Doctor Who Action Figure Beginner's Guide: Part 1 - The Definitive Doctors 

The great thing about all these different costumes is that everyone can just about pick their favorite version. Nothing wrong with personal preference, just have fun & enjoy them!

Wow! This has got to be one of the best Who related figure videos on RU-vid! It’s so nice to see the hype for Doctor Who figures once again and it’s going to be even more exciting with the B&M releases next week!

I bought Lego Dimensions a few years ago just so I could play the Doctor. each time your character dies, he regenerates in a random incarnation of the Doctor which was awesome. The recent Lego Tardis set is pretty neat too. More on topic, these are awesome figures and it's great that they added an arm swivel.

Pro tip: also get the 11 in the purple coat because it also comes with the best Capaldi head sculpt. I bought a wave 1 Capaldi and was appalled by the likeness so i swapped the heads and now its pure class!

Being a kid if the mid 2000s these were actually everywhere, foodshops and news agents, also Matt was a big part of childhood of us fans the reviews and the figure adventures.

Doctor Who was such a great action figure line. Keyword: Was. They've very much slowed down, and lowered quality

You've also skipped the War Doctor. The version of him with The Moment and the alternate head for Paul McGann (so you can display him pre-regeneration) is the definitive figure.

I have the Paul McGann Eighth Doctor future. He was my first Doctor and I love all the comics an audio dramas. The figure has an extra sense of importance because my sister tracked it down loose and got it for me for Christmas. It missing the sonic screwdriver but I didn’t care. It was an awesome gift.

Unrelated but I love Michael's hair, the little tufts look oddly iconic, like clone wars Anakin

The Matt Smith Doctor should have a fez hat. Fezzes are cool. :D

Or just get "your Doctor" in every flavor they come in.

For the record with regard to Eccleston’s on screen jumpers Red - Rose, The End Of The World, Aliens Of London, World War Three Blue - Unquiet Dead Green - Dalek, The Long Game, Father’s Day Purple - The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town Black - Bad Wolf, Parting Of The Ways (also worn by Tennant in The Christmas Invasion).

I've loved Dr. who since I was a kid! I started with Tom Baker.

I was ecstatic when I got my favorite Doctor Who figure. I finally got the red and gold Dalek supreme from Journey’s End. The one with the three light bulb things on it’s head rather than two. I just love his design and wish it’d stuck around as a dalek commander in the show. Ps: I love Matt from a DnD show I watched on RU-vid. Had no idea he was such a Who figure fan. So happy to see him. THATS MY ROPE!

Micheal, as a semi-serious Doctor Who fan, I would be very interested in hearing about the variations on the TARDIS. If you could walk through them, even briefly, before you give the grand reveal of the definitive box, that would be very cool. Thanks for another great episode, esp. on Dr. Who. Back to work now

Hey Michael - I know nothing about Doctor Who, but like with everything discussed on the channel, your passion is contagious. : ) Bravo!

Wow, my two favourite channels coming together, awesome video! I’ve been collecting for about 10 years now, and this video was fascinating, keep up the good work

Nothing like a RetroBlasting notification!

I thought about going for an "all the Doctors" collection, but the figures just never really blew me away enough for that. I'm happy with my Baker and Tennant figures as representatives of the line. The Flight Control Tardis, though; that's a beauty.

You're in luck... a Caves of Androzani Fifth Doctor figure (with TARDIS) was just released by Character Options!

I'm looking forward to the future videos you mentioned! Great work all round!

Really enjoyed watching this, looking forward to more Doctor Who posts going forwards!

I just started watching Dr. Who as well. I really enjoy it. Great video!

Such a good video! I've been collecting these figures my whole life (born in 2001, started watching Doctor Who with the revival) and continue to this day though the figures aren't produced as often anymore. That Toys R Us photo brought so much nostalgia, I even remember the sound effect that played from the display. What a wonderful trip down memory lane.

I have been collecting dr who figures since 2007 and I think it’s great that you are collaborating with Batmanmarch keep up the great work

Great video, I’ve been looking forward to it since you announced!

You know that I love Dr. Who, so this was right up my alley!!! It's really cool how you appreciate England as much as you do. All the best my friends.

Great video, we've had amazing doctor who figures throughout the years, especially from the classic series, as an old school fan I never thought we would see such incredible figures from the classic era, dream come true, now if we could have some figures from red dwarf...

Dude that was awesome!

