Dr Who, Who Are You?

Although there were Dr Who novels and annuals from the late Sixties on, the merchandise only really began to kick in with the Tom Baker era.

Marvel's Dr Who Weekly proved an instant success with its mix of new material, reprints and photo features. Rubbish free gift though.

This dreadful poster magazine from the mid-Seventies was bought at the Dr Who exhibition in Blackpool.

The series inspired this Top Trumps card game.

The basis of the game was that the various monsters, aliens and villains from Dr Who were attacking Earth, and only a coalition of the Doctor and earth's greatest heroes could save us. Annie Oakley vs the Cybermen? Possibly the shortest war in history. Note that the designers have got their monsters muddled in the examples above.

A range of Dr Who action figures also appeared, including - oddly - the one-shot monster The Giant Robot.