Doctor Feel Good of course is my favorite, he's always got a good surprise in his scrubs shirt pocket for everyone.

If she was a good sport. ...

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So you went from wanting a mint one to just accepting any routed one at all? Sounds like me and LOTR

1. Get some pics!
2. About 95% of DWs are faded. It along with JM suffered from fade badly.
3. Rebuilding is not as bad as it seems. Frax here on Pinside has a good guide, and I am semi-local if you need help
4. Routed doesn't mean trashed. Mine came from South America somewhere. Bought it non-working (Wasn't even converted to US Voltage). It took a few years, some blood, tears, and a few bucks, but it came out really nice. Yes, the cab is not the greatest, and I have some insert wear, but I am VERY happy with how it came out. I will see if I can find some before pics and post them. Fattrain had the game for a bit at his house next to his TFTC. The game looked pretty poor.

Mine started as a basket case fixer upper.20151013_210427.jpg

Paul McGann hands down.

Patrick Throughton is 2nd.

Continue to be picky and patient on this one. Wait for it.

There are very few pins EVER made with higher ownership and "re-selling" frequency than DW. You couldn't be shooting in a much bigger barrel right now.

-mof

I surprised he doesnt have this yet when he is willing to pay nicely for a nice pin.

I'm looking forward to playing my boys!Dylan's Dr Who 341.jpg
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/my-first-restoration-with-dad-dr-who

best of luck on your hunt.

Man, I hope DW doesn't get too expensive, I've been hoping to get one as my first pin. It seems like it's gotten a lot more popular as of late, though, and this thread doesn't give me a ton of hope of finding one once I save enough! Hope you can find one, though!

It's another "timeless" theme (pun intended) and the return of the series in 2004 helped out a lot, coupled with middle age who fans. It has always been considered a "B" title (another pun) just like BSD, and people figure it out later, after they have been in the hobby for a while. A REALLY nice one fully restored will hover in the $ 4500 range for while, just like it hovered in the $3500 range 5+ years ago. Fixing the Time Expander is just a pain in the ass for leveling, testing all the optos, making sure alignment is correct, and the fact that play field does not have a sliding hinge for access.

Case in point, Dr Who is rated lower than Stern's Family Guy, which is a complete joke based on uninformed collectors.

I bought my Doctor Who pinball way back in 1999 fully shopped for $750.

Post the pics of the PF. I think you may have to accept some wear on this game, especially at the time expander edge.

If one near me pops up that u want but they wont ship I cld possibly go get if and ship it .

Here's one 30 minutes away from me, and faaaaar away from you. Keep in mind this is Canadian money, maybe the dude would be willing to ship.
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-oeuvre-d-art/ville-de-quebec/machine-a-boule-pinball-dr-who-bally/1107548920

Is this the same guy on cl who claims that JP is HUO?

I wouldn't know, I'm just a poor local Canadian boy.

My list of favorite doctors changes often. I also disqualify the existing doctor due to not having a complete body of his work (obviously I don't have a complete body of the second doctors work either sadly).

I usually have doctor 5 and doctor 6 higher than most. Currently, Matt Smith was my favorite doctor.

Yes. I've imported a few. Working out the shipper is a pain, because they have to serve the area closest to the port of entry. So shipment costs more. And you have to identify and pay a "customs agent" for that port of entry to handle the release across the border, which is expensive. You won't have to pay import fees (it originated in the US), but you do have to file a lot of paperwork and there are other fees. I'd only do it for something rare you can't get any other way.

Maybe check the owners list and start throwing $ at people via PMs. Almost everything is for sale.

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The only prescription is more Cow Bell!

Tom Baker (Dr. #4) for me, and I've wanted a DW pin since I first played one in a mall arcade in the mid-90's. Someday...

Christopher Walken as the Doctor.... Now that would be interesting!

Something for the pinball archives here.

Complete set of Dr Who plastics promotional plastics, including two prototype "magic motion" plastic handouts that never made into production when they converted the art from the directional hologram and cabinet style change, along the infamous, "I NEVER brake for Daleks" bumper sticker with TARDIS ends. Still have a copy of the original concept backglass artwork from creator Linda Deal somewhere in my boxes too, which I liked much better than the production version, but the backglass art is not as close a match to the playfield.

Personally, I wish they could have used the "lost plastic" for the playfield backboard, but there would need to be more things going on.
From my knowledge, very few of the 12 initial test machines remain (two?), as most were brought back and used for re-engineering conversion the final production prototypes from the "Black Rose" style high speaker cabinet with the larger translite to the recognizable "Addams Family" cabinet of the day.

I cannot do anything about the "Pinball Wizard DR" glare in the photo guys, DOH!

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Doug says the pin is sold.

Everything changed after the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, sadly for buyers, prices have jumped through the roof.

He claims pretty much all of his games are HUO, he has been trying to sell that supposed HUO LOTR for over a year, and it has some of the worst flipper button wear I have seen on a LOTR.

Any no to thread highjack, back to your search. Get this man a DW

Sooo, are you a new owner yet?

I hope you land one soon. My old Doctor Who (that I opened up NIB back in 1992 and kept till earlier this year) is making a return to my collection tomorrow. I realized I had to have it back and made a deal for its return.

It will never leave again!

Hey that's mine

Lol. Yeah, Im the guy who was talking to you when you were rolling it out. Nice game.

oh yeah I remember. thank you sir. I put NOT for sale on the game with my phone number. I guess that means call me with offers. A guy by the name of nick offered me $3,000 every time I saw him for the machine. one guy called me a hour later and offered me 3,500 after I turned him down at 3. I think this game is going to pick up popularity. I set it up wedenday night and broke it down sunday morning with no errors. except I had to tweak the flipper bats a little bit. But played flawlessly. Now, that is a good working game. every time I walked into the free play room to see if it was still running, it was always being played. got home and checked the audits. 924 total plays

924! Dang that thing was popular. Thanks for bringing it.

Congrats!

How did that Stargate look, was looking at the ad myself...

Congrats!!!