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| [[File:DapolOldLogo.jpg|thumb|The Dapol logo as it appeared on most ''Doctor Who'' packaging]]
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| '''Dapol''' are a model railway maker that secured the licence from the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] to produce and market [[Dapol action figures|a range of ''Doctor Who'' toys]]. The licence ran from 1988 until 2001, until the BBC declined to renew it in 2002. | | '''Dapol''' are a [[model railway]] manufacturer that secured the licence from the [[BBC]] to produce and market [[Dapol action figures|a range of ''Doctor Who'' toys]]. The licence ran from 1988 until 2001, with the BBC declining to renew it in 2002. |
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| Its range included action figures of [[the Doctor]], [[companion]]s and enemies, as well as various [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] models. The company often released obviously flawed figures, such as a five sided [[TARDIS console]] instead of the normal six, a green [[K9]], a [[Fourth Doctor]] with no [[hat]] or [[the Doctor's scarf|scarf]], and an undersized [[Second Doctor]] with no articulation. | | Its range included action figures of [[the Doctor]], [[companion]]s and enemies, as well as various [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] models. The company often released obviously flawed figures, such as a [[TARDIS console]] with five sides instead of the normal six, a green [[K9]], a [[Fourth Doctor]] with no [[hat]] or [[the Doctor's scarf|scarf]], and an undersized [[Second Doctor]] with no articulation. |
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| They also held other licenses. One allowed them to release special edition glassware products. Another gave them permission to sell branded adhesive transfers. In [[1995]] Dapol obtained a further licence to operate the [[Doctor Who Experience (Llangollen)|Llangollen Doctor Who Experience]], a long-standing ''Doctor Who'' exhibition in Wales next to its factory.
| | Dapol's action figures were the subject of the parodic comic story ''[[Doctor Who? (DWM 153 comic story)|Doctor Who? 153]]''. In it, the [[Seventh Doctor]] commends how lifelike the Dapol [[Dalek]] and [[Cyberman]] figures are, telling [[Ace]] that he hears they are to be used in future episodes of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Ace then shocks him by presenting the Doctor with figures of them both, substantiating the [[rumour]] that they too, are going to be replaced. |
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| * [http://dapol.co.uk The current company website]
| | Dapol also held other licences; one allowed them to release special edition glassware products, while another gave them permission to sell branded adhesive transfers. In 1995, Dapol obtained a further licence to operate the [[Doctor Who Experience (Llangollen)|Llangollen ''Doctor Who Experience'']], a long-standing ''Doctor Who'' exhibition in Wales, next to its factory. |
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| == Merchandise == | | == Merchandise == |
| {| {{Prettytable}} | | {{main|Dapol action figures}} |
| !'''Figure''' || '''Dapol number'''|| '''Notes'''
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| ||[[Seventh Doctor]]||W001|| Beige and brown coat variants, with umbrella. Ten or more variants known for umbrella colour.
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| ||[[Melanie Bush|Mel]]||W002|| Pink and blue blouse variants
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| ||[[Tetrap]]||W003||Variants include leather or vinyl wings, and attached or dettached wings.
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| ||[[K9]]||W004-1||Green and grey variants, and wagging tail or no wagging tail.
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| ||K9||W004-2|| "20th Anniversary" stencilled on side.
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| ||K9||W004-3|| "21st Anniversary" stencilled on side. Some also had "Longleat" on side.
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| ||K9||W004-Eclusives|| Various K9s made for special events over the years. Colours vary by event. Signed by various ''Doctor Who'' guests.
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| ||K9||W004-XMAS||Dusty gold. "[[Christmas]] [[2000]]" stencilled on side. US market exclusive.
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| ||[[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]||W005||
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| ||TARDIS||W005-35th|| 35th Anniversary edition, limited to 350. Gold windows and lettering. Included 5 figures.
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| ||TARDIS||W005-DW1|| Limited to 10 pieces. Signed by [[Anneke Wills]] and [[Frazer Hines]]. ''A Day With Anneke Wills and Frazer Hines [[10 June]], [[2000]]'' exclusive.
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| ||TARDIS||W005-JB||All clear plastic. Originally sold with [[Jelly baby|jelly babies]].
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| ||TARDIS||W005-SFX|| Improved LED bulb. Sound effects for later releases.
