Doctor Who 1963-64 (Completed)

[Steve F]

A Contemporary or Modern 48th anniversary gift has a theme of Optical Goods.
(anniversaryideas.co.uk)

Well, here's something to look at, then.  On 23 November 1963, Doctor Who began.

As with my Doctor Who 2010 thread, I'm going to work through that first series story by story.

For starters, here are the regular characters.




An Unearthly Child

And some others from the first episode.






My Doctor Who collections:
Doctor Who 1963-64: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=35262.0
Doctor Who 1996: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=43312.0
Doctor Who 2010: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=23774.0
Doctor Who 2011: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=45461.0
Doctor Who 2012-13: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=41010.0

[aircav]

Great Stuff 

[Mason]

Some great minis there, Steve F!

Lovely paintjobs and like the idea behind the project.

[jp1885]

Ooh I am so following this thread - great work!

[anevilgiraffe]

nice idea... good luck with that...

[Michka]

Now this is cool. I love seeing a great paint job on those not so great Harlequin miniatures. There are some gems in that line, but there's a bunch of coal too.   

[Steve F]

Thanks, guys.

Now, onto the remaining episodes of that first story.

The Cave of Skulls / The Forest of Fear / The Firemaker







(A note on the animals: Barbara stumbles over a dead pig in the forest.  The others are frequently mentioned, but do not appear.  Strictly, the dialogue refers to "the tiger and the bear", but as the tribe's children are seen playing a hunting game with a leopard-skin, I have assumed that the TARDIS's translation circuits are as unconcerned about the names of big cats as they are about water features or musical terms.)

[No Such Agency]

Nice collection.  I've failed to buy any 1st Doctor stuff because, god help me, I can't get into the stories.  I'm too much of a modern creature, it seems  

I'd have painted 1st Doctor era stuff in B&W, but I can see how that would get tiresome and not look so interesting for so many figures.

[colin_baillie]

I'm really looking forward to some Daleks and Thals next.

[Steve F]

I'd have painted 1st Doctor era stuff in B&W, but I can see how that would get tiresome and not look so interesting for so many figures.

I considered B&W, but decided on colour for several reasons.

1) Some of these figures are double-use: I want to be able to use the policeman, for example, or the stone-agers, for games unrelated to Doctor Who.

2) For most of the stories in the first series, colour photos were taken on set.  The historicals, in particular, look gorgeous (though you can only tell that the photos from "The Sensorites" were in colour from the actors' skin and hair - all the sets and costumes were grey!).

3) Even where colour photos were not available, it is fun to try to track down the colours used from other sources.  I'll include notes about colour decisions alongside my lists of miniatures used.

4) Most decisively, when I was a kid, my mum would always complain when a film or TV programme used B&W to indicate a flashback.  "We didn't actually live in black and white." she'd say.  Years of that conditioned me quite thoroughly!

[joroas]

Willim Hartnell, what an era to grow up in..........

[Brummie Thug]

Very cool collection with lovelly paintjobs 

[Steve F]

Thanks again.

Figure sources and colour notes, then.  All figures described left to right, unless otherwise stated.

Regulars

The Doctor, Susan, Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton are all unmodified Harlequin (now Black Tree) Doctor Who figures (the ring on the Doctor's right hand was just added with paint).  DW101, 108, 107 and 106 respectively.  Colours are based on photos taken for "Marco Polo", except for Susan's shoes (she's wearing boots in those pics) and Ian's tie.  For the latter, I've used the Coal Hill school tie from "Remembrance of the Daleks"; this does not look like the ties worn in the opening episode, but I don't know what colour they were.  The description Ian gives in "The Web Planet" not only differs from both of these, but also from what we see of the tie he's supposed to be describing in that episode.


An Unearthly Child

Picture 1  Policeman from Killer B's "Geezers! Shut It!" range.  TARDIS from Ainsty Castings.  The Doctor is Harlequin DW199, with coat and scarf added with putty.  The scarf should probably be more colourful, but I thought it looked better (and drew less attention to my piss-poor putty work) in grey.

Picture 2  Reaper "Chronoscope" Townsfolk Chick and Nerd.  Colours made up by me, except the nerd's tie (which is a putty addition).


The Cave of Skulls / The Forest of Fear / The Firemaker

All colours for this episode made up.

Picture 1  Hur is a Copplestone "High Adventure" cavewoman, with added furs and skins; Za is a Copplestone caveman ditto.  Kal is Harlequin DW123, with the bone in his hand replaced by a flint knife.

Picture 2  Horg is another Copplestone caveman with added furs and skins; the Old Woman (called Old Mother in the end credits) is Sycorax from Gorgon Miniatures, with extra furs; the boy is Copplestone, again with extra furs.

Picture 3  The pig is from Foundry's "North European Bronze Age" range, with added tusks; the bear is from Gripping Beast (I think); the big cat is from Minifigs.

[Steve F]

"The Daleks"
The Dead Planet / The Survivors / The Escape / The Ambush / The Expedition / The Ordeal / The Rescue




Daleks




Dalek with cutting tool, Dalek creature wrapped in Thal cloak




Thals: Alydon, Ganatus, Temmosus




Thals: Dyoni and two others.  The cloaks really were that stiff!




Skaro creatures, with Alydon again for scale.  The one on the left is a Magneton or Magnadon.




Swamp creature (like a rubber ring topped with lasagne) and Alydon again.

[carrma]

Nice--like your Skaro creatures!  The swamp base is great!