LEGO Doctor Who: See the TARDIS, Daleks and Peter Capaldi’s Doctor in new set The official LEGO set for the BBC iconic sci-fi series has nearly arrived Friday 9 October 2015 16:48 BST Whovians, this is the moment you’ve been waiting for – that long sought-after Doctor Who LEGO set is almost here. Originally pitched by Doctor Who fan Andrew Clark through the LEGO Ideas website, where fans can submit speculative designs for sets that they’d love to see, the finished product is now a reality. Pictures of the set have been unveiled, and it’s everything you’d hope it would be. The centrepiece of the kit is the current incarnation of the TARDIS, the Time Lord’s time (and space) ship, complete with all kinds of alien instruments and the classic blue Police Box exterior. The two main minifigures included are the current Doctor, as portrayed in the latest series by Peter Capaldi, and his companion Clara Oswald. Fans of Matt Smith’s Doctor will be pleased to know that his Eleventh Doctor is also included, complete with a bowtie and – of course – a fez.
A Doctor Who set wouldn’t be complete without some of the show’s legendary villains –the Daleks are here, as well as the terrifying Weeping Angels. Remember not to blink while you’re assembling those ones. With Clara already confirmed to leave the TARDIS by the end of the current series – and Peter Capaldi’s Doctor rumoured to be on the way out too – can we expect an updated LEGO set with a new Doctor and companion soon? We sure hope so. LEGO Doctor Who will be available on December 1, priced £49.99Lego Doctor WhoLego Dr WhoDoctor Who StuffThe DoctorPhase DoctorLego PolicePolice BoxLego GoogleDoctors GoogleForwardI MUST have this.... Just look at that Tennant hair! Character Building Doctor Who Series image jon_haywardQuick guide to standard Doctor Who micro-figures Since 2011, Character Building have released a number of different Doctor Who micro-figures. Many have only been available in blind packaging which itself...Read More about Character Building Doctor Who Series
This marvelous new 'Doctor Who' Lego set is bigger on the inside See all Editor's Picks The Daily Dot Bazaar 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.