{"id":37685,"date":"2023-02-19T00:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=37685"},"modified":"2023-02-17T17:38:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T17:38:41","slug":"reviewed-character-options-regeneration-set-thirteenth-and-fourteenth-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2023\/02\/19\/reviewed-character-options-regeneration-set-thirteenth-and-fourteenth-doctors\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviewed: Character Options’ Regeneration Set (Thirteenth and Fourteenth Doctors)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just this morning, I finally received the Regeneration Set from Character Options in the mail. As I have each incarnation represented (some, several times over\u2026), I certainly had to get the Fourteenth Doctor played by David Tennant. You\u2019ve probably heard of him \u2014 he was the lead in Casanova<\/em>. He also played the gloomy, unshaven grump in Broadchurch<\/em>, but I will not hold that against him. I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll do fine in this new role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, doubtless you\u2019ve seen the intro video by Al Dewar, showing off the window box and lid containing the finest Doctor Who<\/em> logo in the show\u2019s history. It\u2019s delightful packaging. But what of the figures themselves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this day and age of advanced technology, computer body scanning, etc., there\u2019s no reason for any figure\u2019s likeness to be less than perfect, and this duo doesn\u2019t disappoint as far as the sculpts go. Great marks, as they even add that interesting texture to Tennant\u2019s coat. There\u2019s a wonderful amount of detail on both of these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the paint job, well, I\u2019ve got to say, this is maybe the best version of Jodie they\u2019ve ever put out. I have two others, and although they were okay, some bits, as far as details like her hair, lacked subtlety in the painting. This version is truly lovely. The fact that she\u2019s dressed in an amalgamation of classic Doctor\u2019s clothes is merely a bonus. The details of her hair and face are really quite beautiful. I\u2019m actually stunned that they were able to get these fine details so perfectly and delicately rendered. 10 of 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Tennant, although the sculpt was spot on, getting the older Tennant\u2019s features right, it\u2019s the paint job which slightly<\/em> puts off the likeness. Don\u2019t get me wrong \u2014 it\u2019s not bad, but I don\u2019t think they took as much care with him as they did with her. I think the main issue was the very slight<\/em> cross-eyed look he\u2019s got, which is all down to the painting. Again, we\u2019re talking about the smallest of micro-measurements, but when you\u2019re dealing with the eye-line, it\u2019s crucial to get it right. I actually went in with an ultra-fine-point Sharpie and gave the merest whisper of a tiny dot to his outer right eye (on the left as we look at him) and that made a difference. But all in all, a good job.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have noticed that Tennant\u2019s never smiling in any of his 5.5 inch scale figures. I kind of wish he were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It might have helped the sculpting detail. Peter Capaldi had two versions of his head sculpted. The first was for The Time of the Doctor <\/em>regeneration set. In it, he had a smirk\/smile, and it was a great sculpt, with a great paint job. So<\/em> great, that I ended up buying four or five of those sets, because\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For every subsequent Capaldi figure with his various shirts and outfits, they used a different head sculpt where he was not smiling. The sculpt wasn\u2019t bad at all, but without that smirk adding slight variations in the plateaus of his face, the paint jobs were horrible, and it didn\u2019t even look like him. That\u2019s why I had to get the extra The Time of the Doctor<\/em> sets; for the heads. Ah well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d say Tennant should maybe try smiling for a sculpt in future, but I highly suspect this is the last Doctor Who<\/em> action figure mold he\u2019ll be participating in, much like Capaldi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bottom line, this is a very well done set, and for those who like C.O.\u2019s Doctor Who <\/em>figures, I\u2019d say this is a must get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my own collection, I\u2019ve got a couple line ups of all the incarnations, so I might have to hope they bring this Fourteenth Doctor one back for the inevitable next regeneration set with Tennant and Ncuti Gatwa. I\u2019m thinking that will be the last time we get such a figure, but at least I\u2019ll have my second Fourteenth.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well done again, Character Options!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can get the Regeneration Set from Character Options right now.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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