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Character Toys Doctor Who Vortex Edition release of the Fourteenth Doctor and the Meep from The Star Beast (2023)

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    Mephitsu
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Character Toys have unveiled their latest Doctor Who Vortex Edition release with a two-pack of David Tennant's 14th Doctor alongside Beep the Meep as seen in the 2023 Episode, The Star Beast.



The Doctor is updated to the prior release, now without his long jacket and in shirt sleeves and waistcoat. The decor will be the new 'Vortex' format and the Doctor comes with his Sonic Screwdriver. Meep makes their debut in the Doctor Who line and comes with both placid and maniacal head sculpts as well as a selection of alternative hands and a blaster.


The set is boxed in the Vortex Edition packaging and is available immediately for dispatch exclusive to Character Toys web store. It is the second of five Vortex Edition exclusives for 2025 , joining the Third Doctor set and with three more to be revealed. We've added it to our comprehensive Doctor Who Collector Database



This set comprises of two figures. The Fourteenth Doctor is presented without his signature long jacket, but in shirt sleeves and waistcoat. The head which has been recast from the previous release, is decorated in the new ‘Vortex’ Style and in addition, the figure comes with the Sonic Screwdriver accessory.


The second figure is the nefarious Meep. This figure is a first for the Vortex Range with two interchangeable heads, one the ‘placid’ Meep expression and the other the evil maniacal Meep expression. It also has three sets of interchangeable hands: the first set echoes the meek ‘under the chin’ pose; the second is an ‘open handed’ pose; and third one incorporates the Meep’s blaster. It also has waist articulation and ball jointed poseable arms and elbows with internal pins.


Al Dewar Character Options Creative Director added ‘It’s always good to do something new with the range and I think this set is going to genuinely blow folks socks off. We’ve not done a figure with so many accessories and interchangeable parts, but The Meep is the perfect test bed being such a split character behaviour wise.’




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