Sunday, October 12, 2025

Uncapped Capital City promotion from 1989 (potentially)

 

I posted some Capital City Weetabix style character cards to my non-sci-fi blog earlier this year, but the full set (see link below) does ultimately have a tenuous connection to Doctor Who so I thought I'd mention it here too.

Capital City is a largely forgotten ITV drama about the lives and loves of a group of dealers working at a merchant bank in London. Running for two series between September 1989 and December 1990 it was much enjoyed at the time, by me at least... a fondness boosted by seeing a couple of scenes being filmed in the square behind the Bishopsgate offices where I was working.

In reality Capital City was promoted through a range of newspaper and billboard advertisements, but these mischievous cereal card mock ups satisfy a sense of 'what if' curiosity whilst serving as a slice of fun nostalgia too.

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The full set of 18 characters is here: Capital City cards: full set

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