The best era of Who, and such a great line of toys.

I was 6yrs old in 1974 when Tom Baker joined doctor who, so this is my era that I am still obsessed with. I still have the Denys Fisher figures, sadly all unboxed except the TARDIS. Great video. My favourite yet x

Growing up in the late 80’s/early 90’s, I was able to catch reruns of the Tom Baker era thanks to PBS and that was my introduction to Doctor Who. As I grew up, I found other Doctors and the movies. And when BBC started the new era, I was ecstatic and I loved Eccelston, Tenant, Smith and Capaldi, and even absolutely loved Michelle Gomez as the Master. But Tom Baker has been and will always be my Doctor.

Tom Baker was my Doctor. Doctor who aired here in the US on PBS stations. We didn't have the merchandise, just the show and fan clubs.

Tom Baker's first season of Doctor Who is, in my opinion, the best season. Not only did it introduce the most iconic Doctor of the classic era but it went on to reinvent some of the long standing concepts and characters of the show. The Ark in Space is a great story that mixes the futuristic science fiction element of the show with the horrific monsters that the show would be famous for going forward. Genesis of the Daleks provides an excellent origin story for the Daleks, introducing us to their creator Davros and really driving home the inspiration that writer Terry Nation took from the Nazis and the horrors of nuclear war. Robot served as a great introduction to the 4th Doctor with the security of a familiar UNIT based story to remind us that this was still the same show that Pertwee left.

The Bif Bang Pow line was my dream range, not only because of the Mego connection but because the president is my pod cast partner. I even had a little input on it.

I never had much exposure to Doctor Who growing up, but i find it quite fascinating now. Excellent video

One of the 4th doctor quotes that has always stuck with me, "you know, the very powerful and the very foolish have one thing in common, they don't alter their world view to suit the facts, they alter the facts to suit their world view. Which can be very uncomfortable if you're one such fact that needs altering" . Also "why is a mouse where it spins? Never did quite know the answer to that"

Great video, Tony! As someone who grew up with the Character Options range, and still collects it to this day, it was very thrilling to see you discuss it. If you ever purchase any more, I’d love to see you cover more Doctor Who figures in the future.

I love Doctor Who! 70s BBC shows were my quilty pleasure as I turned in to several late nite PBS airings of comedy, mystery, and Doctor Who! Missed a lot of homework but I will never regret it.

Tony, Tony, Tony! You've forgotten that Action Man himself appears in Doctor Who at least twice, thanks to the machinations of evil renegade Time Lord, the Master. Dating back to 1971, the Master's signature weapon was a device known as the Tissue Compression Eliminator (though it wasn't named as such until the 80s).This black rod-like weapon would not only kill people, but shrink their corpses down to doll size. During the Jon Pertwee years, this was usually achieved via chromakey. But when the Master returned in The Deadly Assassin as a corpse-like ghoul, having exhausted his regenerations (a truly excellent adventure for the 4th Doctor), the effect is achieved by using an Action Man, dressed in a miniature version of a Gallifreyan Guard's uniform. They used this technique again towards the end of the 4th Doctor's run, when he again crosses swords with the Master in his final adventure, Logopolis.

Hey Tony, well done for finally bringing Who to your awesome channel & for having impeccable taste in collecting figures from arguably the best era of the show! I actually work in the Who Shop in London doing museum tours so would like to extend an invitation to you the next time you are in the UK as we have original props & costumes from the 60s right up to the current season

Excellent video mate. Loved Dr Who as a kid, Tom Baker was my all time favourite. Still collect some of the toys now. Great nostalgia video, my friend, top stuff as always. 10/10.

Just picked up the robot to go against my 28mm harliquin doctor who range to fight my unit forces as a wargame,got a smaller model of the robot to start with then the larger one for later,love all your collections,I'm fortunate I never got rid of any of mine so still 100 plus action men,star wars and toy soldier collecting.

I grew up with the Tom baker era I consider myself lucky to enjoy it growing up

oh also back in the early 80s when i would see random episodes i use to think Tom Baker and Donald Sutherland in the 70s version of "Invasion Of The Body snatchers" were the same actor LOL

The Sgt Benton figure was so easy to decipher as it looks 100% like Benton right down to the dimple on he's chin

Great video Tony! Tom baker was my favourite doctor too! I’m just a little older than you (born in 71) so this is the first doctor who I remember. I also had the Denys fisher doctor figure, tardis and cyberman

I don't know what it is, but I really love when you post about toy lines like this. I guess it's that nostalgia I get of seeing something that to me is brand new just like I did as a kid seeing what new Transformers or He Man toys were coming out.

I have often postulated a Who range, and I must agree that the best period was 3rd to 5th Doctors. For me, UNIT and Daleks are essential key characters to flesh out that period!

