The 13th Doctor Collectors Set was part of the Autumn 2022 Doctor Who B&M range and was badged as ‘The Flux’ set, bringing us three figures from Jodie Whitakers' 2021 season of the same name. It used the usual 3-pack window-box packaging and included a 13th Doctor write-up on the reverse of the box, but doesn’t use the title ‘Flux’ in any position of prominence. This is one of the Doctor Who sets that includes a variant with the sets equally split between a Weeping Angel or a Screaming Angel.
The set features the 13th Doctor figure, and this is the exact same sculpt as has been released in a number of different variations over the past 3-years. This one is designed on the outfit seen during Flux, with the darker blue coat over the blue jumper and trousers. As one of the more recent sculpts, the likeness is good while remaining consistent with the overall aesthetics of the Who line.
The Doctor is joined by a new version of Yaz, and this is a repaint of the previous Yaz giving her a brown coat, black shirt with red detailing, and some darker trousers. While the body is repainted, the head has been updated - or rather the hair has, removing the buns we saw on the first two Yaz figures and adding a ponytail instead.
Both the Doctor and Yaz feature the usual Who articulation with pinned joints and more rudimentary swivel movement. Posing will be fairly limited as is usually the case to neutral stances, head turns, and some arm gestures
The final figure of the set is a Weeping Angel, but a blue transparent version as seen during the Flux episodes. Again, this is a re-use of the existing Weeping Angel mould but recast in a transparent blue plastic. Like the hologram figures, the execution here is good and doesn’t show off too many internal gubbins - while also allowing light to pass through, and these transparent Angels look fantastic when backlit.
As a representation of the Flux series, the set is acceptable considering the use of existing figures and parts was a key driver. Many were asking why the Doctor as a Weeping Angel wasn’t a possibility, or the more extensive development of a Dan figure especially as John Bishop has alluded to being measured for a figure. The variant inclusion is a bit of a niggle forcing the purchase of two sets if you want both Angels and will likely lead to an influx (pardon the pun) of 13th Doctors and Yaz figures on the secondary market. Nothing dramatic in this one, but certainly one for completists or fans of the Jodie Whittaker era.
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