Doctor Who Contest Ad from 1977

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Doctor Who turns 51 today and what better way to celebrate than to showcase this rare ad for a giveaway of Denys Fisher Doctor Who figures from Buster, a weekly comic. Thanks to Dom for providing us with this, below is the contest kids had to do in order to be eligible, hopefully the kid…

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[Gorn Captain]

Space Creature number Five: Hey, a Ferengi!

I especially like number four, "Silent Terror"...

[rchatlin]

did all young British kids look like Andy Capp?

[clemso]

er .. no

did all young British kids look like Andy Capp?

[palitoy]

I learned something!

When the children's comic Buster was launched in 1960, its masthead character was entitled "Buster: Son of Andy Capp". Buster wore a cloth cap similar to Andy's until 1992, but the connection was not recognised in the parent strip and had limited development in the children's comic.

[palitoy]

[clemso]

I wonder why they made the Dalek so small. Must have been been a real disappointment for the kid.

[EMCE Hammer]

They're not dolls, they're realistic action models.

[ScottA]

So who won?