Excellent video Tony! :)

Sidenote, the K1 robot originally came in parts, with various figures. Collect the figures and have all the parts to build one. A long time ago now, so the reissue of it in one piece, with a Tom Baker, was welcome.

Nice video. I have nearly every Tom Baker figure that's ever been made, including all of the Character Options, Dapol, Denys Fisher, Product Enterprises (who made a delightful talking Fourth Doctor figure), etc. My personal favourite line is in fact the Biff Bam Pow figures, probably because I grew up with Mego dolls.

Love this line!! Got all the Tardis’s and The Doctors. I really want them to do a Peter Crushing Doctor

4:34 Happy Sontaran and egg-bound Doctor.

Very nice. I think Tom Baker is THE Doctor of a generation due to the length of time that he played the role. My local PBS station ran through his series several times before Peter Davison took over.

The best K-9 action figure I came across was sold in a small box and available from the newsagents Smiths. It's exactly the small mould as the carded ones but is battery operated and has a nice clean paint scheme rather than the weathered rusty look most K-9s have.

best dr who!I grew up in Canada 🇨🇦 and after all the afterschool shows finished. Dr Who was on. This is just too tempting

Another excellent mini documentary from Tony Roberts, for Analog Toys. Due to recent changes with the current Doctor Who tv series, excitement for all things WHO is high once again and the Character Options action figures from the B&M Stores, are a must have. The new Creation Of The Daleks Genesis Davros set features vintage versions of classic WHO characters/monsters, that will make great additions to everyone's Doctor Who collections.

I finally got to show this video to my wife. She cried out when she saw your Daleks, "I want those Daleks!" Christmas is coming, so....

Tom Baker was my first and still favorite of them all. Dr. Who ran here in the Mississippi on what was then M E.T . Mississippi Educational Television. Aka PBS. I was HOOKED from the first episode. And was upset when he was replaced. My lack of knowledge of the characters history was limited only to what I could understand at such a young age from his run on the series. Not believing they could kill him off and replace him with some blonde guy was more than my six your old self could understand.

I watched the same dr who on public television when I was a kid .I remember only one other kid had seen it and we would talk about it all the time .great video great figure info good job .now I have to watch it again .

I watched The Doctor back in the early 90's. My two favorite Doctors were #3 and #4. The time he spent on Earth was great especially when he when he went against the Master.

Love this range and continue to collect them through the limited edition collections at B & M stores.

Yes my favorites even though from just viewing reruns - were Jon Pertwee the 3rd Tom Baker the 4th and Colin Baker the 6th - who i was lucky to meet here in Dunedin NZ at an Armageddon expo. and managed to get a photo of him and my Dalek Prop. but i have a few of the old MOC Dapol figures and many of the newer offerings by Character Options

One of my favourite childhood toys. Saw Tom Baker in a Sinbad film the other day with Caroline Munroe 👍🏻

Great work on this episode, as a avid collector of drwho toys I can say character options is my biggest collection of Doctor who themed toys, I mainly collect the vintage range as I grew up watching Tom baker as the doctor, great job mate 😎👍🏻once you start collecting them you will want more 😂

The Robot and 4th Doc set is the only one I own. I got an 11th Doc tardis as a gift and really wanted a Doctor to go with it (as the Tardis didn't originally come with any Doctor) so I went and bought this set as it was an awesome 4th Doc and the Robot is an awesome extra. I'm not a huge Dr Who collector but I would love an old skool Davros and daleks from Genesis, maybe even a Nyder too.

Forget Doctor Who taking on Palitoy Action Force. We've had the Gobots Vs Action Force's Z-Force and SAS in the past.

During the Pertwee era, script writers would present to the producers, scripts that would feature the mobilisation of tank battalions. The producers would say to them “The army can’t afford to drive theirs, what makes you think we can”.

Green Army Men Miniatures 32nd Scale Perfect example of what kids could have played with other than Airfix Afrika Korps! Jurassic Park? My personal version of the ACTION FIGURE toy trend for kids. Unpainted (color appropriate to the figure) (eg. white Stormtrooper, silver Knight) Painted (and more expensive)

Didn’t know the extent to which this line has gone, being here in the US. I only have a Dapol McCoy and Mel from back in the day, and an excellent Tom Baker ornament from Hallmark.

U.N.I.T was pretty cool! Great memories ABC TV

Great video Tony. Like you I grew up watching Peter Davison, but Tom Baker is my favourite Doctor. I sold all my childhood Doctor Who stuff apart from a Denys Fisher Tom Baker which I have owned for 30 years.. I had all the Dapol toys, which were basic, but the Tardis playset which opened up from the Police Box to fit on a base with reversible walls + the console was a cool toy.

