More Green Dr Who Ice Cream...

To celebrate the recent heatwave, here some more retro Dr Who ice cream to cool you off... forever!

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Just Some Timeslip Merchandise...

Despite my love of the early 70s sci-fi serial Timeslip, I've done very few designs based on the show... 'til now. 

This is a selection of stuff I did over a week when I needed a distraction from reality.

 

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A Few Random Things...

Sorry I haven't updated the blog for the past month. Had a very difficult few weeks and been very busy with personal stuff.

Here's a few random pieces what I've done recently to get the ball rolling with some much needed additions to the blog...



The "Escape from the Forsyte Saga" game is just an updated version of something I did in the very early days of the blog. I've recently been trying to come up with some more TV-based board games but to no avail... 

The Quark sweet cigarettes were apparently suggested as a real thing back in the 60s. Richard Bignell recently uncovered BBC paperwork that revealed a company enquired after the licence to produce these. But the falling out between Mervyn Haisman & Henry Lincoln over the rights to the Quarks meant that didn't get much further than a memo.




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Some 70s Doctor Who Ice Lolly Things...

The weather's been nice recently so I've done few 70s ice lollies. 

I don't think they'll reach the dizzying heights of notoreity that my old Sapphire & Steel ice lolly did a few years ago but they'll probably amuse folk who've lost their sense of taste. 

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Dare You Taste The Wrath of Omega...??

Clayton Hickman (remember him?) posted a picture of former mad Time Lord Omega on Twitter earlier this week. 

He commented on the colourful decor of his 'domain' and someone else suggested it would make a good ice lolly. (You had to be there...) 

Mr. Hickman then drew my attention to the suggestion.

This followed...

Omega in his domain. Note background...

 

Doctor Who Ice Lollies - Direct from 1982!

With the weather improving and spring finally taking root, thoughts turn to ice cream and the wonderful range of ice lollies available for Doctor Who fans of all ages - especially those growing up in the 1980s...

Mrs Sharples' Dark Secret

A year or so ago, I tweeted an ad for a Sapphire & Steel ice lolly which seemed to go down well on social media - particularly those who genuinely thought they remembered them from their childhood. 

Indeed, some eBay entrepreneur - believing it to be a real ad - turned it into a fridge magnet. (He was told of his error!).

Here's this year's nostalgic ice lolly. 

Mmmm. 

Real liquorice water ice!!

The Official Crossroads Ice Lolly!

It seems that the Sapphire and Steel ice lolly was quite popular. Not surprising given the weather! 

Here's another one I posted on Twitter. 
















The Nolly Lolly is now available in all good London eating establishments. 

Buy it where you see this sign...

The Original Dalek Death Ray Ice Lolly!

When Wall's launched the Dalek Death Ray ice lolly in 1975, their manufacturing department took the name a little too literally resulting in it being hastily withdrawn and replaced by the now familiar 'mint and chocolate flavour' ice cream. 



















In the absence of an effective death ray, I give you the official Sapphire and Steel ice lolly from Lyons Maid....

09.04.2017 - IMPORTANT UPDATE: The above Sapphire and Steel ice lolly is (like all of the TV merchandise on this blog) a fake created by me. It's silly isn't it? Even in the 1970s, who'd have produced an ice lolly with what is effectively a stainless steel knife at its centre. And what kind of company would use "I don't trust it!" as a by-line on its advertising. No. It's a completely made up piece of merchandise. But it hasn't stopped folk from being fooled by it over the years. When I originally posted it, some enterprising ebayer decided they'd produce fridge magnets using the image believing it to be a genuine ad. Comments on Twitter have also come from people who genuinely think they remember it. I will say it again. The Sapphire and Steel does not exist. It is a figment of my and hopefully, your imagination. Goodnight. x