Character Options - Doctor Who - Classic Series Action Figures

Classic Series Action Figures

In July 2007, Character Options announced the range would be expanded from August 2008 with a line of Classic Series action figures. These were:

Each figure pack included an exclusive piece which when assembled makes a K1 Robot. Two sets of three classic Daleks from The Daleks, Planet of the Daleks and Genesis of the Daleks and Saucer Pilot Dalek from ‘Dalek Invasion of Earth’ (1964), an Emperor’s Guard Dalek from ‘Evil of the Daleks’ (1967) and Supreme Dalek from ‘Day of the Daleks’ (1972) has also been released.

In July 2009 Character Options released First Doctor (with Saucer Commander Dalek from The Dalek Invasion of Earth) and Second Doctor (with Cyberman from The Tomb of the Cybermen) in boxsets exclusive to Underground Toys and Forbidden Planet. Both are available in colour and in black and white. Released in August 2009 was another re-release of the season 12 Fourth Doctor, this time in a boxset which included the Osiran Mummy as listed below, a Voc Robot from The Robots of Death and a Dalek with bombs from Destiny of the Daleks. Released as exclusives in October 2009 were two Third Doctor boxsets (with a silver Death to the Daleks Dalek in one boxset and with a Sea Devil in the other). Underground Toys and Forbidden Planet revealed on October 2, 2009 that another Third Doctor pack would be available from October 17, 2009 consisting of the Doctor and 3 Maggots from The Green Death. Also announced for December 2009 was another Fourth Doctor figure from Pyramids of Mars.

Wave 2 was released in 2010 but without any 'build-a-figure' components. It consisted of the following figures:

A Cyberman wave, consisting mostly of classic Cybermen, has been released. The build a figure was the Cyber Controller from The Tomb of the Cybermen. These are:

It was originally announced that the build a figure for wave two would be a Krynoid, as seen in Tom Baker's six-part story - The Seeds of Doom. However, this figure was pulled from the wave along with the 7th and 8th Doctors. The Krynoid was later released in 2012 in a twin pack with another variation of the 4th Doctor. There were also plans to release a Season 12 Boxset, which would have consisted of a Tom Baker figure, Electronic TARDIS and Bessie. However, although sculpts for Bessie has been approved it is no longer scheduled for release. However, The 4th Doctor's TARDIS was released. Followed by a 7th and a 1st Doctor's TARDIS. Each containing an action figure of the corresponding Doctor.

In 2010, Character Options released an Eleven Doctors Figure Set featuring figures of all eleven actors to have played the part to date. The figures variously included minor paint or sculpting revisions of earlier releases, an accessory (usually a sonic screwdriver) for all figures except the Sixth Doctor and the first release of the Eighth Doctor Paul McGann. Unlike previous classic assortments, the Eleven Doctors Figure Set does not appear to be a limited release, and was freely available for sale on the Character Options website.

Further Classic Doctor Who figures were released as exclusives commissioned by Forbidden Planet and Underground Toys due to a lack of interest in the line by major retailers. These exclusives have seen a wide variety of characters from the Classic Series released. There have been many Dalek sets including different variations of Davros. Classic Companions such as Peri and Leela have been released both as single figures, or in 2 packs with an alien/monster. December 2011 saw 7 new sets released in the span of a month. These included a The Keeper of Traken set, The Caves of Androzani set, Image of the Fendahl set and many more. 2012 has also seen many more classic figures released as Forbidden Planet exclusives Such as the highly awaited Imperial Davros Emperor that came with a destroyed Dalek. One of the latest sets being a new Pyramids of Mars set featuring Sutekh with Jackal head and 2 Gold mummy's. Katy Manning who played Jo Grant in the Classic series has also mentiond that a few variations of her character's figure will be released later in the year of 2012/early 2013.