Such a great video. Gotta say I'm impressed you found a coat for the 4th Doctor. Feel like I've been trying to find a good one for years.

I've got Tennant and Capaldi...found them at Walgreens a couple a years ago

I'm not a big fan of Doctor who but I think that your video was well put together and a good guide. I don't know which doctor I saw, as it was only one, but the hat and multicolor scarf version rings a bell.

once again great video rb

Very cool. Glad someone did this. I actually have a good selection of these, heavy on the classic companions, Sarah, the brunette Romana, Ace,Perri and River Song, I'd die if I had a Donna Noble

Great vid as always. Thank you micheal

Doctor Who certainly has its ups and downs, but when it's good it's fantastic. Great video as always. ✨

I started collecting one year ago I am so happy more people have started to collect and take more interest into doctor who

Stumbled across this video, glad I did, "Fantastic" video, looking forward to the companions vid next.

Now this was a episode worth watching! Thanks guys!👍👍👍👏👏👏👏🙌🙌🙏😉

Action figure guide for beginners, then picks out the hardest to find and most expensive versions of the doctors and doesn't talk about a particular set of figures. I've been collecting doctor stuff for 16 years, since I was 9, I started in 2004. Just an example for a couple of the figures in this video. I've been trying to get the comic con versions of the 1st doctor and dalek, both the black and white release and colour. The same goes for the 2nd doctor and cyberman. They're so dam hard and to get and find. They are also very exclusive and expensive. I honestly think this would put a beginner off.

This video is bittersweet. Had a pretty solid collection going but sold most of it. Only kept the 11 Doctors set. Looking foward to the next installments!

Excellent mise en bouche for a great show and fantastic action figures.

I loved John Pertwee's toy figure with the dark clothing and the interior red cape.

AAAAANND STILL. NO. ADRIC. There's not even an Anthony Ainley Master (because the one they came out with was in fact "Chameleon" posing as The Master! How on earth can there be no Tegan, Nyssa, Adric, Master to go along with the epic "Logopolis" and end of Tom Baker's run?!?

The fact that someone else understands the agonizing I go through in deciding which Doctor Who figures to display sums up why I watch this channel. BUT... How could you leave out The War Doctor between 8 and 9????

In Texas and bought alot of these at Dragons Lair. Got me back into action figure collecting in 2007

i have the 11h in his purple and like that more than the green. the 4th's brown jacket is the definitive one, and indeed the definitive Doctor costume, but...the long grey coat is my favourite costume EVER! i'd love a coat like that!

Thank you, guys. This is a very good guide to collecting the dr who figures. This will be helpful in spending more money that I don’t have. 😞

I've tried multiple times, but I've never really been able to get into Dr Who. I do like the Daleks though. I really wish Character Options would do a Red Dwarf line (which I'm really surprised they haven't done). That would be an instabuy for me.

On board for this!

Great video as always. Im a sucker for Doctor Who even though I've fallen off the fandom a bit

7:38, I like the version from the thirteen doctors set, I think it just looks more accurate, but it all boils down to personal preference

Just found this Michael, love it! If you need any other DrWho characters, let me know I could go in a Retroblasting mission for you and hunt them down in the Uk for you. All my very best my good man , Barry

When I was growing up Dr. Who was that weird show that came on after Monty Python and made Star Trek look like it had solid production values. I still haven't really gotten into it but it's ALWAYS fun watching Retroblasing examine a toy line.

Just yesterday I got my collection out to display after years in storage as there are some new figures coming out in the next week or two in the UK. I remember how disappointed I was when the line went to 3 inches. It pretty much died out after that and the toy section dedicated to it was tiny.

Now I can't wait for them to sort through which one of the 897 different Dalek figures is the best ;-)

Great collection - but why isn't there one of the War Doctor played by John Hurt?

But what about the War Doctor?

Perfect timing as a store in the UK called B&M Bargains has just released a new wave of the 5 inch line exclusive to their stores based on the Big Finish Doctor Who audio series.

The only one you left out was the war dr. This only has one option too but it's a gr8 figure, I have it in my whoniverse collection.

There is actually another version of that S21 outfit Davison, as seen in Caves of Androzani, which is the one from the Resurrecton of the Daleks set, with Davros. The paint apps on the trousers are a little different to that 13 Doctors version, I would say slightly better, the shoes are cleaner and the head is painted normally. I have that version, although on mine there is a bit of a mess on the jumper from glue pulling the paint off in one place.