I would pay good money for a large Character Options figure of Tom Baker from Horror of Fang Rock with the gray trench coat and also Tom Baker in his Sherlock Homes outfit in the Talons of Weng Chiang.

Good stuff. My mom and I would watch Dr Who here in the US while having tea. I have the "talking" 4th Doctor that came with k9. Tom is my favorite with Eccelston being my second

Recently a GOTD two pack set of Davros and the test Dalek was advertised on the BNM site. Now there are two pack Dalek sets. One of the Daleks of that story, and another two pack of Tom Baker’s second Dalek story.

I have a pretty decent Doctor Who collection. I didn't become a fan until 2013, and my first real time episode was the 50th Anniversary. Still, by the time that aired, I had a good number of figures, 2 TARDIS? TARDISs? TARDI?, and the 9th/10th Doctor TARDIS Interior playset. I have more now, including 6 TARDIS sets and some older Doctors as well. My goal is to have at least each Doctor, their corresponding TARDIS, and a Dalek from each respective era. Personally, I feel like the 5th Doctor's TARDIS goes good with Tom Baker... for now.

"The interconnectedness of all things." Svlad/Dirk Gently, by way of Douglas Adams (The Novel Character not the other versions, for I do not know them) Oh Yes, Great Work Tony you're Passion shines Through.

Never really been able to get into Dr Who, despite a number of attempts at watching the show from vintage to modern. I would like to add a Dalek or two to the collection though. And I really wish Character Options would do a Red Dwarf range.

Man. Totally get it (and great video!) Technically my Doctor was #4...but in reality it's #9...polar opposites but I think both amazing! Anyway...keep doing your stuff. Well appreciated, mate

Great video Tony! I grew up with Pertwee, then Baker and then the rest I kind of slowed down my interest. And oh man, I cannot ever finish watching Dr who the movie with McGann! However as an adult, I watch all eras of Dr who. The most difficult eras for me to watch are the 1st and 2nd doctors.

Thank you for doing this! I understand the treacherous decision as I too pretty much stuck to the classic era for figure choice

Cant have Dr.Who without some pepper shakers to fight :)

I grew up with Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and Peter Davison. Cheers from Adelaide.

#TomBakerIsMyDoctor 😎 The Robot was one of the first Doctor Who episodes I watched on TV in my youth as well.

I am lucky enough to work @ B&M in uk, in the toy dept. where we get some of these exclusively licensed through us. They, admittedly are amazing quality.

Aren't you in luck, Davros is coming out in a set with a Dalek this month

That's awesome 👏👍🏽 I was watching in New Zealand the 3 doc , 4 to 5 doctors Tom Backer is my favorite plus when K9 had his own tv show was good, I to would like some but at the moment it's all to expensive in buying but some of the shipping costs more than the item 😡 so not worth it , but it's good to know for the future 👍🏻

I remember having some of the Denis Fisher Dr Who stuff as a kid, The 4th Dr, K9 and TARDIS, the Cybermen waa my favourite monster.

Great video about a really good toy line...and of course the best Doctor Who ever! I've collected a lot of my favourite characters over the years but was stoked when I got that Robot set recently as well. BTW B&M in the UK have a bunch of new Dalek sets and one that includes Davros...you might have to see if you can get one. Thanks for a great video.

Love doctor who..so does my wife and where I had veen trying to get her collecting figures for years like me, this is the line she caved for and allow me to buy her..lol..shes got quite a collection now

Great video Tony! You’re in luck for a Davros as there’s a Genesis set being re-released featuring him out later this month, let me know if you need help getting the set 😎

Doctor Who is such an expansive series and has some much merchandise that it is impossible to "buy it all." My wife has focused on Sarah Jane figures and the versions of the characters from the episodes in which she is depicted. It's a small set, but it has Daleks, Doctors and K-9 so far. For me, it's Doctor Who paper models. I have a Tardis I reviewed on my channel and a couple of recent series kits in the works. I almost bought that book you showed in your video, but someone got to the eBay "buy it now" before I could get to it.

Unfortunately, it isn't only the out-of-production sets that are woefully hiked in price. New releases often get the same treatment, due to scalpers and the fact that availability is limited to mainly one chain store here in the UK. If, like me, you don't have one of those stores nearby, you've often very little chance of getting sets like Daleks or a Tardis. I recently came to the sad realisation that I'm never going to have a complete set of the range now, as I won't pay the sort of prices being asked on Ebay and suchlike. And so, my Who collection is slowly being packed into boxes in the loft, replaced with my Classic Star Trek Playmates line, and my Marvel Legends...

Tom baker is my doctor who , loved how nuts he was , I have bought a few bits , the stuff made around 10 years ago seems to be the best ( at least it's the best I've found) apart from the biff bang Pow figures from around 10/11 years ago ( mego style ).

