Talk:Doctor Who merchandise

According to the principle of be bold, I have started this article from material cluttering up Doctor Who spin-offs. Any organisational ideas for this page most welcome! Tim! (talk) 09:24, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

1970's figures
I've fixede the more obivous bits, but it needs clean up from an expert on the subject.(84.65.41.254 18:33, 3 April 2007 (UTC)).

Action figures
I tossed an Expand tag into the Action Figures section. I think it's a great idea, but there needs to be discussion about the Dapol releases and earlier Doctor Who action figures. I'd do it myself but I know very little about them. 23skidoo 23:02, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

More on toys
This article should have more information about general Doctor Who toys, including the Cyberman voice-changer helmet, which has been named Toy of the Year by the Toy Retailers Association. If anyone has a copy of Howe's Transcendental Toybox, I'm sure it has useful information that could be cited in this article.

There's also some redundancy in the "Product Enterprise" and "Character Options" sections, but I don't really know enough about this aspect of merchandising to reorganize the sections. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 22:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Wasn't there Torchwood figures made by a different company? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.44.149.179 (talk) 03:22, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Abzorbaloff figure rumour
I'm sure I've read somewhere that Peter Kay has denied permission to do an Abzorbaloff figure, can anyone find this (because if it's true the Abzorbaloff figure can be removed from the list of rumoured action figures)? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by A wikipedia member with an awful username (talk • contribs) 17:49, February 6, 2007 (UTC)

Prices in what currency?
I'm thinking that the prices in this article are in U.S. dollars. (Seemed a bit strange to me, since I suspect most of these items were made and marketed in the U.K., but whatever.) If this is US$, perhaps that should be made clear (Australia and Canada use the same symbol for their currency). In addition, I'm wondering if the monetary estimates should be dated, since the value of currency changes over time. Accounting4Taste 17:45, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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Gamebooks
I notice the Make Your Own Adventure books are here (under "gamebooks"), but the Decide Your Destiny books are under New Series Adventures. I think it would make more sense to have them here as well. Daibhid C (talk) 14:52, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Magnetic board game
There was a magnetic board game as well, involving moving the doctor around with a magnet on a stick under the game board. Daleks would be attracted or repelled depending on the direction taken. Alas I have no name or detailed information, just the memory of having had it.

(user:lkchild 23:00, 6 September 09 (GMT) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.9.95.155 (talk)

Denys Fisher & Dapol
Those sections need to be heavily rewritten to remove WP:FANCRUFT if the article is going to include them; adding sources would also help. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 15:48, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree but I would also say that section blanking is not helpful. Feel free to add the appropriate tags and/or prune the fancruft. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 19:21, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Appropriate tag has been added at the top of the article. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 07:36, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 15:45, 14 December 2019 (UTC)