Character Options has put up its new Doctor Who set for order, and it’s quite an exciting one: The Master & TARDIS Set is fashioned after Anthony Ainley’s incarnation of the duplicitous Time Lord, and comes with the Doric Column TARDIS as seen in Logopolis and Castrovalva!
The Master & TARDIS set is a Doctor Who ‘Vortex Edition’ release, available to buy solely from the Character Options site.
This higher-specification “Vortex Edition” release comes with a scaled 5.5-inch figure of the Master, presented in his original black velvet outfit. This figure release comes with two interchangeable head pieces, one with a more neutral pose and a second featuring the Ainley Master’s notorious sneer/grin.
He comes complete with his ‘Doric Column’ TARDIS accessory, as seen in Tom Baker’s final story Logopolis, as well as Peter Davison’s first, Castrovalva, before being changed for Time Flight. Also included within the exclusive pack are two versions of the Tissue Compression Eliminator (TCE) in closed and open modes, plus a Time Lord funeral casket, and Matrix Internment Orb, as used by the Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) to carry the Master’s remains back to Gallifrey in the 1996 TV Movie.
Here’s a closer look:
Al Dewar, Creative Director at Character Options, said:
“It’s been a very long time coming! This figure, or lack of, has been talked about and desired by so many fans for years. I have stated before that if we were to do it, it had to be done properly! It will, I hope, be a big but very welcome surprise to fans and collectors alike. The reason we’ve held off for so long is that Anthony Ainley’s contribution to Doctor Who cannot be understated. With the exception perhaps of the Brigadier, I can think of no other character that has had the so much of an impact on the show. So, I’m particularly pleased we could finally bring ‘a new Master… at last!’ to the figure range.””
This new set is on sale now through the Character Options site, priced £44.99. Each online exclusive release has unique features, and is limited so will likely sell out.
