Category: doctor who

Doctor Who: The Roots of Evil

As part of the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, there are going to be eleven short novels from famous authors covering (as you might have guessed) all eleven Doctors.

Doctor Who: The Roots of Evil

The fourth book is The Roots of Evil and features the fourth Doctor and Leela.

When the Fourth Doctor takes Leela to visit an immense tree space station known as the Heligan Structure, little do they know that the tree has been asleep for centuries, dreaming of vengeance against a man in a blue box … As the tree awakes, the Time Lord and his companion soon discover why they are such unwelcome guests.

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I did enjoy the last book, The Spear of Destiny, which was a good romp through Viking times.

Doctor Who: The Spear of Destiny

As part of the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, there are going to be eleven short novels from famous authors covering (as you might have guessed) all eleven Doctors.

Doctor Who: The Spear of Destiny

The third book is The Spear of Destiny and features the third Doctor and Jo Grant, oh and Vikings.

The Third Doctor and Jo Grant are trying to track down the magical spear of Odin when they find themselves caught up in a vicious battle between two Viking tribes. But one of the Vikings is even more dangerous than he appears to be. Can the Doctor stop the spear getting into the wrong hands before it’s too late?

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Robot Mummy

Back in the 1990s Harlequin Miniatures produced a licensed range of 28mm metal miniatures  and I bought back a few of the blisters, including the robot mummy.

The Robot Mummy in the TV series was quite an aged light brown colour, certainly not white.

I gave the four models I had, after undercoating, a basecoat of Vallejo Ivory (918).

After that I brushed over the models a watered down brown wash.

The rear view.

This was to “age” the bandages.

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Doctor Who: The Nameless City

As part of the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, there are going to be eleven short novels from famous authors covering (as you might have guessed) all eleven Doctors.

The first book was released last month and in February the book features (as you might expect) the second Doctor.

When Jamie McCrimmon brings the Second Doctor a mysterious book, little does he realise the danger contained within its pages. The book transports the TARDIS to a terrifying glass city on a distant world, where the Archons are intent on getting revenge on the Time Lord for an ancient grudge.

I quite like these short novels, and will probably get them all.

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Robot

This is the metal miniature that was made by Harlequin Miniatures.

This is quite an old casting and as you can see the metal has discoloured, however it hasn’t gone brittle or anything like that, so I am expecting it to paint up fine.

The first episode with the fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) was Robot. The Robot in the TV programme looked a lot more flimsy than this casting, but that is down to scale more than anything. Next stage was a white undercoat.

This does show the detail in the model, compared to the plain metal shot.

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