Doctor Who LegosLego Dr WhoDoctor Who TvDoctor Who StuffFandom OniousFandom StuffLego PolicePolice BoxLego LovinForwardI MUST have this.... Just look at that Tennant hair! This marvelous new ‘Doctor Who’ Lego set is bigger on the inside See all Editor's Picks The Weeping Angel is terrifying, even in Lego form. Growing up as a child in the 1980s, Doctor Who used to terrify me. If it wasn’t the robot Daleks screaming “Exterminate! Exterminate!” in their metallic drone, it was the spacey, voluminous theme song that seemed to explode out of the TV speakers at the end of every episode’s cliffhanger. I used to dread the final minutes of the show, knowing the frightening music was coming. Truth be told, that childhood trauma has kept me away from Doctor Who and its renaissance over the past few years. I think I’ve always kind of been scared of it, and probably still am. Kudos to Lego, then, for putting a friendlier face on the storied BBC franchise of late, first through the recently released Lego Dimensions video game in which the Doctor and his associated villains play a prominent role, and now through a new toy set.
It’s hard to be afraid of anything once it comes in mini-figure form. The 623-piece Tardis set originated in Lego’s Ideas program, which accepts fan creations for crowd-sourced judging. Projects that garner at least 10,000 votes from the public are reviewed by company designers, with a lucky few chosen to become final products. The original creators then get a small slice of the sales. Lego Doctor Who, originally conceived a few years ago by video game artist and TV show fan Andrew Clark, joins a list of one-shot Ideas sets based on pop-culture phenomenons, including Ghostbusters, Back to the Future and The Big Bang Theory. This set has a better pedigree than most of those, however. Samuel Johnson, one of the Lego product designers who worked on the final product, is the nephew of Paul McGann, who appeared briefly as the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who film. The set itself smartly captures the feel of the Tardis, an unassuming British police phone booth on the outside that is actually much larger on the inside thanks to some intricate space-time bending technology.
The Lego police box itself, which comes last in the build, can function as its own fun, standalone paperweight—I’ve got it proudly displayed on my desk. But its rear also swings open to connect to its bigger interior: a circular, instrument- and monitor-laden console that surrounds a cylindrical power core platform. You can almost imagine the blue core pulsating with the “whirr-whirr” sound that signifies the Tardis is moving through space and time. The two most recent Doctors—Eleven and Twelve, portrayed by Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi, respectively—are the stars of the set, and it’s evident they’re a study in contrasts even to anyone who hasn’t watched the show. The Eleventh Doctor is younger and more cheery, dressed in a tan suit and red bow tie. His successor is stern and older, decked out in more serious purple. And yes, each comes with a sonic screwdriver, the device that the Doctor uses to unlock doors, scan bodies and track alien life, according to the handy factoids in the instruction booklet.
Clara Oswald, portrayed by Jenna Coleman in the show, is the Doctor’s requisite companion. Personally, I’d loved to have seen the Fourth Doctor included, as would Clark doubtlessly. The longest-serving Doctor, portrayed by Tom Baker in the 1970s and 1980s, was part of his original design. I’d also liked to have seen K-9, the Doctor’s robot dog who eventually got his own spin-off series, but he’s evidently been held over for a separate Lego Dimensions toy pack. Fortunately, there are a pair of Daleks, and they’re expertly built from about 40 pieces each. Their flamethrower weapons almost look like the tiny toilet plungers they wave fiercely in the show. But, just to prove that Doctor Who hasn’t completely become non-threatening—even in Lego form—a Weeping Angel is also included. These monsters, who the Doctor once described as the “most malevolent life-form ever produced,” send their victims back in time and feed off their potential energy. They can only move when not being observed which, when you think about it, is pretty disconcerting.
Is there anything scarier than glancing back at something and thinking there’s something slightly different about it? I know it’s just a mini-figure, but that’s kind of how I feel about the Lego Weeping Angel. I could swear it was in a different pose when I last looked at it. Damn you Doctor Who for still finding ways to terrify me. Photo by Peter Nowak Up next after the break:Lego DwDr Who LegoTardis LegoLego Doctor WhoTardis DoctorwhoThe DoctorEpic LegoAwesome GottaAwesome LegoForwardLego Doctor Who Police Box ....(previously "Dr.Who Phone Booth") oh the awesomenesses of this! [be sure to make any corrections needed before pinning anything, otherwise you may get comments like the ones below.]Doctor Who89 ReviewsFIND MORE PRODUCTS LIKE THISSpaceFantasyIdeasBuild, display and role play with Doctor Who!London (Central London, Brick Arch, I.M. Foreman Scrapyard) U.N.I.T. Headquarters (Hidden Area) The Davros battle is an easy battle that requires a bit of patience and repetition.
