In the early 90s a fire destroyed most of the Dapol factory denying us
some of the promised goodies like the Emperor Dalek and the Whomobile
and may have contributed to the delays to the last few releases.
The other event that inevitably put the mockers on the range was the
cancellation of the TV series itself.
However, it wasn't long before the TV Movie in 1996 would give the whole
Doctor Who universe a kick start and Dapol were clearly keen to join in
releasing their Master figure within a year and starting a further range
of releases.
Incidentally, after the release of the Master I telephoned Dapol to ask
what else they were planning. At this point I was told about the two
Silurians and the "early Cyberman" (more on him later)
But they also mentioned "Caroline John" and "Lis Sladen"! I have no
other information as to whether Liz Shaw and Sarah Jane Smith figures
were actually on the cards or what happened to them if they were.