"Disco-Doctor!" Love it! 👍

I remember when I got my first flight control TARDIS from Toys R Us back in 2007. One of the best toys I got that year!

Damn I want that big scale Tardis...

CO did such a good job on these! I still can't believe how many classic figures they made. Sadly, the current series can't sell a pencil with a logo on it.

Very interesting info, thanks.

The Toysrus in Salinas, CA had a big Doctor who section way back when. Even had the classics BAF, THE Robot. which sold out pretty quick.

I had to go with the "Burgundy" 4th Doctor. He was badass in that. It also goes well with his Time rifle from another set. It's such an iconic image, him sitting with a HUGE gun that can assassinate people out of time. Also, "serious" face... HATED the sculpting of his smiling face. ALSO, looked more like he did in Logopolis.

Great video! I only have the 10th doctor and I make my own TARDIS. But I'm lookin forward to get some Daleks and 1st and 4th. Don't think I can get more because they are expensive to import them to my xountry.

The last doctor who action figure that were made were the dennys fisher and dapol figures

For me 1st doctor( unearthly child) 2nd doctor(season 4 to 6) 3rd doctor(season 7 to 9) 4th doctor( season 13 to 14a) 5th doctor( season 21) 6th doctor( real time) 7th doctor( season 24 to 25) 8th doctor( children of evolution) War doctor( dalek two pack rerelease) 9th doctor( series 1a) 10th doctor( series 3 blue suit) 11th doctor( series 7b) 12th doctor(series 9b) 13th doctor( dark blue coat) 14th doctor

I love Capaldi's hoodie. Have 2 different versions with the hoodie.

I got the 3rd (my favourite), 4th,8th,9th just this week plus I also managed to get a B&M exclusive TARDIS set, it’s been a great week for my DW collection and this video is a ideal accompaniment 👍

YESSSSSS

Although I’m an Asian but I love dr who

That Capaldi figure with the starry jumper and the hoodie is my absolute favorite doctor figure because its nearly identical to how I dress irl! That figure is so unbelievably hard to find nowadays so if anyone has one please let me know

I always wanted doctor who figures but I never knew where to find them

nice review i dd not change the channel michael lol anyways i only have the italian 1979 boxed tom baker by harbert and i also love the dapol line from 1987-1988

The Mego Dr. Who figures are the best to collect, but they are hard to find in the states. I watched fragments of DR Who as a kid on PBS.

Great video as always. also, the quality of the figures looks very good. What do you think Michael?

Don't normally click like, but I did have Dr Who around as a kid, more so though my older brother, here in Australia. So I want to support this video group you are doing (so glad to hear you will be making a villain one) I saw 3rd though to the 5th Dr, off and on as a kid. Got back in near the start of the 9th. My preferred Dr is the 10th ("I don't want to go.....!" Enjoyed the 11th Dr (loved the "The Pandorica Speech" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Pa74e8oAvIM.html) And gave up quickly into the 12Dr's run. Glad I stopped there, from what I hear it has gone to Sh!#. Keep up the great work, there RetroBlasting. Love the use of Kylie in this video.

I'd love to collect these, but they seem to be hard to find outside the U.K. I'm seeing a lot of obvious Chinese knockoffs on eBay. Any recommendations on an aftermarket outlet for these? Or are they all in the hands of scalpers?

Ha! Nice use of Kylie in the video:)

I have almost everything from the whole line. It was the white whale of my childhood and when they put those figures out I went credit card crazy for a number of years lol. Michael if you want to really good Peter Davison caves of androzani figure one of the things I did was take the Regeneration Colin Baker figure that was muddy and dirty and I switched heads with a Peter Davison figure and it looks pretty cool. If you ever swinging through Columbia from Atlanta feel free to shoot me a line and come check it out I've got them all in a giant display case it's crammed cuz I've got a lot of other crazy stuff.

You’ve got an insane collection Michael. I’ve been collecting for nearly a decade and mine is considerably smaller. I started collecting when I was a kid ordering the occasional figure from Amazon whenever I got a gift card, then around 2015 the US suddenly was finally getting the figures at B&N (with the awful 3.75 line available at drugstores). And then almost as quickly as it came, it left after Underground Toys was bought by another company and then CO lost the US license completely. I then decided to move on to Doctor Who DVD collecting which has now become pointless with the Blu-ray line. I’d like to know if you’ve had any problems with your fifth Doctor figures though. The first one I purchased was the post-regeneration variant which was fine. Then I bought the 11 doctor’s set and the figure’s arm immediately fell off at his left bicep. Years later I then bought the 13 doctor’s set and was excited to finally have a proper fifth Doctor only for me to immediately notice a wired join on the top section of the arm. I didn’t touch it but it then proceeded to fall off a shelf a few months later and the arm broke off. For it to happen once is an unfortunate mistake but for it to happen twice to the same person is just ridiculous.

