Doctor Who Advent: Day 24

Well, we are finally here! The last day of the Doctor Who Monster Advent Calendar. Can't quite believe I've posted every day for the best part of the month about this, but there you go!

Let's open the final door and see what we've got:

A white Dalek! A perfectly good way to end the 24 days. Let's take a look at the final list!:

Final Results:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Day 12: Twin Sister Angel

Day 13: Unlucky Zygon

Day 14: Second Silurian

Day 15: Duplicate Dalek

Day 16: Dissapointing Cyberman 

Day 17: The sound of Silence 

Day 18: Irritating Sontaran

Day 19: Ood have thought it?

Day 20: Yellow Dalek

Day 21: Another little Ice Warrior

Day 22: Wonky Angel

Day 23: Irritating Cyberman

Day 24: Snowy white Dalek

So there were two of most aliens, with some extras of others. It's a good thing that there were plenty of Daleks! And some interesting additions to my collection that might see some use in the future. 

Just to wrap up, here is a group shot of the whole lot:

This will probably be my last post of the year, so Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my readers!

Take it easy

Chris

Doctor Who Advent: Day 23

A little late in posting today. I've had a bit of a cold coming on and was travelling home from Bournemouth. Still, here we are, ready for today's model!:

Bah Humbug! Useless Cyberman!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Day 12: Twin Sister Angel

Day 13: Unlucky Zygon

Day 14: Second Silurian

Day 15: Duplicate Dalek

Day 16: Dissapointing Cyberman 

Day 17: The sound of Silence 

Day 18: Irritating Sontaran

Day 19: Ood have thought it?

Day 20: Yellow Dalek

Day 21: Another little Ice Warrior

Day 22: Wonky Angel

Day 23: Irritating Cyberman

Doctor Who Advent: Day 22

Hoping for something better than the Ice Warrior yesterday, but not getting up hope for something as good as the Dalek from the day before. Let's have a look:

A third Weeping Angel. Nice, but this one is a bit wonky!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Day 12: Twin Sister Angel

Day 13: Unlucky Zygon

Day 14: Second Silurian

Day 15: Duplicate Dalek

Day 16: Dissapointing Cyberman 

Day 17: The sound of Silence 

Day 18: Irritating Sontaran

Day 19: Ood have thought it?

Day 20: Yellow Dalek

Day 21: Another little Ice Warrior

Day 22: Wonky Angel

Doctor Who Advent: Day 21

Not many days left now! Let's see what day 21 has:

Another Ice Warrior. Not so bothered about having two of them. Ah well. 

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Day 12: Twin Sister Angel

Day 13: Unlucky Zygon

Day 14: Second Silurian

Day 15: Duplicate Dalek

Day 16: Dissapointing Cyberman 

Day 17: The sound of Silence 

Day 18: Irritating Sontaran

Day 19: Ood have thought it?

Day 20: Yellow Dalek

Day 21: Another little Ice Warrior

Doctor Who Advent: Day 20

On a rush this morning, so no time for preamble!:

Yellow Dalek! Great!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Day 12: Twin Sister Angel

Day 13: Unlucky Zygon

Day 14: Second Silurian

Day 15: Duplicate Dalek

Day 16: Dissapointing Cyberman 

Day 17: The sound of Silence 

Day 18: Irritating Sontaran

Day 19: Ood have thought it?

Day 20: Yellow Dalek

Doctor Who Advent: Day 19

It's my last day at work before I have two weeks off over Christmas! Hurrah! Let's see if the calendar has something good to celebrate this fact!:

Well, given I don't have any others, a second Ood is a welcome addition. I'm happy with that!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Day 12: Twin Sister Angel

Day 13: Unlucky Zygon

Day 14: Second Silurian

Day 15: Duplicate Dalek

Day 16: Dissapointing Cyberman 

Day 17: The sound of Silence 

Day 18: Irritating Sontaran

Day 19: Ood have thought it?

Doctor Who Advent: Day 18

Too tired to write much this morning, so I'm just going to open it up!:

Oh dear. A second useless Sontaran. Very dissapointing!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Day 12: Twin Sister Angel

Day 13: Unlucky Zygon

Day 14: Second Silurian

Day 15: Duplicate Dalek

Day 16: Dissapointing Cyberman 

Day 17: The sound of Silence 

Day 18: Irritating Sontaran

Doctor Who Advent: Day 17

It doesn't seem any time at all since I started opening this calendar, and here we are at day 17 already! It's been pretty good so far, so let's see if we get another good one after yesterday's dissapointing Cyberman!:

 

Another Silence! That's pretty good. I don't quite know how to practically use them in scenarios, but in sure there's a way!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Day 12: Twin Sister Angel

Day 13: Unlucky Zygon

Day 14: Second Silurian

Day 15: Duplicate Dalek

Day 16: Dissapointing Cyberman 

Day 17: The sound of Silence 

Doctor Who Advent: Day 16

Not a lot can follow a Dalek, so I'll cut the preamble and just get on with it:

Oh dear. That's all...