The battle is done in three steps that need to be repeated three times. Here is what you need to do: Davros will attack your character triggering a energy capture, move your character to another part of the portal to escape. Davros will then begin attacking the area with a powerful laser beam while the shield on his power generator will drop. Destroy the power generator to damage Davros. Battle the handful of Daleks to trigger the next phase of the battle. Repeat these steps two more times to destroy Davros! Minikit Abilities – Vine Cut, Relic Detection, Grapple, Silver Lego Destroy, Stealth, Boomerang, Grapple, Master Builder, Electricity, Laser, Dig, Sonar Smash, Rescue Abilities – Magic, Water Spray, Silver Lego Destroy London: 1895 – 3 Minikits *Note – To gain access to Central London 1985 you will need to get to the Trenzalore part of the level pack. Once you have reached this part of the level pack, you can enter the TARDIS and use it to travel to any three London Locations in any of the three times.
Post No Bills (All three areas) Destroy the 5 posters decorating the walls of the three sections of London in 1895. 2 Posters are in the Central London Area 2 Posters are in the Brick Arch Area 1 Poster is in the Scrapyard. Cyberking Assembly Required (Scrapyard) Use a character with dig to uncover the head piece then magic it in place. Destroy the crates on both sides of the Cyberking, assemble the pieces and use magic to lift the arms onto the body. Retrieve the minikit left behind by the Cyberking. Arming Strax (Central London) Enter central london (see note above) and assist Strax at rebuilding his wagon. Melt the three ice blocks with a character with laser to release the first piece of the wagon. Destroy the green awnings to release bricks for the second piece of the wagon. Use Relic Dectection to summon a grapple hook on the large snowman. Pull the snowman with grapple to destroy it revealing the final piece of the wagon.
Assemble the wagon using a character with Master Builder. Collect the minikit from Strax! London: 2015 – 1 Minikits Plastic People Problems (Central London) Face off against three groups of Plastic Manaquins to unlock a minikit. Use a character with Sonar Smash to destroy the phone booth by the TARDIS dock. Use magic on the flower bed outside the store fronts in the middle of Central London. Destroy the grey tent in the construction zone to the right of central london beyond the barracade. London: 2055 – 2 Minikits At the top of the stairs right at the beginning of the level pack is a Judoon soldier trapped in vines. Free the Judoon using a character with Vine Cut and follow him to a pile of bricks by a store front. Use Relic Detection to summon a grapple and pull the debris out of the way revealing a teleportation pad. The Judoon will teleport away leaving a minikit! During the part of the level that requires you to move the window in 1895 to change the building in 2055, move the window to the bottom right corner (in 1895) of the building to access this minikit (in 2055).
U.N.I.T. (Hidden Area) – 3 Minikits At the base of the Skarro tower elevator is a small pile of bricks on fire. Use a character with Water Spray to put out the fire and assemble the bricks into a TARDIS dock. Use the dock to travel to U.N.I.T. Use a character with laser to destroy the portrait of the Brigadier revealing a boomerang switch. Trigger the boomerang switch to reveal a hidden door with a Cyberman who will toss you a minikit and salute you. Destroy the crates around the center table to reveal yellow pieces that can be assembled into a car part. Use grapple on the boxes on the wall storage to pull out more yellow pieces for another section of car. Silver lego destroy the canister at the top left corner of the table and destroy the small computer console next to the bank vault door to unlock the color pads. Use the keystone to unlock the vault door to reveal the final piece of the car. A character with the Master Builder ability will assemble a car that will trigger a short cut scene with the Third Doctor escaping the Time Scoop that will leave behind a minikit.
Use stealth to sneak behind the security cameras. Lift the clock with a character that has magic and continue to use magic on the clocks face until the TARDIS clock disappears. Collect the minikit where the clock used to be. Skarro – 1 Minikits Use a character with electricity to power up the station found just before the Davros boss battle after you sneak into the force field tunnels with the stealth TARDIS. Location: Central London (2015) At the top of the Tube stairs to the left of the TARDIS dock is a small plant. Water the plant with a character that has Water Spray and grow a flower. Use the keystone that falls out of the flower to summon The Giant Robot in the middle of the street in front of the gates. Magic the boulders at The Giant Robot until he switches faces to a Silver Lego, destroy it to release Clara. Collect 245,000 Studs to unlock the Rule Breaker Gold Brick! Want More Lego Dimensions News? Make sure you follow, like and subscribe across all our social media pages!