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| ||TARDIS||W005-TB|| Signed by [[Tom Baker]]. Limited to 20 pieces. ''A Day with Tom Baker [[20 October]], [[2000]]'' exclusive.
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| ||[[The Master]]||W006|| [[Roger Delgado]] version
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| |||[[Sea Devil]]||W007|
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| ||[[Dalek]]||W008-1|| [[Imperial Dalek]]-style Dalek. White, gold detailing.
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| ||Dalek||W008-2|| Black with gold detailing. Black or gold skirt.
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| ||Dalek||W008-3|| [[The Daleks (TV story)|''The Daleks'']]-style Dalek. Gray with blue detailing
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| ||Dalek||W008-4|| ''The Daleks''-style Dalek. Gray with blue detailing. Gunstick, eyestalk, and plunger arm are black.
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| ||Dalek||W008-5|| Red with black detailing. Black or red skirt.
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| ||Dalek||W008-6|| Red with silver detailing. Gunstick, eyestalk, and plunger arm are either silver or grey.
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| ||Dalek||W008-7|| Red with gold detailing. Gunstick, eyestalk, and plunger arm are either unpainted bronze plastic or painted gold.
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| ||Dalek||W008-8|| [[Renegade Dalek]]-style Dalek. Gray with black detailing.
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| ||Dalek||W008-9|| [[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]-style Dalek. Red with silver detailing and black base. Claw arm instead of plunger arm, and different mould of gunstick.
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| ||Dalek||W008-10|| All gold. Made from W008 mould or W008-9 mould.
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| ||Dalek||W008-11|| [[Glass Dalek]]-style "Transmat" Dalek. Clear with coloured mutant inside. Mutant came in either brown, light green, or yellow. Brown version was a Ministry of Sound Vision (MOSV) website exclusive, U.S. market only, and limited to 50 pieces.
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| ||Dalek||W008-12|| Light grey with gold detailing.
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| ||Dalek||W008-Boots|| Blue with silver detailing. Only available with ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' VHS set, specially commissioned by the Boots company. Some released on card.
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| ||Dalek||W008-CR|| Only available at the factory. Black with purple detailing. Dome, eyestalk, plunger, and gunstick are pink. All profits from this figure went to cancer research.
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| ||Dalek||W008-MOSV|| W008-9 mould. Blue with gold detailing. Only available with ''[[The Genocide Machine (audio story)|The Genocide Machine]]'', and exclusive to MOSV subscription members.
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| ||Dalek||W008-exclusives|| Daleks made for several special events over the years. Most had the colors selected at the factory and where unique. Signed by various ''Doctor Who'' guests, varying by event.
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| ||Dalek||W008-USA|| Red body, white head dome, and blue hemispheres Dalek. Eyestalk, gunstick, and sucker either blue or white. Limited to 2000, US market only.
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| ||Dalek||W008-XMAS|| Special Christmas Dalek. Green body, red detailing, with sparkly gold head dome, gunstick, and sucker.
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| ||Millennium Dalek||W008-M|| Sparkly blue, sparkly green, sparkly red, sparkly purple, sparkly black, or sparkly silver, with gold detailing. Limited to 2000 of each color. Cardboard display available for redemption of 6 Millennium Dalek proof of purchase tags.
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| ||[[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]]||W009|| ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''-style Cyberman
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| ||Black Cyberman||W009-DW1|| All-black ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]''-style Cyberman. Cardback designed by Anneke Wills and Frazer Hines. ''A Day With Anneke Wills and Frazer Hines [[10 June]], 2000'' exclusive.
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| ||[[Fourth Doctor]]||W010|| No scarf or hat
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| ||[[Silurian]]||W011|| '' [[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]-style Silurian
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| |25th Anniversary gift set||W012|| Included the Seventh Doctor, Mel, Tardis, Tardis console, and green K9.
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| ||Armoured Silurian||W012|| '' [[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]''-style Silurian. Has the same production code as the 25th Anniversary Playset.
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| ||[[Ice Warrior]]||W013|| Weapon accessory originally made by Hasbro for ''G.I. Joe'''s [http://www.yojoe.com/action/85/ladyjaye.shtml Lady Jaye] figure.
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| ||Ice Warrior||W013|| All gold. Christmas exclusive, U.S. market only. Otherwise as above.
