Weird Doctor Who Stuff You Can Find On eBay Today

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It’s not every day when your eyes are opened to the horrors of Doctor Who figures from the 1970s. Today was that day. You see, I’ve just learned that the Mego/Denys Fisher Cyberman figure from the mid 1970s was NAKED UNDERNEATH.

Insane, I know. For some reason, the boiler suit outfit wasn’t glued/stitched to the pseudo Action Man underneath. Rather, it all came off, um, Action Man-style, leaving a silver headed cyborg to steal the VTOL craft and conquer the training tower.

How did I learn this gem today? Thanks to our friend John Guilor, who shared the frankly disturbing image from this eBay auction that has left me seriously weirded out. And then he did this…

At first I thought it was a Toy Story-esque toy mutant, until I was set straight: this is what a 1970s Cyberman looked like underneath. I’m just surprised I made it to 38 without possessing this knowledge sooner.

However, it got me thinking. What other weird and unusual Doctor Who items are currently available on eBay?

Unsettling Ood Mask

First, we have this slightly worrying Ood mask. Seemingly unlicensed (and very poor if this is the case) the mask is suitable for adults and children, and features what appears to be bloodsucker worms (are they a thing, or a childhood fallacy?) being vomitted from the Ood’s mouth, rather than gentle tentacles.

It has a violent, bloody edge to it, don’t you think?

Sonic Tooth Brush That Isn’t

There is absolutely no reason why a toothbrush shouldn’t be ultrasonic, except perhaps the risk of atomising your teeth.

This Sonic Screwdriver Toothbrush isn’t unique to eBay, but it is bloody odd. You wouldn’t use a standard screwdriver to brush your teeth, would you? So why use one that can supposedly open doors and reprogram computers?

Classic Series Tat

If it’s unusual tat from the classic era of Doctor Who, this snowglobe featuring the first four Doctors on one side and a collection of Daleks on the other is exactly what you’re looking for.

One can imagine something like this being used as a paperweight in the BBC production office at Television Centre all those years ago. Cheap old snowglobes tend to have mouldy or rotten “snow” in them, but the deadline is imminent for this auction, so you’ll be saved the horror of having to own it.

Disco Cyberman

You may or may not know this, but one of the key dance moves in nightclubs during the mid-2000s was The Point. Few could pull it off with the required aplomb, but thanks to a distributed educational campaign, various books, magazines and even toy ranges were developed to help spread the word.

Here we see a rare CybusMan Cyberman demonstrating how The Point should be used. Practice with care. There is only one reason to point at someone in a nightclub, after all…

No Book for Judging

They say you should never judge a book by its cover.

Perhaps the owner of this copy of Destiny of the Daleks felt it better to just keep the cover and discard the rest of the book, perhaps dismayed by how poor the TV version is in comparison.

We just don’t know.

However, we do know that the cover of Terrance Dicks novelisation – available from a US seller – is in reasonable condition, and should you be in possession of the rest of the book sans cover, then you will be a very happy Doctor Who fan this evening.

So, plenty of weird stuff on eBay today. Perhaps you’ve got some really odd Doctor Who merchandise, or can share with us some that you’ve seen? Let us know in the comments.

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