YES! There is a thirteen doctors figure set. Yes, you read that correctly. There is a thirteen doctors action figure collectors set, coming out this year as an exclusive from San Diego Comic Con. Not sure, when it will be released in the UK. But when it is released, I shall be keen to purchase one, as it looks great, a standard update from the eleven doctors box set which came out in 2010.
So lets take a look, and go through, the basic variants of the different doctors in this set. The figures in this set are standard re-releases with a few repaints added to create new variants of the doctors costume.
So The First Doctor variant in this set, is a repaint of the standard Hartnell figure which came out in 2009. It's to resemble his costume in "The Web Planet".
The Second Doctor, is from "The Two Doctors". They've given the figure a dark grey wash in the hair, because at the time Patrick Troughton was a lot older, and they've repainted the trousers as well.
The Third Doctor is from "The Three Doctors" Doctor Who's Tenth Anniversary story. The orange jacket, which unfortunately is not correct due to the nature of the sculpt of the figure. Its the same standard Pertwee model that was sculpted based on the Carnival of Monsters costume. But I like the colours and the other attention to detail and its a nice repaint so why complain.
The Fourth Doctor is a repaint of the Season 18 costume, from Logopolis. Giving Tom grey hair to resemble his ageing. Whatever happened to them releasing the Season 18 figure with a hat? I thought that was the plan, to release this figure with a hat as Tom wore a hat in "The Leisure Hive" I wonder what happened about that? Anyway, doesn't matter too much. The Fourth Doctor figure is from Logopolis.
The Fifth Doctor, standard Season 21 re-release.
The Sixth Doctor, Blue coat from Real Time.
The Seventh Doctor, Same the one that was released in the eleven doctors box set, I can spot some changes in the paint applications to make it look a little bit different though. And Character Options still have not released a figure of the seventh doctor with a solum face with his hat on. :( boo!
The Eighth Doctor, if you missed out on the "Night of the Doctor " exclusive which came out singularly in November / December time last year, then your in luck.
The War Doctor, standard repaint to make it look different to original release. But again, if you don't have a War Doctor, because you missed the first release, then you are in luck. You can add The War Doctor to your collection.
The Ninth Doctor, re-release. Only this time, they have repainted his jumper. So we have a new jumper variant which we have never seen before. The purple jumper from "The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances". At least its the same old boring burgundy release. That was so lazy in The Eleven Doctors set.
The Tenth Doctor, standard re-release. Another Tennant to add to the collection of about twenty. I think in order to make this one look different, they've decided to paint the shirt white and give him a red tie. Which sounds bizarre, because I don't recall Tennant wearing a white shirt in series 3 or 4. But it's the same old Series 3 blue suit with the coat on.
The Eleventh Doctor, series 5 Christmas Carol variant I think. I can't be sure. But it's a standard re-release anyway. Looks nice though.
and finally, The Twelfth Doctor. Standard re-release of the Capaldi's we have had before, but the black shirt version. Which is alright for me, because I don't have that one yet. I would have liked them to have been more creative with their choice of costume. It would have been cool for them to sculpt a hoodie and have a "Last Christmas" version maybe. But I guess that would have cost too much. Customising it will have to be.
So those are the figures in the new exclusive thirteen doctors collectors set. I can't wait to grab one!
