The first wave of Doctor Who toys proved successful enough to warrant a second wave - and in a hurry, too. For the next round of toys, Dapol concentrated a little more on the show's popular villains.

Doctor Who action figures, wave two (1989)
Left to right: Ace, Cyberman, the Fourth Doctor, Ice Warrior, and Davros.
Below left: Davros and a Dalek army.

Before we go any further, a quick confession (as well as an admission of how much spare time I had in my childhood): the "scarf" which appears on the Tom Baker action figure in the above picture is not included with the figure. Many, many, many years ago, when for some reason I had a couple of Mego's Dukes of Hazzard action figures (don't know why, as I don't recall avidly watching the show itself), I turned Tom Wopat's figure into Tom Baker, and made that scarf for him. It turned up in the old toy chest the last time I moved, and has now found a home on the shoulders of a genuine Tom Baker figure. Considering its tumultuous history, the "scarf" is therefore appropriately threadbare...

The only real variation to emerge from the second wave of Doctor Who figures was an inadvertent one which drew as much fan comment to Dapol as, say, rounding off the pointed ears on a Spock figure. The early production run of Davros toys came with two hands - a bit of a plastic blooper, since Davros has only had one hand and a stump since his first appearance in 1975's Genesis of the Daleks. Also, in a somewhat more minor nitpick, I don't ever recall the Ice Warriors carrying a thin, vaguely-rifle-like weapon such as the one included with their plastic representation.

It wasn't long after this wave's release that a fire at Dapol's plant closed down all toy production, including the Doctor Who figures. This was the last batch of Doctor Who toys to appear until after the 1996 TV movie aired.

Click here to see wave 3, or here to see wave 1.