WATCH THE LATEST VIDEO ON LEGO® DIMENSIONS™ SEE WHAT’S COMING NEXTYou may be looking for the LEGO Group, the real world company. LEGO, sometimes spelled Lego, was a children's building game that produced "ordinary space LEGO", as well as Star Wars-themed sets. They didn't have spaceship LEGOs when Tom Braudy's grandmother grew up. Tom thought that space LEGO was for boys only, while girls liked building hairdressers and flower shops. He built a ship to go to Mars, and then a bigger one to go to Jupiter the next week, before the Eighth Doctor and companions materialised the TARDIS in their sitting room. Space-themed sets were produced in Ace's time as well, who crashed spaceships into LEGO police stations in her early youth. LEGO figures were tiny in comparison to real people. In fact, all LEGO models were significantly smaller than their real world equivalents. According to the Eighth Doctor, Toronto in the summer looked like "a giant LEGO set" from above the CN Tower.
Joseph similarly compared the skycrapers of New York City to LEGO buildings when atop the Empire State Building. The Savant, a great alien hacker of both computers and the human brain, enjoyed both eating LEGO as a snack, and bathing in it. Sarah Swan dubbed him "a hormone-secreting, Lego-obsessed Sesame Street monster". Bernice Summerfield at some point did an archaeological dig in an Earth Legoland. She frequently had dreams of a bearded villain turning her into LEGO. (PROSE: Beige Planet Mars) The Eleventh Doctor kept a LEGO room in his TARDIS. According to Toshiko Sato, the two halves of a quantum transducer fit together like LEGO. Incopolis' streets were filled with buildings too similar in design that they looked like "they'd all been assembled from the same Lego kit". Liz Shaw compared the Seventh Doctor sifting through laboratory equipment to a child receiving a new set of LEGO. The Celestial Toymaker created a castle in the sky above Stockbridge which appeared to be made of LEGO.
In 2015, LEGO began releasing products related to Doctor Who. On 29 September, LEGO Dimensions was released, with the Doctor and a Cyberman as playable characters. Later that year, a LEGO set was released, with six minifigures and a TARDIS minifigure, which could be converted into a scenario. In 2017, the Daleks made an appearance in The LEGO Batman Movie as one of many villains imprisoned in the Phantom Zone.Sometimes dreams can come true. Take this one Lego fan’s submission to the Lego Ideas website for a Doctor Who set. Lego has confirmed a deal with the BBC to create the official Doctor Who set. Submitted by fan Andrew Clark, the final version is yet to be revealed, but Clark shared his vision on Lego’s site: “The iconic Tardis sits where it all began, Totters Lane. The scene is a typical London street, with brick wall/fencing and lamp post with Totters Lane sign. The Doctor and his companion stand outside with K9 ready for adventures. The Tardis opens up to become the inner Tardis walls and can be placed next to the console where the Doctor controls their journey through time.”
According to the site, anyone can submit their idea, and if it’s followed by at least 10,000 backers, Lego considers making it a real set. A previous licensing agreement the BBC had with another maker prohibited Lego from making a Doctor Who set, but that has since expired, so it’s game on. The Doctor Who set will be released later this year and no price is set yet, according to CNET. See Clark’s video on his idea here: Find more jobs on GeekWork. Employers, post a job here.Oh what the Doctor would do with LEGO bricks. The LEGO Group announced today that they're working a new LEGO set based on the BBC series Doctor Who. Set for release by the end of 2015, the set will reportedly feature several of the Doctors, companions as well as "monsters" from the long-running sci-fi drama series. LEGO Group made the announcement in this video: The idea for the set originated from an idea by Doctor Who fan Andrew Clark which LEGO Group then put up for a fan-vote, garnering over 10,000 votes from fans online.
LEGO Group says that the set will be based on Clark's recommendations, but didn't reveal the full extent of what the set would contain. That being said, the press releases names the current Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, and his companion as played by Jenna Coleman, so it's assumable those two characters are confirmed as having LEGO figures.Review Posted: 9th October 2015For years we have been campaigning (and pleading) to LEGO to make some Doctor Who sets. The greatest toy company in the world, coupled with one of the most-popular Science Fiction TV series in the world - it's a no-brainer! When we found out that Andrew Clark's Doctor Who set had achieved the 10,000+ votes needed on the LEGO Ideas site, we were keeping our fingers crossed that it would be picked for production. Thankfully it was, and what a set it is! We were lucky enough to be sent one of the very first sets to review from LEGO, and when the box arrived, it was smaller than we expected. Without wanting to throw in a well-known Doctor Who phrase, however, the set literally is bigger on the inside.
There are only 623 pieces, but due to the fact they are smaller in size, and the fact there are lots of sections to build, you get great value for money - both in time (taken to build), and for what you get with the finished build itself. We clocked the build time at around 2 Hours approx, and it was a thoroughly enjoyable 2 hours at that! Building the TARDIS console room from the ground up was immensely satisfying as you see the familiar set take form. The time rotor was a particular favourite section to put together, and clicking it into place will appease the bubble-wrap fans amongst you. With two main build sections - THE TARDIS exterior and the TARDIS interior - you will similarly like the way one simply connects to the other, giving the impression that The Doctor has just walked into the TARDIS from the outside. There are some fantastic little details on the build, from the various buttons and screens that form the TARDIS console, to the back panelling of the TARDIS and the Police Box signs that adorn the top of the TARDIS exterior.
The exterior can be detached and once the hinged Police Box signs are swivelled down, you can place the TARDIS roof on. You then lift up the hinges and remove the roof to open the Police Box. Inside, you get a cool effect of the interior of the doors, a plinth to stand The Doctor or Clara on, and a neat little roundel effect, either side of the hinged, pull-out sections. As for the mini-figures, you get The 12th Doctor, The 11th Doctor, Clara, 2 x Daleks and a Weeping Angel. There's a feeling that this set is based on the events at the end of 'The Time Of The Doctor', as the 12th Doctor (complete with Sonic Screwdriver) is wearing 11's purple frock coat, Clara is also wearing the exact outfit she wore in the episode. The 11th Doctor is wearing his brown tweed suit, and comes with a Fez and Sonic Screwdriver accessories.The Daleks are constructed a little differently to what we expected them to look like in LEGO form, but this is no bad thing. For a scaled-down version, they look fantastic, and LEGO have gone all out by creating custom art for the Dalek dome.
A little bonus is that you can actually swivel the Dalek's head 360°. Finally, you also get a Weeping Angel - complete with wings! There are two faces, so, dependant on your mood you an choose between 'serene' and 'screaming'.Tying everything together is the impressive 127-page build manual. It's full of easy-to-follow instructions, as one would expect from LEGO, but, ever so coolly, there are neat little Doctor Who facts randomly printed along the way. There is also a brief guide to the character featured in the set, as well as a short bio on Andrew Clark and his process with LEGO Ideas. There are also some short bios on LEGO Product Designer, Samuel Johnson (Paul McGann's nephew) and LEGO Graphic Designer; Adam Corbally.We forsee this set being a huge success, and we can only hope that it will pave the wave for future LEGO Doctor Who releases. Check out DWO's exclusive unboxing & product spotlight of the set in the video, below: + Fans can PREORDER the set shortly from the LEGO Shop, priced £49.99.