The long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has since its beginnings in 1963 generated many hundreds of products related to the show, from toys and games to picture cards and postage stamps. This article is not an exhaustive list of merchandise but attempts to present a flavour of the type of material that has been produced. This entry mainly concentrates on "official" spin-offs, that is to say, material sanctioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation, which produces the series.
Board games
Dodge The Daleks (Christmas 1964) Featuring William Hartnell as The Doctor. Gameplay involves players attempting to avoid the Daleks while travelling around the gameboard. If players encounter a Dalek, he or she would be out of the game. This was the very first Doctor Who board game produced. The Dalek Oracle (Christmas 1965) Featuring William Hartnell as The Doctor. Gameplay involves players answering a series of questions while a plastic Dalek model reveals the answers magically. This game now fetches up to £350 on the second hand market. The Dalek Shooting Game (Christmas 1965) Featuring William Hartnell as The Doctor. Gameplay involves players using a small plastic gun, loaded with plastic pellets, to shoot Daleks and be the first to arrive home safely on the gameboard. This game is also rare on the second hand market. Daleks: The Great Escape (Christmas 1966) Featuring William Hartnell as The Doctor. Gameplay involves players using a pinball-type machine to move a tiny Dalek model around a set course, avoiding obstacles along the way. According to Howe's Transcendental Toybox, this game was terrifically hard. Doctor Who (May 1975) Featuring Tom Baker as The Doctor. Gameplay involves players moving around the universe, using the TARDIS to skip time streams and move from planet to planet. The game was produced by Denys Fisher, who also made a range of Doctor Who toys. The Planet of Monsters (October 1975) Featuring Tom Baker as The Doctor. Updated version of the 1975 Doctor Who game, with the addition of a large Tom Baker full-colour sticker on the box, the subtitle The Planet of Monsters and revisions to the gameplay and equipment. War of the Daleks (October 1975) Featuring Tom Baker as The Doctor. Gameplay involves players attempting to fight off a Dalek invasion by collecting cards and building specialist weapons. Extra playing pieces for the game were available to buy separately, depending on how many players were in the game. The Game of Time And Space (June 1980) Featuring Tom Baker as The Doctor. Gameplay involves players collecting pieces of the Key To Time that are scattered around the gameboard. During the game, players may encounter various aliens and villains from the series – but don't worry, as the doctor's companions are on hand to help. The Doctor Who Role Playing Game: 1st Edition (December 1985) Featuring Tom Baker as The Doctor. Gameplay involves players assuming the roles of The Doctor, his companions or agents of the Celestial Intervention Agency, while carrying out tasks and completing missions, some of which were available as separate gamebooks that had to purchased as 'extras'. The Doctor Who Role Playing Game: 2nd Edition (October 1986) Featuring Tom Baker as The Doctor. Updated version of the game, removing all references of the Sixth Doctor due to copyright issues, and with the addition of a range of 25mm white metal miniatures, designed and released by Citadel Miniatures. Battle for the Universe (January 1989) Featuring Sylvester McCoy as The Doctor. Gameplay involves players assuming the roles of The Doctor, Davros, The Master or the Cyber Controller, while moving around the board and challenging other players to battles in Hyperspace. Chess Set (Early 1996-Late 1998) Featuring All Eight Incarnations of The Doctor. Gameplay involves the typical rules of chess, with the addition of Doctor Who playing pieces (priced at £9.99 per piece), and a twist in the rules to incorporate the given characters. Collectors were given the game board free of charge upon a purchase of playing pieces. An expansion set of playing pieces was issued later at the same price. Invasion Earth (March 1999) "Doctor Who: Invasion Earth" was a miniature wargame designed by Daniel Faulconbridge and released by Harlequin Miniatures. The game allowed players to create or re-enact scenarios involving characters from the Doctor Who universe. The rule book came with an initial scenario of UNIT pitted against the Daleks in an invasion of Earth.