8. Destroyed Lady Cassandra Figure
The modern Doctor Who action figure line has generally managed not to make such massive blinding errors as the Dapol range, and it well and truly puts that line to shame. However, it has not been immune to the odd baffling choice, which given the last entry we shall call Melkur Syndrome. Now you can own such as Peter the Winder from The Beast Below, Grandma Connolly from The Idiots Lantern, the Roman that never appeared in The Fires of Pompeii and stone versions of a Roman, Dalek and Cyberman from The Big Bang - all legendary characters and in fairness I cant fault them because they are made to such a high standard that I collect them myself. But one release was so pointless and bizarre I find it unforgivable: Lady Cassandra, the last human featured in The End of the World and New Earth. Variations were released of both shortly after the respective appearances: the original Cassandra was fine, nit in New Earth however, the skin trampoline Cassandra only appears for less than two minutes before taking over Roses body after which her skin dissolves and her brain in a jar dies, leaving an empty, rusty, frame. They released this as a figure - yes, an empty, rusty, frame can take pride of place in your Doctor Who collection - and whats more, they completely re-sculpted the frame for it. Needless to say, I skipped this one, but then it was re-released with Chip, Cassandras faithful and forgettable surgeon. I skipped that one too.