| Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, unless it | | | | a load of Doctor Who action figures and a tardis |
| has bird flu that is, and yet again we've arrived at that | | | | playset to go with them because it allows the kids to |
| time of year when we have to try & think of | | | | be imaginative & create their own stories & games, |
| imaginative presents for our nearest & dearest. | | | | and we topped it off with a Master laser screwdriver |
| As a man, I find this incredibly difficult & usually end up | | | | for our son, & a Sarah Jane Smith adventures (a very |
| resorting at the last minute to the usual perfume, | | | | good Doctor Who spin off) sonic lipstick & watch |
| chocolates, & make up for the wife - pretty | | | | analyser thingy for the daughter. |
| predictable stuff, but I just find it impossible to choose | | | | As it happens, most of these toys are made by the |
| when confronted with shop after shop of potential | | | | same British company, Character Group, but I did |
| presents. | | | | notice that there are now lots of other companies |
| Imagine my horror then when I visited Toys r us to | | | | making a huge range of Doctor Who toys & games |
| choose not only our children's Christmas presents, but | | | | as well, so even picking the best toys from these |
| also our sons birthday present which also falls in | | | | specific ranges can become troublesome. |
| December (and how unlucky am I that the wifes | | | | I then discovered a website that I wanted to share to |
| birthday is on Boxing day as well!) | | | | help other dumbstruck parents, that reviews the |
| There I was confronted with row after row of toys, | | | | different ranges of Doctor Who toys, the clever idea |
| and with a wife as indecisive as I am, so I took the | | | | being that the toys are reviewed by children who |
| cowards way out & opted for a no lose strategy of | | | | already own them, so that you can get an idea of |
| simply picking the most popular toys this Christmas, | | | | whether or not your own kids are likely to enjoy |
| which are of course Doctor Who toys, courtesy of | | | | playing with them. |
| the hugely popular remake of the classic BBC TV | | | | It's at |
| show. | | | | I thought that this was a neat twist & a really useful |
| As a parent I don't want to go spending huge amounts | | | | website to know about, especially near Christmas time |
| of money on things that never get played with (and | | | | when everyone that I know, well, the men anyway, all |
| some toys are VERY expensive), so it seems like a | | | | have the same problem of being struck with chronic |
| safe bet to buy toys related to a TV show that the | | | | indecisiveness. |
| kids love, and that they'll undoubtedly get lots of fun | | | | Anyway, that was the whole point of my writing this, I |
| from - and if they don't then I will! | | | | hope you find it useful, otherwise I could have spent |
| So in the end we opted for a Dalek Sec helmet, the | | | | the last 15 minutes recovering from the shopping |
| number 1 toy this year, & because we'd bought the | | | | expedition instead. |
| cyberman voice changer helmet last year & the | | | | Now, if I can only get the wife to understand why I |
| children had hours of fun playing with that. We bought | | | | need that 18" voice controlled Dalek... |