Thursday, 17 February 2011

The Third Doctor and the Weeping Angels

Once upon a time, there was hiding behind the sofa.


Before I grew big enough to watch Tom's showdowns with Davros - or to get girly over Peter's cricketing whites (sshh!) - the Third Doctor was the Main Man of the early Seventies. Elegant, well-presented, with authority, presence and a flair for technology - you got to love a man in frills who takes out the bad guys with Venusian Aikido.


Today, my six-year-old son isn't having this sofa crap, he's completely enwrapped in Doctor Who. He's a Tennant-fan (fairly obviously!) but likes to play games of imagination featuring his favourite Bad Guys. Daleks and Cyberman dominate - but he and I both are tranfixed by a more up-to-date Nasty...

The latest releases for Titan Merchandise, both these characters are now available as 8" maxi-busts, with the kind of high-quality sculpting that makes me wish I didn't have two left hands.

Though they do make me think... what would happen if they ever actually met...

2 comments:

Mark Caldwell said...

The Angels have to be the best and most memorable of the new Bads since the restart. Plus they have the added advantage of not having been re-imagined over and over again...

redhead said...

I need one of those angel busts for my desk at work.