Doctor Who Card Figures Weetabix Ltd
03/1977 Weetabix Ltd UK
Weetabix ran a second Doctor Who promotion from March to May 1977. This time each pack of the cereal contained a set of three artwork cards by Gordon Archer, which could be used as playing pieces for a board game printed on the back of the box. There were six different sets of cards to collect, depicting: Bellal, Daleks, Davros (Set 1); Vega Nexos, Aggedor, Blor (Set 2); Daleks, Gellguards, Omega (Set 3); Zygons, Krynoid, Wirrn (Set 4); Vogans, Cybermen, Styggron (Set 5); and TARDIS, Field Major Styre, Hieronymous (Set 6). The cards also featured messages in code (‘a secret message from the Time Lords’), the cipher for which was printed on the inside of every box. The sets could be paired up to form continuous pictures as follows: Sets 3 and 2; Sets 6 and 1; and Sets 5 and 4. The were four different board-games: ‘Travel through Time’, ‘Race through Space’, ‘Escape from the Underworld’ and ‘Discover the Lost Planet’. All four could be found on the 24-piece ‘family size’ boxes, but only the first two were available on the smaller ‘standard size’ 12-piece boxes. Archer was not the artist for these board games.
Photos courtesy of Mick Hall.
OP: freeNM: £3.50 each
03/1977 Weetabix Ltd UK
- Travel Through Time
Picture posted by Jeremy Skinner
OP: freeNM: £10
03/1977 Weetabix Ltd UK
- Race Through Space
Game picture posted by Jeremy Skinner
OP: freeNM: £10
03/1977 Weetabix Ltd UK
- Escape from Underworld
Picture posted by Jeremy Skinner
OP: freeNM: £3.50 each
03/1977 Weetabix Ltd UK
- Discover the Lost Planet
Picture posted by Jeremy Skinner
OP: freeNM: £10
