DOCTOR WHO Classic Companion Peri Action Figure Coming Soon

 

I got a nice surprise in an email from Underground Toys this morning informing me that they will be making available a new Doctor Who action figure set that gives us our first Character Options classic companion figure:  Peri, who travelled with the Fifth and Sixth Doctors.  Here's the information they gave along with the photograph:

Underground Toys are excited to announce the first Doctor Who Classic Companion.  In this great 2 pack, you see Peri in her iconic blue outfit with Sil from the episode "Vengeance on Varos".

The Sixth Doctor and Peri visit the planet Varos to obtain supplies of a rare ore called Zeiton 7, vital to the functioning of the TARDIS. Varos was once a colony for the criminally insane and the descendants of the original guards still rule, while the poverty-stricken people are kept entertained by screenings of public torture from the Punishment Dome.

Their Governor has been trying to negotiate a better export price for zeiton ore from Sil, an envoy of the Galatron Mining Corporation, whose reptilian body is supported and kept cool by a mobile water tank.

The Doctor and Peri meet two rebels, Jondar and Areta. Peri and Areta are captured and almost reshaped into beast-like creatures by Quillam, the Dome's sadistic commandant, but the Doctor saves them and tells the Governor the true value of zeiton 7.

Quillam and Varos's Chief Officer, who are in the pay of the Corporation, try to kill the Doctor and the Governor but are themselves despatched. Sil plans an invasion of Varos by a force from his home world, Thoros-Beta, but the Corporation veto this and instruct him to buy the zeiton ore at any price.

In this great set from Underground Toys, we present Peri and Sil with his Water Tank.

It's been a long wait for pre-2005 companion figures, and I'm glad we're finally getting them.  It sounds like the set will be available later this month.