Hello Whovians and fellow hobbyists.
Welcome to the 3D Printing Doctor Who Project.
Since 2017, my fellow designers and I have been attempting to plug the gaps in the official toy line with FREE articulated models that you can download and print at home on your 3D printer (or via a 3D printing service), then paint, assemble, and proudly display on your shelf alongside the rest of your Doctor Who collectibles!
This website
serves the dual purpose of cataloguing the over 250 action figures, props, and customizing parts we have created over the years, and providing resources and tools for anyone who wants to take a stab at creating figures themselves!
This project is a labor of love, but does come with a few caveats...
1)
Templates will only remain available as long as licensed versions of figures do not exist.
This project exists to supplement the official toy range, not supplant it.
While it seems increasingly unlikely that we will ever see official figures for most of the monsters and aliens featured on this site, Character Options does occasionally throw us a curve-ball. Some of my creations, like the Voord, Sensorite, and Raston Warrior Robot, have been pulled from the website because Character Options happened to release an official version of the toy after I released mine.
Anything they choose to release commercially will undoubtedly be of higher quality than what you can print and paint at home, so in the spirit of solidarity, we automatically remove such creations as soon as there is an official announcement from Al Dewar regarding the latest wave of figures. The last thing we ever want to do is jeopardize their profitability or be accused of releasing "cheap bootleg knock-offs."
If a design gets taken down for any reason, it should go without saying that we do not want anybody passing around copies of any files they might have downloaded before it was deleted.
I do allow some wiggle room in the case of our guest artists, who are free to work on any subject they choose, but I reserve the right to not list creations I feel are duplicative on the project website. In general, I have no problems with sharing figures that were commercially released in a different scale (ex: making a 5.5" version of something that exists in the 3.75" Eaglemoss figurine or 12" Big Chief toy range), customizing parts (ex: alternate head sculpts),
or other instances where the artist's creation is work clearly differs from the official toy.
2) All designs featured on this website are protected under Creative Commos Licence BY-NC-SA 4.0 International, which states that they may not be sold for financial gain. This site will stop publicly sharing files if we catch anyone attempting to profit by selling figures based off these designs on eBay, Etsy, or any other marketplace.
(And we are watching for this. Like a hawk.) This is a strictly not-for-profit fan project and in no way endorsed or licensed by the BBC, Bad Wolf Productions, or Disney. Not selling our work helps protect us from overzealous lawyers out to protect their company's assets, and allows us to continue sharing our hard work with fans like you without fear of reprisal.
But if some unscrupulous jerk starts cranking out figures on eBay or Etsy, after they get served with a take-down notice, those same lawyers may set their sights on us next, because a simple google search will reveal exactly where the designs originated from. As long as we all agree to play nice, expect to see new models released quite regularly every few weeks!
3) All models featured on this site are 100% *FREE* to download, but please do not post them to any other sites or platforms without permission.
Linking back to this website is fine, but I don't want to see the files posted anywhere that doesn't include our standard disclaimer about not manufacturing them for commercial use.
In addition to my own creations, we also have a guest designs section for models and props that have been contributed by other artists. While the same rules above apply to their work by default, I leave it up to the individual artists to decide how they feel about their designs being sold online.
Note that I *WILL NOT* sell or print figures for you, no matter how nicely you ask.
There are plenty of online print-to-order services you can use if you don't happen to own a printer. Please see the F.A.Q. section for the project's rules about accepting reimbursal if you intend to print items for someone else.
If you have technical questions about printing any of these figures that are not covered within the F.A.Q. section of this website, feel free to contact me via Facebook, Twitter, Mastodon, or Instagram, and I will do my best to answer you, time permitting.
-- Troy Ryan Wood
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