Welcome to the SevenZero.net toyroom.
This gallery is of my personal toy and
model collection. The toys have been divided into categories by
decade. Just click the year links below...
1980s toys - Dapol
The 1980s were largely devoid of any Doctor
Who toys until 1987 when Wales-based model makers Dapol
launched their range of Doctor Who toys.
Dapol were particularly good at making
inaccurate toys, and these included an infamous five-sided
TARDIS console, a two-handed Davros and a green K9. I was lucky
enough to have them all, and they’re shown here.
My collection includes the Seventh Doctor,
the Fourth Doctor, grey K9, green K9, the TARDIS (actually I
have 2) and the TARDIS console. The TARDIS opened out to form
the interior walls, which was cool. Since I had two, I could
make quite a sizable control room. I also had figures of Ace
and Mel, several Cybermen, some Tetraps and some Ice Warriors.
Dapol made many more figures than I had, including the Melkur
and a Jon Pertwee figure.
The Dapol Daleks were exciting at the time,
though in retrospect they’re slightly the wrong shape. I
had a nasty habit of augmenting my model Daleks - this ranged
from (badly) painting them entirely different colours (see
silver ones below) to attaching mesh round the middle section,
which eventually peeled off, leaving nasty superglue marks
behind. Yes, I regretted it!
Citadel Miniatures
The 1980s also saw a wide range of lead
figures from Citadel Miniatures. These came in various sizes,
though I mostly had the smallest ones - see Daleks &
Davros, bottom right. The images to the bottom left show what
remains of my second “20 Daleks & 20 Cybermen”
plastic kit.
