Doctor Who

David Tennant as Doctor Who’s Tenth Doctor

January 14, 2012
David Tennant as Doctor Who's Tenth Doctor

Hot on the heels of Captain Jack Harkness last week, I thought I’d follow that post with a look at another great Character Options action figure from their 5 inch Doctor Who line – none other than the Doctor himself, as played by David Tennant in the tenth incarnation of the BBC TV show’s protagonist. [...]

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Captain Jack Harkness…And who are you?

January 9, 2012
Captain Jack Harkness from Doctor Who

When John Barrowman first appeared in the BBC’s relaunched Doctor Who sci-fi television show in 2005 in the role of Captain Jack Harkness he was disguised as a Royal Air Force pilot and this is just how he is presented in this wonderful 5 inch action figure by Character Options. Teaming up with the Ninth [...]

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Delete! Delete! Delete! Armed Cyberman from Doctor Who

August 20, 2011
Cyberman from Doctor Who

After a couple of weeks in the UK visiting friends and family and I have just returned to Rome with a fresh hoard of flea market and thrift store vintage action figure finds! By pure chance, on this trip to Blighty I also happened upon some quintessentially British action figures too, which I’ll share over [...]

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Doctor Who – The Eleventh Doctor’s ‘Crash’ Set

April 8, 2010
Matt Smith Eleventh Doctor Crash Set

After the runaway success of the first wave of Matt Smith action figures in the role of the Eleventh Doctor, this week two more figures have been released to coincide with the brand new series of Doctor Who which recently aired for lucky viewers of BBC One with an opening episode entitled The Eleventh Hour. [...]

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Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor action figure finally unveiled!

January 11, 2010
Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor

Doctor Who fans have been speculating over when the very first Matt Smith action figures would be released almost immediately after the news was announced that he would be stepping into David Tennant’s hard-to-fill shoes and had won the coveted role of the Eleventh Doctor. Well, the wait is (almost) finally over and the very [...]

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Matt Smith is the new Doctor…and new action figure!

January 9, 2009

UPDATE: January 11, 2010! The Matt Smith Doctor Who figures are finally here! Barely had the dust settled on the Beeb’s announcent that Matt Smith will be the eleventh Doctor in its flagship show Doctor Who , when BBC Worldwide also confirmed that  Doctor Who will remain one of its priority licensing brands throughout 2009, [...]

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