{"id":12253,"date":"2013-11-23T03:30:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T08:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=12253"},"modified":"2013-11-23T03:30:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T08:30:42","slug":"happy-50th-anniversary-doctor-who-with-jelly-babies-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=12253","title":{"rendered":"Happy 50th Anniversary Doctor Who – with Jelly Babies and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today the BBC celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the classic television show Doctor Who.\u00a0 Like countless others around the globe, I’ll be sitting down the join the Doctor(s) for what I hope will be one of his greatest adventures yet.\u00a0 In celebration of this occasion, I thought it would be fun to dedicate a post to the candy packages I’ve collected due to my personal love of Doctor Who.<\/p>\n

Growing up in the United States, I wasn’t immediately familiar with Doctor Who.\u00a0 My earliest encounters with the character came in the late 1970’s through the pages of Starlog magazine and I was immediately drawn to his strange appearance (this was during the run of Tom Baker’s Doctor).\u00a0 A couple of years later I would see my first Tom Baker Doctor Who adventures broadcast on our PBS station and much like the Doctor’s own obsession with a confection he called “jelly babies”, I was hooked.<\/p>\n

Those early viewings kicked-off my personal love of the Doctor Who franchise that has now lasted 35 years.\u00a0 These days Doctor Who is more popular and more global than ever – which as a longtime fan is a pretty cool thing to see.<\/p>\n

As a candy collector, I’ve delighted in tracking down pieces connected to Doctor Who and today I’d like to share them.<\/p>\n

The most obvious piece in my collection with a Who connection is a UK Nestle wrapper for a bar sold during the Tom Baker run.\u00a0 This was part of a series, each which sported a different character on the back.\u00a0 I’ve only ever managed to acquire one of these for my personal collection and here it is:<\/p>\n

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UK – Nestle – Doctor Who milk chocolate candy bar wrapper – Brigadier – 1975<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition to the Tom Baker-era Nestle bars, there were also an earlier series released by in conjunction with Jon Pertwee’s Doctor.\u00a0 Though I don’t have any of those wrappers in my collection, I do have this image of one:<\/p>\n

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UK – Early 70’s Jon Pertwee Nestle Doctor Who wrapper<\/p><\/div>\n

Beyond that single Doctor Who wrapper I’ve tracked down for my collection, I’ve also enjoyed looking for Jelly Babies pieces (Jelly Babies having been a favorite of Tom Baker’s Doctor).\u00a0 Though Jelly Babies have been made by more than a single confectioner, I think they’re most associated with Bassett’s.\u00a0 I’ve got an example of a Bassett’s Jelly Babies package that must have been on shelves in the UK during the time when Tom Baker’s Doctor Who was first broadcast:<\/p>\n

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UK – Bassett’s – Jelly Babies candy box – 1970’s to early 1980’s<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s easy for me to imagine the Doctor emptying one of these boxes into the plain brown bag he kept in his jacket pocket for later Jelly Baby distribution.<\/p>\n

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Doctor Who – Tom Baker – and his Jelly Babies<\/p><\/div>\n

That 1970’s Jelly Babies design carried on into the 1980’s, as can be seen on this pair of packages:<\/p>\n

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UK – Bassett’s Jelly Babies – candy box – 1985<\/p><\/div>\n

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UK – Bassett’s – Jelly Babies – Bertie’s Party Time contest – candy bag – 1985<\/p><\/div>\n

Bassett’s still sells Jelly Babies though the package design is quite different now (my apologies for not including a modern package – I have one but couldn’t locate it for today’s column).<\/p>\n

In spite of their association, I don’t believe Bassett’s or any other company has ever produced an official Doctor Who edition of them or had any Who promotional tie-ins.\u00a0 You’d think it would be an obvious way to go – and it would certainly make for an appealing bit of packaging, that’s for sure!\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe someday.<\/p>\n

And that’s everything for today’s post.\u00a0 See you next time – and Happy Birthday Doctor!!<\/p>\n

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