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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' were 1964 tie-in food products manufactured by [[Cadet Sweets]]. Though one of the first perishable goods associated with ''[[Doctor Who]]'', memory of the product has persisted, thanks to the fact that its packages contained collectible trading cards that [[Doctor Who and the Daleks (short story)|told a story]].
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' were 1964 tie-in food products manufactured by [[Cadet Sweets]]. Though one of the first perishable goods associated with ''[[Doctor Who]]'', memory of the product has persisted, thanks to the fact that its packages contained collectible trading cards that [[Doctor Who and the Daleks (short story)|told a story]].


Despite the name, it was ''not'' a tie-in with the film, ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'', but rather with [[season 1]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Also, they were not "sweet cigarettes" in the early 21st century sense of being a [[cigarette]] sweetened with flavouring. They were a completely non-[[tobacco]] product — a {{w|candy cigarette}} that was entirely consumable but ''shaped like'' a cigarette. Moreover, the box that was roughly the same dimensions as a [[British]] cigarette pack. It's unclear how the product may have tasted, as one of the package's stated ingredients was "[[Skaro]]".
Despite the name, it was ''not'' a tie-in with the film, ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'', but rather with [[season 1]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Also, they were not "sweet cigarettes" in the early 21st century sense of being a [[cigarette]] sweetened with flavouring. They were a completely non-[[tobacco]] product — a {{w|candy cigarette}} that was entirely consumable but ''shaped like'' a cigarette. Moreover, the box that was roughly the same dimensions as a [[British]] cigarette pack. It's unclear how the product may have tasted, as one of the package's stated ingredients was "[[Skaro]]".


A PDF file containing the complete story with illustrations is included on the [[DVD releases|DVD release]] of [[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]''.
A PDF file containing the complete story with illustrations is included on the [[DVD releases|DVD release]] of [[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]''.
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[[Category:Doctor Who licensed food]]
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