HAPPY DOCTOR WHO DAY 2021

 

Collectible Time: Hallmark's Tom Baker Doctor & TARDIS Ornaments

Hallmark takes a grand, Whovian turn, with two Doctor Who Christmas ornaments for 2021. 

One is a remarkable 5" representation of the Fourth Doctor (excluding Peter Cushing's parallel edition, of course), portrayed by the one and only Tom Baker.

Baker's Time Lord sports amazing color, in particular his trademark scarf. His fedora-tipping pose adds to the pleasurable panache, as does that inimitable, Baker grin. 

Accompanying Mr. Baker is a quaint, 4.6" TARDIS, which not only lights up, but plays Ron Grainer's wondrous, Doctor Who theme!

The detail on this wee TARDIS is perfect-o, with just the right police-blue pigment and weather worn texture to make one want to jump aboard.

I wonder which Doctor incarnation might come next year: perhaps a sound-activated Dalek, Cyberman or K-9. Say, how 'bout a nifty sonic screwdriver, or a companion or two, like Elizabeth Sladen's Sarah Jane Smith and/or Louise Jameson's Leela? The possibilities are nothing short of, well, timeless!

Collectible TIme #38: Gordon Archer Weetabix Dr. Who '75 Card Poster

Obtained another fine, signed Gordon Archer print (see "Collectible Time #35": August '15), courtesy of his son, Jon...

It's a compilation of the '75 Weetabix Dr. Who card series, featuring good ol' Tom Baker!!!

I'm quite partial to this Whovian era, and what a swell idea of Jon to have arranged the character images into one dashing 16" x 23" format. Indeed, if you're a Dr. Who fan, you'd be darn foolish not to move on this. (BTW: the actual print is even grander than the above image: strikingly rich in its details and pigments.)

You can learn more about this wonderful print by visiting...Doctor Who Poster on Facebook. I'm certain Jon will be pleased to hear from you.