Sometimes you stumble on a great website. I did this morning, the Space Museum, which landed in 2017.
Despite the slightly misleading name, its a site dedicated to Dr. Who collectables and the great thing is how the items are laid out, namely year by year. The owner, Christopher Hill, has done a fabulous job worthy of Time Lord status!
Each year of merchandise and toys is covered and the pictures are really neatly arranged. You can click on each one to enlarge and a bit of extra info appears as well.
The amount of Dr. Who merchandise in there is quite staggering. I thought Thunderbirds had a lot!
The WANTED page is fascinating too, all the things the site owner is looking for to add to the site. Maybe you have something tucked away in your Tardis?
Anyways, here's the link to the 1965 pages, a year rammed with Dr. Who and Dalek toys and games. Check it out! Is there anything you had that year or any other year covered?
https://thespacemuseum.net/1965-gallery
Not sure I had much Who as a kid other than the 1969 Annual, my memory has been exterminated somewhat. Seeing all this stuff on the Space Museum though has reminded me of the few Who items I have found over the years as a collector. I own a nice book all about the classic years including a great section on the toys and games, so have looked out for stuff.
I did find a loose Dalek bubble bath at a boot sale [here's a boxed one on the superb Skaro site, which is like an earlier version of the Space Museum] and several Marx Daleks over the years. I also bought a boxed Tom Baker doll from the newspaper classifieds - remember them?
Most of this went towards trades for Project SWORD toys back in the 1990's to a brilliant SWORD finder, Chris Avis. Chris collected Who stuff and I traded what I had with him and he supplied all my Project SWORD needs back in those pre-Ebay days. Sadly I lost track of Chris after that but many of his prized WHO items appeared on the Skaro website in the 1990's [I would love to hear from Chris again!]
Have you any Dr. Who collectables readers?
I've got the Dalek World annual from that year. Other than that, and a Dinky Police Box, I've not got much Doctor Who merchandise, except for dvds. I do have quite a few prop replicas and 2 original props from the show though!
ReplyDeletePictures of the lot please Kev, if the Doctor approves!
DeleteSent replicas and props pictures.
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you Kev! Much obliged.
DeleteI've got a few annuals, some 1970s toys including a Cyberman, the Giant Robot a Talking Dalek and the War of the Daleks board game, as well as a 1964 Tardis money box (though it's in very bad condition).
ReplyDeleteI've also got a few recent Character options Daleks, and a 'Troughton with his Tardis' set.
Sounds great Mish! Any chance of a few snaps of them? I was presented with a battered ceramic Tardis when I finished my environmental career in 2005. I'd been oggling it on my colleague's desk for years and in the end he said he just had to give it me!
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