Character Building

Character Building
Publisher:	Character Options
Type:	Minifigures
Release date:	2011
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Character Building was the name of a whole class of Character Options figures and playsets. The Character Building line featured micro-figures somewhat reminiscent of the main lines of LEGO products. Character Options produced Character Building figures for several different franchises. In the spring of 2011, they began releasing such figures under their Doctor Who licence. Most of the figures came from stories in the Steven Moffat era of the programme. There are three series of blind figure packets, one from 2010, one from 2011, and one from 2012. A fourth series was announced at the London Toy Fair in 2014.

List of Character Options: Building sets

Figures

A small selection of toys available.

Series 1

• Eleventh Doctor (red bowtie)
• Amy Pond (from Victory of the Daleks and series 1 of The Adventure Games)
• Eleventh Doctor (blue bowtie jacketless) (from The Lodger)
• Weeping Angel (screaming)
• Weeping Angel (serene)
• Drone Dalek
• Strategist Dalek
• Smiler (angry face)
• Silurian General Restac
• Cyberman (Cybus)

Super Rare

• Projected Weeping Angel (from The Time of Angels) (limited edition of 500)
• Raggedy Doctor (from The Eleventh Hour) (limited edition of 500)
• Amy Pond in Green Coat (from Vincent and the Doctor) (limited edition of 100)
• Eleventh Doctor in football kit (from The Lodger) (limited edition of 100)
• Silurian Warrior Alaya (limited edition of 100)

Daily Mirror

• Eleventh Doctor (blue bowtie)
• Amy Pond (from The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang)
• Eternal Dalek

Series 2

• Eleventh Doctor (Series 6, red bowtie)
• Amy Pond (from Night Terrors)
• Amy Pond (Police uniform) (from The Eleventh Hour and A Christmas Carol)
• Rory Williams (from The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood)
• River Song (from The Big Bang)
• Vampire
• Cyber-Leader
• Silent
• Supreme Dalek
• Roman Auton

Super Rare

• Hologram Silent (limited edition of 500)
• Amy Pond in Pirate Costume (from The Curse of the Black Spot) (limited edition of 250)
• Auton Rory 'The Last Centurion' (limited edition of 250)
• River Song (from The Impossible Astronaut) (limited edition of 100)
• Eleventh Doctor in Straightjacket (from Day of the Moon) (limited edition of 100)

Series 3

• Gold Dalek
• Handbot
• Judoon Trooper (with removable helmet)
• Cyber Controller
• The Eleventh Doctor (in green coat from Let's Kill Hitler)
• Sontaran Trooper (with removable helmet)
• Amy (with tally marks) (from Day of the Moon)
• Vashta Nerada
• River Song (from Day of the Moon)
• Rory (with eye patch)
• Ood
• Madame Kovarian

Super Rare

• River Song in Black Catsuit (from The Pandorica Opens) (limited edition of 250)
• Amy Pond with Tally Marks (from The Impossible Astronaut) (limited edition of 100)
• The Tenth Doctor in spacesuit (from The Waters of Mars) (limited edition of 100)
• The Eleventh Doctor in Tuxedo (from Let's Kill Hitler) (limited edition of 500)
• Rory Williams in Nurse Uniform (from The Eleventh Hour) (limited edition of 250)

50th Anniversary Series

• The First Doctor (outfit from An Unearthly Child)
• The Second Doctor (no jacket, braces from The Power of the Daleks)
• The Third Doctor (blue coat from Invasion of the Dinosaurs)
• The Fourth Doctor (red coat and scarf from Season 18)
• The Fifth Doctor
• The Sixth Doctor (blue coat from Big Finish stories)
• The Seventh Doctor (caramel-coloured coat)
• The Eighth Doctor (blue coat from Big Finish stories)
• The Ninth Doctor (grey shirt from The Unquiet Dead)
• The Tenth Doctor (standard brown trench coat)
• The Eleventh Doctor (blue bow tie from The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People)

Super Rare

• The Second Doctor (outfit from The Two Doctors) (limited edition of 100)
• The Third Doctor (red coat from Day of the Daleks) (limited edition of 250)
• The Fifth Doctor (post-regeneration Fourth Doctor's outfit from Castrovalva) (limited edition of 250)
• The Tenth Doctor (tuxedo from Voyage of the Damned) (limited edition of 500)
• The Eleventh Doctor (Ganger) (limited edition of 100)

Display Brix

• Eleventh Doctor with fez
• Tenth Doctor
• Ninth Doctor
• Gold Dalek
• Dalek Sec
• Eternal Dalek
• Cyberman (Cybus)
• Judoon Commander
• Sontaran Commander
• Vashta Nerada
• Silent
• Weeping Angel

Series 4

• The Twelfth Doctor (usual Crombie coat from Deep Breath)
• The Twelfth Doctor ("regeneration costume" from The Time of the Doctor)
• The Eleventh Doctor (red coat from The Day of the Doctor)
• The War Doctor
• Clara Oswald (vintage dress & navy jacket from Cold War)
• Oswin Oswald
• Madame Vastra
• Strax
• Captain Jack Harkness (trench coat)
• Cyberman (design from Nightmare in Silver)
• Zygon
• Dalek Ironside

Super Rare

• The Eleventh Doctor with Handles (limited edition of 75)
• Clara Oswald (Plaid skirt from The Time of the Doctor) (limited edition of 100)
• Wooden Cyberman (limited edition of 50)
• The Eleventh Doctor from The Crimson Horror (limited edition of 75)
• Captain Jack Harkness (no coat, suspenders) (limited edition of 50)

Set exclusives

• Scientist Dalek
• Spaceman
• Cyberman (The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang)
• Cyberman (A Good Man Goes to War, Closing Time)
• Cyber-Leader (A Good Man Goes to War)
• First Doctor (two versions)
• Second Doctor
• Third Doctor
• Fourth Doctor (two versions)
• Fifth Doctor
• Sixth Doctor
• Seventh Doctor (two versions)
• Eighth Doctor
• Ninth Doctor (two versions)
• Tenth Doctor (two versions)

Sets

• TARDIS exterior
• Dalek Progenitor Room
• The Time of Angels
• Cyber-Conversion Chamber (Blood of the Cybermen)
• Dalek Factory (City of the Daleks)
• TARDIS interior (Eleventh Doctor version)
• Eleven Doctors Set
• Army Builder Packs
  • Dalek army builder pack
  • Cyberman army builder pack
  • Weeping Angel army builder pack
  • Argos exclusive Silence army builder pack
• The Doctor in Berlin
• Dalek Spaceship set
• TARDIS Dematerialising set
• The Girl Who Waited set
• Silent Time Machine set
• Cyberslime set

External links

• Doctor Who at Character Building Wiki
• Doctor Who at Character Building (archive)
• 2012 info