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Day 12: Twin Sister Angel

Day 13: Unlucky Zygon

Day 14: Second Silurian

Day 15: Duplicate Dalek

Day 16: Dissapointing Cyberman 

Doctor Who Advent: Day 15

After a couple of somewhat dissapointing repeats over the weekend, I'm hoping the week will kick off with a Dalek or something similarly awesome! I wonder what it'll be.....:

Excellent! Although it is another red one, that doesn't mean anything once it is painted up. So that's a total of 4 Daleks so far!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Day 12: Twin Sister Angel

Day 13: Unlucky Zygon

Day 14: Second Silurian

Day 15: Duplicate Dalek

Doctor Who Advent: Day 14

Hoping for something special today after the second Zygon yesterday... Let's see...:

Well, it's not a Dalek... Still, more reason to see how Silurians paint up I suppose!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Day 12: Twin Sister Angel

Day 13: Unlucky Zygon

Day 14: Second Silurian

Doctor Who Advent: Day 12

Halfway through now! I'm hoping for another Dalek. Let's take a look!

What's this? The same figure as Day 3?! How odd... There are two poses of Angel after all! Never mind, it's another usable figure and that's the main thing!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Day 12: Twin Sister Angel

Doctor Who Advent: Day 13

The 13th day! Unlucky for some, but will it be so for me?!:

Alas, yes! Another tiny Zygon of limited use!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Day 12: Twin Sister Angel

Day 13: Unlucky Zygon

Doctor Who Advent: Day 11

So.. Day 11... I'm running out of things to say as preamble to opening the calendar so I'm just going to go ahead and get on with it!

Nice! An Ice Warrior. I don't have any of these. It's suffering slightly from being on the small side. Thinking about it I'm not sure if it will fit in with anything else. Might just have to paint it and see!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Day 11: Diminutive Ice Warrior

Doctor Who Advent: Day 10

Argh! I accidently saw a spoiler list for the advent calendar on TMP yesterday, but luckily I managed to avoid looking at it properly. On the plus side I'm now expecting a few more Daleks!

Let's see what we have today...:

Well, there we have it. Another Dalek, bringing the total to 3. Brilliant!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Day 10: Orange Dalek

Doctor Who Advent: Day 9

So far I'd say 5 out of the 8 figures are usable, so if today can shift that statistic to 6 out of 9, that would be a very satisfactory two thirds of what I have for so far. Fingers crossed:

And the calendar comes through for me! A bit on the lanky side, but I've painted one of the Silence before and they look pretty good. So, a very pleasing success rate so far!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Day 9: Lanky Silence

Doctor Who Advent: Day 8

Okay, I'm fully prepared for a Day 8 dissapointment this morning. Enough of the figures so far have been usable, so I'm expecting a misshapen lump of squishy plastic today. Here goes...:

Close enough! Sontaran's are supposed to be mean and scary in their battle armour. This guy is far too small, carries no weapon and has an unseemly bulge in his trousers. Useless!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Day 8: Unseemly Sontaran

Doctor Who Advent: Day 7

Well, it seems like I'm on a bit of a roll with this at the moment. So I'm fully prepared for something entirely useless today. Let's see what it is...:

Sweet! An Ood! I've not got any of these in my collection and, as cheap plastic figures go, it looks pretty usable to me. 

Things are going very well so far... I wonder what tomorrow will bring?!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Day 7: Well-proportioned Ood

Doctor Who Advent: Day 6

After yesterday I'm trying not to get my hopes up for what lies behind door 6... Let's take a peek:

A Silurian! Better than the Zygon, but I'm not 100% convinced. These figures look a little on the skinny side, but I have yet to paint one up. So all things considered, one with potential. 

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Day 6: Skinny Silurian

Doctor Who Advent: Day 5

A slightly delayed post due to being in a rush for work this morning. But well worth opening the window before I left as it yielded a...:

...Red Dalek! Woohoo! Another useful addition to the collection!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Day 5: Red Dalek

Doctor Who Advent: Day 4

Like the reverse of the old Star Trek movies, is seems odd doors on this calendar are good and even ones are bad, so it is with some trepidation that I open door 4....

Peeling back the thin, perferated layer of card reveals....

A small Zygon! A bit of a mixed bag really! On the plus side, at least it is a classic monster from the fourth doctor era, but on the other hand it is a little on the small side when compared to 28mm figures. Still, who says you can't get little Zygons?!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Day 4: Tiny Zygon

Doctor Who Advent: Day 3

Roghr, after a disappointing Day 2, let's see what Day 3 has for us:

Excellent' another usable figure. I'm actually hoping figure variants will be covered in this calendar. After all I don't recall 24 types of monster being available. So fingers crossed for the other type of Angel and different coloured Daleks too....

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Day 3: Shy Weeping Angel

Doctor Who Advent: Day 2

Okay, time to open the second door on the Doctor Who Advent Calendar... Will it be as awesome as yesterday's blue Dalek?! Let's find out....

Alas, it is one of the infamous Cybermen with child-bearing hips. Probably won't get much use out of this figure. 

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek

Day 2: Child-bearing Cyberman

Doctor Who Advent: Day 1

I picked up a copy of the Doctor Who Monster Army Advent Calendar the other week and happily opened the first window today. What did I find?

It's a Dalek! Result! I'm going to try and post daily updates!

Results so far:

Day 1: Blue Dalek