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| ||[[Gallifrey]] [[High Council]]lor||W014-1|| [[Castellan]] brown robes or [[Arcalian Chapter]] green robes (Same production code).
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| ||Gallifrey High Councillor||W014-2|| [[High Council]] cream robes
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| ||Gallifrey High Councillor||W014-3|| [[Prydonian Chapter]] burgundy robes
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| ||Gallifrey High Councillor||W014-4|| [[Dromeian Chapter]] grey robes
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| ||Gallifrey High Councillor||W014-5|| [[Gold Usher]] gold robes. Supposedly only ten made.
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| ||[[Ace]]||W015||With or without backpack and Dalek bat
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| ||[[Davros]]||W016||Variants include One-handed version, two-handed version, and gold-trimmed 35th Anniversary version (one hand).
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| ||7th Doctor Pullover||W017||[[Seventh Doctor]]'s question-mark jumper.
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| || [[Marx Toys|Marx]] Dalek||W018-1|| Scaled-down [[Marx Toys]]-style Dalek. Gray with gold detailing
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| ||Marx Dalek||W018-2|| Scaled-down Marx Toys-style Dalek. All red.
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| ||Marx Dalek||W018-3|| Scaled-down Marx Toys-style Dalek. All black.
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| ||Marx Dalek||W018-4|| Scaled-down Marx Toys-style Dalek. All silver
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| ||Marx Dalek||W018-5|| Scaled-down Marx Toys-style Dalek. White with red base, gunbox, and head or glass. Attachment variants.
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| ||Marx Dalek||W018-7|| Scaled-down Marx Toys-style Dalek. Black with gold detailing.
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| ||Marx Dalek||W018-8|| Scaled-down Marx Toys-style Dalek. Silver with gold detailing.
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| ||Marx Dalek||W018-10|| Scaled-down Marx Toys-style Dalek. All gold.
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| ||Self-Assembly Dalek||W018-KIT|| Scaled-down Marx Toys-style Dalek. Sold as a kit, with all pieces in a bag. Colours vary.
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| |||[[Third Doctor]]||W019|
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| || [[Marx Toys|Bump n Go]] Dalek||W020-1|| Full-scale Marx Toys Dalek reissue. Silver with gold bands. Bump n go Daleks limited to 2500.
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| ||Bump n Go Dalek||W020-2|| Full-scale Marx Toys Dalek reissue. Red with gold bands.
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| ||Bump n Go Dalek||W020-3|| Full-scale Marx Toys Dalek reissue. Black with gold bands.
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| ||Bump n Go Dalek||W020-4|| Full-scale Marx Toys Dalek reissue. All gold.
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| |Third Doctor giftset||W021|| Included the Third Doctor, the Master, Sea Devil, Armoured Silurian, Tardis, gold Dalek with black detailing, and plastic transfer. Limited to 1000.
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| |Davros and Dalek army Playset||W021-1|| Included Davros and seven Daleks. Possible Daleks included all grey or brown with gold detailing, all gold, black with gold detailing, black with silver detailing, red with gold detailing, red with silver detailing, white with gold detailing. Daleks were of either "show" or "movie" sculpt.
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| |Fourth Doctor Playset||W021-2|| Included the Fourth Doctor, Tardis, K9, Mel, Cyberman, and blue Dalek with black detailing.
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| |Seventh Doctor Playset||W021-3|| Included the Seventh Doctor, Tardis, Cyberman or Ice Warrior, Mel or Ace, and Dalek. Dalek was grey with gold detailing, gold with grey detailing, or green with silver detailing.
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| |35th Anniversary Playset||W022|| Included the Third Doctor, 35th Anniversary Tardis, 35th Anniversary K9, the Master, Gallifrey High Councillor, 35th Anniversary Davros, and sticker. Limited to 350.
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| ||Winged [[Yoyo]]||W023|| Seventh or Fourth Doctor -era ''Doctor Who'' logo.
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| ||[[Sontaran]]||W024||Grey/black with helmet
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| ||Sontaran Captain||W024-1||Silver with helmet
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| |||[[Melkur|The Melkur]]||W025|
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| ||Early Cyberman||W026|| ''[[Moonbase]]''/''[[Tomb of the Cybermen]]''-style Cyberman. No articulation. [[Cybermat]] accessory prototyped but abandonned.