Great video. Just I've never heard anyone pick up on the height inaccuracies within the whole range. 8th Doctor being taller than the 6th?

Tom's Long Grey Coat is my favourite costume of ANY Doctor! I want a coat like that!

Ten’s coat isn’t a trench coat it’s a long coat, and the costume designer described it that way. Great vid btw.

have the remote control k9 for this series, small, yet still neat !!

My favorite stories for each Doctor: 1st: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The War Machines, and The Tenth Planet 2nd (Favorite Doctor #1): The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Web of Fear, The Mind Robber, and The War Games 3rd: Spearhead from Space, Terror of the Autons, The Sea Devils, The Time Warrior, and Planet of the Spiders 4th: Robot, Genesis of the Daleks, Terror of the Zygons, Pyramids of Mars, City of Death, and Logopolis 5th: Earthshock, The Five Doctors, and The Caves of Androzani 6th (Favorite Doctor #2): Attack of the Cybermen, Vengeance on Varos, and The Two Doctors 7th (Favorite Doctor #3): Remembrance of the Daleks, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, and Battlefield 8th: The first series of 8th Doctor adventures from Big Finish

Hey, could you redo this for 2022 including the B&M sets?

The Robot set Fourth Doctor figure is the best and most TV accurate. Can't wait until they do a fugitive Doctor (Jo Martin) figure.

When's the next one coming?

The 3rd Doctor is the only one I would like to get, since he's the one I first saw as a kid..but the EYES! Those dead eyes keep me from getting it...

So many SDCC packs that I can already imagine are impossible to get

You missed out the superb 'War Doctor' Figure, by the way. I do miss TRU. I used to get the new Doctor Who figures from there an entire wave at a time. And if they didn't have a figure I needed, then the next door branch of Tesco probably would. Here in the UK, the now defunct Woolworths store had their own exclusive Doctor Who figure variants due to a deal with Character Options. My couple of the Doctor's Tenth Incarnation with 3-D glasses came from there. Speaking of which, that incarnation has a mind boggling set of variations if, like me, you're a completist. Look for variations like: coat/no coat; glasses/no glasses; red Converse/cream Converse; clean Converse/dirty Converse; cream Sonic/grey Sonic. Oh, and there's a recent figure of him in his Dinner Jacket, from 'Voyage of the Damned', and 'The Lazarus Experiment'. Don't bother with the 3.75" figures - they aren't very good. I had to repaint most of the human-looking ones (with the exception of the first Peter Capaldi Doctor, and Amy Pond), as they were just really badly painted. The aliens and Daleks are better, and I'll admit enjoying some of the weirder Daleks they produced, such as the production line Dalek, with mutant from 'The Power Of The Daleks', and the very singular 'Dalek Supreme' from 'Planet Of The Daleks'. I much prefer the larger 5" figures, though. It's a worthwhile hobby collecting these - some are great, some are awful some are 'meh'. Don't get disheartened: for every dull and pointless 'Faceless Granny' figure, there will be a superb and pleasing 'Magnus Greel and Mr Sin' set. And really, really smart stuff, too. A range of Daleks with dialogue and sound effects was released, and they are worth getting. One is the 'Special Weapons Dalek' from 'Remembrance Of The Daleks'. It didn't speak. At all. However, in the novelisation of the story, the writer, Ben Aaronovitch, gave it an internal monologue. On the toy, if you hold down the 'skirt hemisphere' that triggers the SFX, and turn the power on, it will beep, and pressing the button will now allow you to hear that internal monologue. Nice.

I still have several of the Dapol range of figures that came out in the late 80s, including the 2 handed Davros 😁 On another note, who’s the fluffy owl in the panning shot? He’s identical to the one I had as a kid 😍

Where would you even start with finding these??? I would start with the 9th because that’s when I started watching Doctor Who

These are all sculpted so well, I’d love to get my paint brush on them, but I know that’s not what it’s all about.

Very interesting, I appreciate you calling the character The Doctor , I've heard so many people call him/her Doctor Who. As an almost 50 year fan that does annoy me :D