doctor, which was made based on a websode and later a CD called real time. Thats sold very well.
So depends what they can do with Budget, and already released Items with repaints. But I am not entirely sure BF could budget for a Jenny flint in the first place.
I`m sure a Jago and Lightfoot set or even a Benny Figure would do well, with collectors of both BF, the NA books, and her own range fans.
David
June 12th, 2019 - 4:29pmI hope that the tardis set will be a sixth dr and 8th
Wholords2
June 12th, 2019 - 4:33pm8th Doctor is 90s rather than 60s and 70s so it deffo won’t be that
Going by the clues and hints it will be a 4th and 5th Doctor tardis
Michael McGreevy
June 12th, 2019 - 12:16pmSo Jon Pertwee is just being airbrushed from Dr Who history then. He was the first Dr I grew up with being just 6 years of age, and I literally watched him battle the Autons, Daleks, Sea Devils, Sontarans and a lot more, terrified from behind our sofa.
booboo
June 12th, 2019 - 12:21pmThat’s total nonsense quite frankly
We had the 3rd Doctor Tardis set last year and 3rd Doctor set the year before, He has actually had 2 of the best sets.
The 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and war Doctor have never had any B&M sets with them in it yet.
They don’t do all the Doctors every year, its other Doctors turns this time
The Flying Shark
June 12th, 2019 - 12:30pmMost ridiculous comment I’ve ever read on this site!
prototype dalek
June 12th, 2019 - 3:27pmThat is a bit of a stupid thing to say.
2018 and 2019 we had the 1970’s set which was half 4th Doctor and half 3rd Doctor era
2018 we had the 3rd Doctor and TARDIS set
2016 had the 3rd Doctor set with the 3rd Doctor, Jo and the Master
And this is just B&M. John Pertwee was one of the most represented in terms of classic figure sets that have been made, only second to the Tom Baker era. Can’t just focus on the one era and I don’t see any problems anyway where we’ve had a lot from 1970-74 era already.
prototype dalek
June 12th, 2019 - 3:46pmList of 3rd Doctor era figures released over the last 10 years, in case there isn’t enough for you already:
1) Dalek Collectors set #1 containing the planet supreme Dalek
2) Sea Devil from the Wave 1 collect and build figures
3) Dalek Collectors set #2 containing day of the Daleks Supreme Dalek
4) 3rd Doctor Who with Giant Maggots
5) 3rd Doctor Who and Dalek
6) 3rd Doctor Who and Sea Devil
7) Claws of Axos set
8) The master and time machine set
9) Enimies of the 3rd Doctor set
10) Time Warrior Set
11) Sound FX Grey Planet Dalek and Death to Silver and Black Dalek
12) 3rd Doctor and Dalek twin pack set
13) Claws of Axos Set #2
14) The Three Doctor’s set
15) 11 Doctor’s set containing the 3rd Doctor
16) 13 Doctor’s set containing the 3rd Doctor
17) The Daemons set
18) 3rd Doctor Who B&M set
19) 3rd Doctor and TARDIS set
20) 1970’s B&M Set
Dan Fellows
June 12th, 2019 - 3:46pmI agree, a very silly statement indeed given we had a release not long ago. I think this set of releases is covering a lot of bases. I personally welcome the War Dr version as I haven’t got that one & am hoping sometime for a S10 longer coat & hair 12th Dr.
Troughton is My Dr & I would dearly love to see a better head sculpt of him smiling, even with his blue Fury bobble hat, but alas, I know that that won’t happen due to new sculpt cost.
Bobby Davros
June 12th, 2019 - 6:02pm*Picard facepalm*
Dan Fellows
June 12th, 2019 - 10:58amYeah, I’m gonna plump for the 4th Dr set including the Dr wearing his brown duffle coat & a tartan scarf. This is an easy modification & paint job!
Now, if is possible to shave off the professor Yana waistcoat, so the figure is left with the shirt, I’d say Deadly Assassin 4th Dr in just a shirt & his boots on his feet.
I cannot think of another 4th Dr variation & don’t think people will go for another version of what has previously been released!
TIMELORDTC
June 12th, 2019 - 11:31amTo be fair, I’d go for a Season 18. It’s a very sought after figure that has only been released twice in two very difficult to find sets
Gareth Pugh
June 12th, 2019 - 11:55amDon’t know if this is what we will get, but a photo of a not-yet-done 4th doc variant was tweeted by Al from CO a couple of months back that showed a S15/mid S16 Tom (think Stones of Blood for example : white shirt, long-looped scarf in more accurate colours than previous S17 releases, no waistcoat or neckwear, dark brown long coat and tall boots) It may be something or nothing but quite a lot of speculation that if we get an actual 4th Doctor it may be that.
Ollie
June 12th, 2019 - 1:26pmA ‘Terror of the Zygons’ 4th Dr could be done using the sculpt of the ‘Unearthy Child’ 1st Dr. It would still need a Baker head on top and a beret, similar to the Brigadier figure released with ‘The Claws of Axos’ set.
Steveb
June 12th, 2019 - 7:12pmI’d much rather see the original fourth doctor smiley head sculpt make a return from the original classic wave one… perhaps put on a series 18 costume without the hat
Craig bp
June 12th, 2019 - 10:00amThis is fine. But will they be in a large quantity to actually be able to buy. I missed out on the 3rd and 4th doctor tardises and will not pay through the nose for them on eBay.
MJS
June 12th, 2019 - 10:59amIt’s my understanding this is a new “line” and not subject to ltd edition as previous ones.
BrunoB
June 12th, 2019 - 2:46pm4th doctor Tardis is still available in B&M
Anonymous
June 12th, 2019 - 2:52pmAlthough the Third Doctor set is a bit pricey on ebay at the moment, the Fourth Doctor set has actually calmed down in price a lot since it came out.
Dan Fellows
June 12th, 2019 - 9:17amI am wondering if the Big Finish 8th Dr set will see the Dr in his dark blue leather jacket & white T-shirt. This will be an easy repaint job of 9th Dr Body on a night of the Dr head!
booboo
June 12th, 2019 - 9:21ami understand it might be a bit special, hopefully Big Finish will get the image out soon.
Anonymous
June 12th, 2019 - 11:34amFrom what I understand, the 8th Doctor will be packaged with the Dalek Interrogator Prime which is from a Time War story….in those stories, the 8th Doctor wheres the costume we saw in the TV mini episode. That said, the B&M sets dont always pair characters from the same stories so that along with the fact it states “brand new take on the 8th Doctor” tell me this will indeed be the costume we saw him in throughout the Dark Eyes, Doom Coalition and Ravenous stories.
The Outcast
June 12th, 2019 - 12:33pmI don’t think it’ll be a Dark Eyes version, because that’d require remoulding. None of the 8th Doctor heads are compatible with the 9th Doctor body. More likely I think, is the prison uniform he has on the cover.
Of course, I could be wrong, and it could somehow turn out to be a Dark Eyes 8th Doctor, but I don’t think it’s at all likely.
Ian
June 12th, 2019 - 9:09amI am so excited at what we are getting. Need to re-do my displays to make room.