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| ||[[Second Doctor]]||W027|| No articulation. Undersized compared to the rest of the line.
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| |Early Daleks Gift set||W030|| Included four grey Daleks with blue detailing. Each had unique appendages in place of the sucker. One came with standard sucker, one came with flamethrower, one came with radiation gauge, and one came with [[Dalek Mutant]] scoop.
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| == Gallery == | | == External links == |
| === Released Items ===
| | {{official website|dapol.co.uk}} |
| <gallery widths="150" captionalign="left" hideaddbutton=true position=center captionalign=center>
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| 7th Doctor Dapol.jpg|W001 [[Seventh Doctor]]
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| Mel.jpg|W002-1 [[Mel]] (Pink)
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| Dapolmelblue.jpg|W002-2 [[Mel]] (Blue)
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| TetrapDapol.jpg|W003 [[Tetrap]]
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| K9Green.png|W004-1 Green [[K9]]
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| K9Dapol.jpg|W004-1 Grey [[K9]]
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| K920th.jpg|W004-2 [[K9]] (20th Anniversary)
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| K921st.jpg|W004-3 [[K9]] (21st Anniversary)
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| W004-XmasK9.jpg|W004-XMAS: Christmas K9
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| k9JNTSilver.jpg|W004-TITW: Silver signed K9
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| Dapol-tardis.jpg|W005 [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]
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| DapolMasterDelgado.jpg|W006 [[The Master]]
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| seadevilfull.jpg|W007 [[Sea Devil]]
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| ImperialDalekDapol.jpg|W008-1 [[Imperial Dalek]]
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| BlackandGoldDalekDapol.jpg|W008-2 Black/Gold [[Dalek]]
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| BlueSilverDapolDalek.jpg|W008-3 Grey/Blue [[Dalek]]
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| File:Cyberman Dapol.jpg|W009 [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]]
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| File:Cybermen Dapol.jpg|Assorted [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]
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| File:Dapol_4th.jpg|W010 [[Fourth Doctor]]
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| File:Dapol Silurians.jpg|W011 & W012 [[Silurian]]s
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| File:Dapol_25th_ann.jpg|W012 25th anniversary box
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| IceWarriorDapol.jpg|W013 [[Ice Warrior]]
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| File:Dapol_Timelords.jpg|W014-1, 2, 3, and 4; different coloured [[Time Lord]]s
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| DapolAce.jpg|W015 [[Ace]]
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| File:Dapol_Davros.jpg|W016 [[Davros]]
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| File:7thdoctorpulloverdapol.jpeg|W017 [[Seventh Doctor]] pullover
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| File:dapolmarxdalekpacket.jpeg|W018-KIT Unopened [[Marx Toys|Marx]] [[Dalek]] kit
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| File:dapolmarxdalekkit.jpeg|W018-KIT Assembled Marx Dalek kit
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| Third_Doctor.png|W019 [[Third Doctor]]
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| File:Dapol_Daleks.jpg|W020 [[Marx Toys|Bump-n-go]] [[Dalek]]s
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| File:Dapol_Davros_Dalek.jpg|W021-1 [[Davros]] and [[Dalek]] army Playset
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| 35TH-ANNIVERSARY-BOX580.jpg|W022 35th anniversary box
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| File:Dapol_Yo-yo.jpg|W023 [[Yo-yo]]
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| SontaranCaptainDapol.jpg|W024-1 [[Sontaran]] Captain
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| MelkurDapol.jpg|W025 The [[Melkur]]
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| File:Old Cyberman Dapol.jpg|W026 Older [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]]
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| File:Second_Doctor_Dapol.jpg|W027 [[Second Doctor]]
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| File:earlydaleksdapol.jpg|W030 Early [[Dalek]]s
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| === Unreleased items ===
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| <gallery widths="150" captionalign="left" hideaddbutton=true position=center captionalign=center>
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| File:Firstdoctordapol.jpg|[[First Doctor]] prototype
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| File:Yetidapolproto.jpg|[[Robot Yeti|Yeti]] prototype
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| File:Dapol_Whomobile.jpg|Ad for a [[Whomobile]] toy, which was never released
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| </gallery>
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