Bow Ties Are Cool

Ok, maybe not... but Dr Who is cool, in a nerdy kind of way. I first discovered Dr Who as a child in 1974 and managed to start watching with the first episode of Robot - the first of the Tom Baker run as the fourth doctor. This was in the dark days before DVRs or even VHS so if you if you missed a show you MISSED a show. Luckily it came on right after I got home from school so I rarely missed an episode. By now I've seen some shows from most incarnations of the Doctor and Tom Baker has always remained my favorite. That said, Matt Smith's portrayal has won me back as a regular viewer - I didn't much care for the incarnations in between...

The Doctor is a metal 28mm Nerdlord II from Heresy Miniatures and the TARDIS is a resin police call box from Fenris Games. The only thing that bugs me is the layout of the front door panels since the traditional Dr Who version has six panels below the windows - I actual ordered another TWO kits and intend to cut them up to make a proper configuration, but I like the way the colors turned out so I consider this model a great practice piece. The decals for the TARDIS are from Company B. I've got the version from Crooked Dice along with Amy, Rory, and River and will probably paint them in the near future. I have the Tom Baker model from Blacktree as well and I think I have a Sarah and Harry set around here somewhere.

No idea what I'm using these for yet, but it was fun to paint! Maybe I'll get some cybermen or daleks and set up some sort of game - Crooked Dice have a free rule set with some interesting looking mechanics for simulating the Doctor's ability to use his intellect rather than his martial abilities to help defeat these alien menaces...