BOO BOO, RUN AND GET RANGER SMITH - SOMEONE'S GOT THEIR HAND UP MY BUM!

Regular readers will know that I'm a big YOGI BEAR fan who collects all sorts of merchandise related to the bampot bruin.  So when I saw this glove puppet on eBay recently, I had to have it - especially as it was going for just a little over a couple of quid.  Yogi's nose was a bit spiky and he was bereft of collar and tie (though he may not have had them to begin with), but that didn't stop me fixing things to my satisfaction.  The result?  See below.  I'm smarter than the average blogger!

FINAL PART Of CADET DALEKS SWEET CIGARETTE CARDS From The '60s...

Copyright BBC TV and the Estate of TERRY NATION

At long last we've reached the end of our journey at the side of DOCTOR WHO in his quest on behalf of The DALEKS, on which we commenced over a year ago.  As you'll recall, these cards were made by CADET, a confectionery company who manufactured sweet cigarettes in the mid-1960s for the purpose of luring Britain's impressionable youngsters into the evil habit of smoking by weaning them on candy-flavoured counterfeits until they were old enough to start on the real thing.

As an extra-added bonus I've included one of the two boxes which housed the cards and confectionary, so that your collection is as complete as I can manage.  Just look at that last card - can you imagine such a scene happening in the famous BBC TV SF serial? It's just like the final panel in an IPC BILLY BUNTER comic strip. Of course, the 'real' Daleks would've exterminated the Doc once he'd served his purpose, the naughty but loveable little rascals.

So - that's one journey completed.  Let's see what others await us in future posts and we'll traverse them together!

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Read the back of card #49 - "Why was not Dr. Who destroyed?"  What's wrong with "Why was Dr. Who not destroyed?"  These cards read as if a Dalek wrote them (or YODA from STAR WARS).