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Each page of the Tonner website carries a message declaring that its products "are not toys; they are products intended for the adult collector ages 14 years and older". | Each page of the Tonner website carries a message declaring that its products "are not toys; they are products intended for the adult collector ages 14 years and older". | ||
They had an average price of close to USD 200. Some of the reasons for the expense were their dimensions and the unusual degree of attention taken on each doll's clothing — a particular forté of the prestigious {{w|Tonner Doll Company, Inc.|Tonner Doll Company}}. Along with each figure came an equally collectible box. In the case of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' figures, the box was in the [[regeneration]] colours of orange and gold. It featured [[Gallifrey]]an script and the [[RTD]]-era [[Doctor Who logo|logo]]. | They had an average price of close to USD 200. Some of the reasons for the expense were their dimensions and the unusual degree of attention taken on each doll's clothing — a particular forté of the prestigious {{w|Tonner Doll Company, Inc.|Tonner Doll Company}}. Along with each figure came an equally collectible box. In the case of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' figures, the box was in the [[regeneration]] colours of orange and gold. It featured [[Gallifrey]]an [[Gallifreyan (language)|script]] and the [[RTD]]-era [[Doctor Who logo|logo]]. | ||
The ''Doctor Who'' figures were released in the summer of 2010. This was odd timing for a [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|series 3]]-era [[Martha Jones]] figure to make her debut. Indeed, given that it came out after the transmission of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', the [[Tenth Doctor]] figure would have been seen by initial purchasers as a ''past'' incarnation of [[the Doctor]]. However, prototype dolls were seen as early as January 2009 at the International Dolls Expo. This means that the dolls were under development no later than 2008 — when Martha and the Tenth Doctor were still very much active characters. The reasons for the long delay are not well understood, but Tonner obliquely acknowledged the long development cycle in a 2010 press release, indicating the delay may have had to do with waiting for approvals to come through. | The ''Doctor Who'' figures were released in the summer of 2010. This was odd timing for a [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|series 3]]-era [[Martha Jones]] figure to make her debut. Indeed, given that it came out after the transmission of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', the [[Tenth Doctor]] figure would have been seen by initial purchasers as a ''past'' incarnation of [[the Doctor]]. However, prototype dolls were seen as early as January 2009 at the International Dolls Expo. This means that the dolls were under development no later than 2008 — when Martha and the Tenth Doctor were still very much active characters. The reasons for the long delay are not well understood, but Tonner obliquely acknowledged the long development cycle in a 2010 press release, indicating the delay may have had to do with waiting for approvals to come through. | ||
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|Sculpted in the likeness of [[David Tennant]] as the [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] of the [[Time Lord]] known as [[the Doctor]], this Tonner Character Figure wears a two-piece suit including shirt, tie, socks, shoes and [[sonic screwdriver]]. | |Sculpted in the likeness of [[David Tennant]] as the [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] of the [[Time Lord]] known as [[the Doctor]], this Tonner Character Figure wears a two-piece suit including shirt, tie, socks, shoes and [[Tenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]]. | ||
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|Faux suede duster; fully lined. This is actually just the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s [[trench coat]]. | |Faux suede duster; fully lined. This is actually just the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s [[Tenth Doctor's coat|trench coat]]. | ||
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