What is the least popular of the current batch of Doctor Who action figures? If the closing down sales in Woolworths were anything to go by it was the Destroyed Cassandra, a toy which rather looks like the sprue left over when you have finished an Airfix kit.
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of โCharleyโs War” and โDan Dareโ.
Heโs the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; โCrucibleโ, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and โDeath Dutyโ and โSkow Dogsโ with Dave Hailwood.
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Sad to see Woolworths go. That Cassndra toy must surely count as one of the worst Doctor Who toy releases ever, up there with the green K-9 Dapol put out…
Harrogate Branch of Woolies had loads of them left too. This was the worst kind of Dr Who merchandise – some Dr Who fans are completists by nature and this piece of tat just exploited tha fact.
Looking at it, it could have made a great photo/ picture frame ๐