What Santa won't be bringing me this year.

You've probably seen this already but one of the hot new toys for Christmas is going to be the Dalek Sec voice-changing mask. Honestly, whatever happened to just imitating Dalek voices? It's more fun, anyhow.

However... what really bothers me is the product advertised by another manufacturer: Among the predicted top-selling 12 toys for pre-school children is a cuddly new version of Rupert the Bear - "a less sinister-looking Rupert, with Botox" as a spokesman for manufacturer Martin Yaffe put it yesterday.

I mean, Rupert? Sinister? I assume they've made his face rounder and less sharp, as seems to be the new fad in teddies - personally, I like my my bears to look vaguely like bears, but that may be just me - but what's botox got to do with it? And why must they trample on my childhood favourites?

Oh well, at least it's not an interactive battery powered Water Rat. I really couldn't stand that.