Killing it with the videos Tony. Like get me some doctor who but hard find my way

I have a good amount of Character Options Doctor Who figures. They are very nice.

Tom Baker is my era, so definitely my favorite out of the first 4. But I love the other 3 Doctors too, they each have their own merits especially Jon Pertwee. There are no other Doctors in my eyes lol. As for a really good Tardis for Tom Baker, The Fourth Doctor and Electronic Tardis set from The Planet of Evil is very nice. Good colors and nice details. I think it came out in 2009.

Another great toy and franchise history lesson video, Tony.

Great video been collecting Doctor Who for years. Tom Baker is my favourite doctor and Elizabeth Sladen is my favourite companion 💙 enjoy all your videos 👏

You didn't care for DAPOL's Micheal Crawford disguised as the fourth Doctor? :D Great video!

Nice video. I wish I had the space for all my nerdy toys, my big ones take up that space lol.

I love these toys and have quite a few myself / well I share them with my son 🤣. The only downside I have found is some of the earlier figures from the first releases seem to be a bit fragile. I dropped my slithene and it kinda exploded oopps. That said I still think they are great and I will continue to collect the ones I like. Great video Tony 🤟🏻

Fantastic episode my friend!👏👏👏👏‼️‼️

Brilliant video Tony.

Great video mate👍👍👍

There was also a Sontaran set that featured Harry Sullivan.

Damn, you are gonna love when the Genesis of the Daleks set comes out next week

It always bugs me when toy companies have more or less all the parts necessary to make very pinpoint sets of characters to appease hyper specific fan requests... but don't.

Unsure if someone has already left this comment but a more accurate tardis could be found in the b&m regenerated 4th doctor set and it’s not terribly expensive and includes a great background card diorama from robot 😄

I love the Bif Bang Pow figures, I've got a few, they're good fun. Most of my money has been spent on Character Options. I've gone a bit mental with them lol. I've gone deep with the classic characters.

before my time but tom baker clearly has tons of charisma

UNIT (UNified Intelligence Taskforce, formerly United Nations Intelligence Taskforce)

Great video, I wish I'd had these growing up, instead of the (as you mention) awful Dapol figures. Loving the vintage toy ads, the first with its lack of licensed music and the second with Tom's booming voice!

Saludos desde Michoacán México !!!

I love Dr who. I started watching it in the late 80s when they started airing all the old episodes on ytv in Canada. I never had the urge to collect the toys (they never existed here) but damn these figures look tempting. It's a shame the prices are so high. I guess I'll just stick to my police box I picked up at some random comic shop and dr scarf that used to wear in the winter until it got to scruffy. 😂. We do share the same fav dr though. I like the modern doctors but there's just something about the nostalgia you get for the doctor of your childhood isn't there?

Dr Who use to air where i am in the U.S. on the Public Broadcast System "PBS" back in the early 80s when i was somewhere around 10-13, i had NO IDEA what in the hell was going on. because they did NOT air it in order and it came on very late at night and i could rarely manage to stay awake that late, so i would watch an episode then the next episode i would see there was a completely different person playing the Doctor which thoroughly confused me , ad to that i had no idea about the basic plot of the entire show and never knew what they were doing in any random episode i saw anyway it just seemed like they were always being chased and running from some creature or other. and it wasnt until the 2000s and the more modern eras of the show that i ever actually knew what the overlying plot of Dr Who is, ive still never gotten around to watching it even though one of my best friends loves it and goes on all the time about. that said i am a strictly 3 3/4" collector and have been collecting since i graduated in 1990 and i have had a decent collection of Dapol Who figures for YEARS, they are not amazing but i never thought they were ugly :(

Gret video Tony, 4th doctor is the best doctor.

It's a real pity that the UNIT troops were not given SLR's - the anonymous UNIT soldier looks very much like Jenkins, the bloke who, in the third Doctor story, 'The Daemons' recieves the Brigadier's most iconic order: "Jenkins! Chap with wings, there. Five rounds, rapid!"

A friend managed to pick up a Denys Fisher 4th Doctor for just over 30 quid! He's in great nick, just missing his sonic.

I have always love the doctor who figures but I can never get many because they are quite expensive

I've collected this range since i was a kid, but now all i really care about are the daleks 😂

I always call the First Romana...Fred:)

I love the 11th doctor and would love to get a figure of it

THE ONLY doctor

Old school is still cool.

Micheal Keaton is my Batman, Christopher Reeve is my Superman, Roger Moore is my James Bond and Tom Baker will forever be my Doctor. 😁

I have a near complete set of all character options figures,100s of them

Totally agree that this is the best Baker figure. Curious to know if Tony has picked up or is going to pick up the recent original Michael Wisher Davros figure from the Creation Of The Daleks 2 pack? It's a great figure.