Tonner Character Figures

™ were a series of Doctor Who and Torchwood 16" - 17" tall dolls squarely aimed at the collectible market, with an average price of close to USD 200. A part of the reason for the expense was not only their dimensions, but also the unusual degree of attention taken on each doll's clothing — a particular forté of the prestigious Tonner Doll Company.

Along with each figure came an equally collectible box. In the case of the Doctor Who figures, the box was in the regeneration colours of orange and gold, and featured Gallifreyan script and the RTD-era logo.

The Doctor Who figures were released in the summer of 2010 and were considered a part of Tonner's 2010 Collection. This was odd timing for a series 3-era Martha Jones figure to make her debut. Indeed, given that it came out after the transmission of The End of Time, the Tenth Doctor figure would have been seen by initial purchasers as a past incarnation of the Doctor. However, prototype dolls were seen as early as January 2009 at the International Dolls Expo. This means that the dolls were under development no later than 2008 — when Jones and the Tenth Doctor were still very much active characters. The reasons for the long delay are not well understood, but Tonner obliquely acknowledged the long development cycle in a 2010 press release, indicating the delay may have had to do with waiting for approvals to come through.