Out of the Box: The Eighth Doctor (Character Options Doctor Who)

A couple of weeks ago in the comments section of one of my MiniMates posts, a conversation about Doctor Who figures popped up, which reminded me that despite my having sworn off buying new playline figures for the first quarter of the year, I was weak and actually already had one on the way (ordered along with the statue I shared a few days ago).  Hey, at least I lasted through January, right? ;)

In any case, because I'm that person who liked the Doctor Who Audio Adventures better than the TV series (classic or revival), I of course had to buy the newest figure of the Eighth Doctor from his "Night of the Doctor" TV appearance since a couple of the included lines meant the audio adventures are now canon for the TV series (which I actually stopped following, but hey).

Since I've posted about Character Options figures in the past (and this one is in line with those - solid amount of detail, 13 points of articulation, accompanied by a couple of well-detailed small accessories) it's all photos from here.

Out of the Box: Character Options' Doctor Who Series 2

Cyberman, the Doctor, Jack & K-9

I was just looking through/sorting photos and discovered a whole batch of toy pictures that I hadn't done anything with.  So instead of sorting through the basement, I thought it would be fun to share some of those.

Since I've been hearing talk lately about the newest Doctor Who shows (which, like all those summer movies, I haven't seen), I thought I'd start with some same-themed toys.

The Cyberman lived on my desk at work from
2007-2009.  Yes, he always rode a bunny.

Back in 2007 I had the opportunity to share a crate full of new figures with a neighbour (I'd been a fan of the audio adventures for ages and had enjoyed the reboot up to that point, although I'm not sure I was a big enough fan to need a crate of these) - and so I ended up with a wide variety of figures from Character Options' DW Series 2 toys.  It was probably a silly thing to do since I really only wanted K-9 and the Cyberman, but either way I also ended up with the 10th Doctor, Rose, Mickey, Jack, a werewolf and two Krillitanes (one grey, one brown).

In terms of quality, these figures are nicely made - they're detailed enough to clearly be the characters and creatures from the show but solid enough to hold up to play.  Most of the figures have between nine and eleven points of articulation, and they have great balance.

In the years since then, I've given away the werewolf, and the Krillitanes and Mickey and Rose have ended up in storage, but a few of them are still hanging around.  And since I have very few new/good photos of these toys, how about some old terrible ones? ;)

One of the only photos I could find with Rose and Mickey
(they're on the far left here).

K-9 survived many terrible photos with my late Staffie, Sadiedog.

Terrible lighting, but who didn't want a ridiculous
crossover like this?  Right?