New Clangers Merch Line to Feature Doctor Who

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The latest DoppelClangers merchandise range, which features mash-up products of Clangers characters and various pop culture icons, is set to feature Doctor Who, per a deal between Coolabi Group and BBC Studios.

The new Doctor Who range will launch today, August 2, exclusively on the Clangers and Doctor Who official online shops. The designs, featuring Major Clanger dressed up in the Doctor’s long coat and colorful scarf, will be available on a range of items from mugs and t-shirts to tote bags.

The DoppelClangers Doctor Who collaboration is set to continue, initially with the first seven Doctors, ensuring the products will have cross-generational appeal.

The two series have come together before, across space and time, in the 1972 Doctor Who episode “The Sea Devils,” with Jon Pertwee as the Doctor. In the episode, the Master watches Clangers on his television screen, whistling along with their tuneful interactions.

More recently, Clangers featured a Doctor Who reference within the special commemorative episode “The Visitor,” which aired on last week on CBeebies. The storyline features an astronaut, inspired by space scientist Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, who is greeted on arrival with gifts from the Clangers, including a hand-knitted Fourth Doctor-style scarf. The episode is a homage to “The Tablecloth” episode from the original series which also celebrates the Moon landings.

Michael Dee, director of content at Coolabi Group, commented: “We are absolutely thrilled to be partnering with BBC Studios to produce this unique and wonderful selection of products that will appeal to all ages. Clangers and Doctor Who are such iconic and timeless brands with shared values of friendship, adventure and imagination and we can’t wait to see what fans old and new think of this ‘out of this world’ product range.”

Jason Easy, head of licensing at BBC Studios, said: “This is an ideal collaboration of much-loved British characters embodied in a range of exciting new products. For anyone that ever loved the time-traveling Doctor or those loveable Clangers, this merchandise will make the perfect gift.”