Action Man in Dr Who - Does somebody have it?
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Action Man in Dr Who - Does somebody have it?
Somewhere (I seem to recall tvtropes.org) I read that the old Dr Who episode "Robot" included an scene where the titular robot attacked the army, composed of Action Man figures (I guess to show the robot as huge). Since Dr Who+Action man sounded perfect to commente here, I went to YouTube searching for the scene, but I just found trailers for the episode. Does anybody have the scene?

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Not sure about the story Robot, but I was watching The Deadly Assassin recently with a friend and two Action Men were used at different points for people shrunk by the skeletal Master. My friend, who's a big fan of Doctor Who, wasn't impressed when I shouted "That's an Action Man" and smiled!
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That would also be good to watch!
With Action Men appearing in the army, and as victims of the Master, while the Doctor once met Death's Head from Transformers, would that mean Dr Who as part of the Hasbroverse is plausible? Maybe not, but it's still fun to think
With Action Men appearing in the army, and as victims of the Master, while the Doctor once met Death's Head from Transformers, would that mean Dr Who as part of the Hasbroverse is plausible? Maybe not, but it's still fun to think


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I thought it was an AM tank or something that the robot destroyed or that attacked it? Didnt think there were action men too but will try and hunt my disc out and have a look.
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An episode of Dr Who was inspired by one of the writers playing Actionman with his children...War-games I think...but I may of got that wrong.
Actionmen were used in the James Bond movie Moonraker, for the big climatic space battle...if you check out the Mego Museum they have a cool photo.
http://www.megomuseum.com/moonraker/moonraker.html
Actionmen were used in the James Bond movie Moonraker, for the big climatic space battle...if you check out the Mego Museum they have a cool photo.
http://www.megomuseum.com/moonraker/moonraker.html
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Well that is very interesting . . . I'd love to get one of the prop Actionmen for my Bond collection (which I again tried to photgraph at the weekend, but just can't get any really good shots at the moment . . . it will be worth the wait though!)Thundershot wrote:An episode of Dr Who was inspired by one of the writers playing Actionman with his children...War-games I think...but I may of got that wrong.
Actionmen were used in the James Bond movie Moonraker, for the big climatic space battle...if you check out the Mego Museum they have a cool photo.
http://www.megomuseum.com/moonraker/moonraker.html
Re: Action Man in Dr Who - Does somebody have it?
the Tom Baker debut story "Robot" uses a toy tank as a prop for the eponymous robot to destroy in place of a real tank in a rather dodgy VFX scene.