Toy soldier

Toy soldiers were, according to General Staal of the Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet, "the playthings of children". He described the soldiers of UNIT as such. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem ^[+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"]) Toy soldiers could be made of metal. (PROSE: My Special Book ^[+]Loading...["My Special Book (short story)"])

History

The Albanians mockingly referred to the army of Mussolini's Italy as an "army of toy soldiers" during the 1939 invasion. This made the shame of defeat worse when Italy conquered the nation. (PROSE: Deadly Reunion ^[+]Loading...["Deadly Reunion (novel)"])

The Second Doctor once visited a giant toyshop which had a box of toy soldiers, each four feet tall. (PROSE: The Celestial Toyshop ^[+]Loading...["The Celestial Toyshop (short story)"])

George Thompson's Nana gave George toys when he was little, including toy soldiers. George was scared of them, however, and he had them locked inside his his cupboard. (PROSE: My Special Book ^[+]Loading...["My Special Book (short story)"])

A number of large Toy Soldiers' were the Toymaker's minions of choice when he tried to make a group of adventurers compete with Daleks in a giant game of chess. The Soldiers were spread out across the "vast landscape" of the Toymaker's realm, with doll's houses being the other prominent feature. The Soldiers became an active threat to the players when they started fighting back against their villainous game master. (GAME: A Game of Daleks ^[+]Loading...["A Game of Daleks (game)"])