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|name            = ''The Giggle''
|name            = ''The Giggle''
|novelisation of = The Star Beast (TV story)
|novelisation of = The Giggle (TV story)
|range          =  
|range          = 60th Anniversary Novels
|number in range =  
|number in range = #3
|image          = The Giggle novelisation TBA cover.jpg
|image          = The Giggle novelisation cover.jpg
|doctor          = Fourteenth Doctor
|doctor          = Fourteenth Doctor
|companions      = Donna Noble
|companions      = [[Donna Noble]]
|featuring      = Fifteenth Doctor
|featuring      = [[Fifteenth Doctor]]
|enemy          = The Toymaker
|enemy          = [[The Toymaker]]
|setting        = London
|setting        = [[21st century London|London]], [[2023]]
|publisher      = Target Books
|publisher      = Target Books
|writer          = James Goss
|writer          = James Goss
|cover          = [[Anthony Dry]]
|cover          = [[Anthony Dry]]
|genre          = Science fiction  
|genre          = Science fiction  
|release date    = 11 January 2024
|price          = £5.99 (ebook)<br>£9.99 (paperback)<br>£14.00 (audiobook)
|release date    = 14 December 2023
|release date2  = 11 January 2024
|format          = Paperback, X pages
|format          = Paperback, X pages
|series          = [[Target novelisation|Target novelisations]]
|series          = [[Target novelisation|Target novelisations]]
|prev            = Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)
|prev            = Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)
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|next            = The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)
|series2        = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]]
|series2        = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]]
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'''''The Giggle''''' will be the third of three [[Target novelisation]]s based upon the [[2023 specials]] of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'', published on [[11 January (releases)|11 January]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] by [[Target Books]] and written by [[James Goss]].<ref name="doctorwho.tv">[https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-specials-to-be-novelised-for-the-target-range ''Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials to be novelised for the Target range'' on doctorwho.tv]</ref><ref>[https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/457030/doctor-who-the-giggle-target-collection-by-goss-james/9781785948473 ''Doctor Who: The Giggle (Target Collection)'' on penguin.co.uk]</ref>
'''''The Giggle''''' is the third of three [[Target novelisation]]s based upon the [[60th Anniversary Specials]] of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'',<ref name="doctorwho.tv">[https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-specials-to-be-novelised-for-the-target-range ''Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials to be novelised for the Target range'' on doctorwho.tv]</ref> released as ebooks on [[14 December (releases)|14 December]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]<ref name="DWM 597">[[DWM 597]] - ''[[Gallifrey Guardian]]'', Page 4</ref> and as paperbacks on [[11 January (releases)|11 January]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] by [[Target Books]] and written by [[James Goss]].<ref name="doctorwho.tv"/><ref>[https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/457030/doctor-who-the-giggle-target-collection-by-goss-james/9781785948473 ''Doctor Who: The Giggle (Target Collection)'' on penguin.co.uk]</ref>


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''to be added''
''A sinister toyshop. The Earth erupting in violence. Shockwaves travelling through history.''
 
With old friends powerless to help, the Doctor is drawn into a deadly duel against an [[The Toymaker|old nemesis]] who can bend reality to his will — and change the Doctor's future for ever...
 
Based on a script by [[Russell T. Davies]], this thrilling third adventure for ''Doctor Who''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 60th anniversary features [[David Tennant]] at the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] and [[Catherine Tate]] as [[Donna Noble]], as well as introducing [[Ncuti Gatwa]] as the [[Fifteenth Doctor]].


== Chapter titles ==
== Chapter titles ==
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== Deviations from televised story ==
== Deviations from televised story ==
''to be added''
* The novelisation is actually "written" by the Toymaker himself.
* The Toymaker invites the reader to play puzzles throughout the book. One particular game allows the reader to choose Donna's path through the maze of doors after she is separated from the Doctor.
* The ending scene from "[[Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)|Wild Blue Yonder]]" is reprised here.
* [[Wilfred Mott]] is the one who explains to the Doctor that "everyone thinks they're right" rather than the man standing in front of the car.
* A scene is added explaining that the nuclear launch codes have been sealed in with a UNIT soldier in a bunker underneath a bunker with six other UNIT guards stationed outside. The President of the United States is determined to break in and acquire the codes for himself.
* The Toymaker's musical number is reduced to the generic "La-La-La" notes, after Ms Pockleton informs him that he doesn't have the rights to use "[[Spice Up Your Life]]". The Toymaker also reveals that he has trapped [[Spice Girls|the Spice Girls]] in the song. There are also references to the songs "[[Despacito]]" and "[[The House of the Rising Sun]]" during this sequence.
* The crew of the Galvanic beam were turned into a bouncing ball, a wooden peg doll and a rattle and dropped off the platform. The Toymaker controlled their fall, therefore explaining why they were not heard to have hit the ground until a while after the Toymaker had taken control of the platform in the televised episode.
* It is explained that the Doctor bought the house at the end of the story by using money that had been paid into his account by [[UNIT]] over the years.
* Wilfred humorously proclaims that he will "never surrender" to the moles.
* [[Christofer Ibrahim|Colonel Ibrahim]] is given the first name of 'Christofer' and has a greater presence than in the televised episode including more lines of dialogue and some backstory.
* A short epilogue confirms that the Toymaker is biding his time until his next game.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The trilogy of novelisations was announced on [[14 July (releases)|14 July]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]].<ref name="doctorwho.tv"/>
* The trilogy of novelisations was announced on [[14 July (releases)|14 July]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]].<ref name="doctorwho.tv"/>
* A BBC Books spokesperson told ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' about the excitement of being able to publish ebooks so close to a television event such as the [[2023 specials]].<ref name="DWM 597"/>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="250">
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="250">
The Giggle novelisation TBA cover.jpg|The pre-artwork cover
The Giggle novelisation TBA cover.jpg|The pre-artwork cover
2023 novelisations TBA.jpg|A promo picture of ''[[The Star Beast (novelisation)|The Star Beast]]'', ''[[Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)|Wild Blue Yonder]]'', and ''The Giggle''
The Giggle novelisation cover.jpg|The finalised cover
2023 novelisations TBA.jpg|A promo picture of the unfinished ''[[The Star Beast (novelisation)|The Star Beast]]'', ''[[Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)|Wild Blue Yonder]]'', and ''The Giggle''
2023 novelisations covers.jpg|A promo picture of the final ''[[The Star Beast (novelisation)|The Star Beast]]'', ''[[Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)|Wild Blue Yonder]]'', and ''The Giggle''
The Giggle audiobook cover.jpg|''The Giggle'' audiobook
</gallery>
</gallery>


== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{penguin|457030/doctor-who-the-giggle-target-collection-by-goss-james/9781785948473}}
* {{penguin|457030/doctor-who-the-giggle-target-collection-by-goss-james/9781785948473}}


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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=== Sources ===
=== Sources ===
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[[Category:Target novelisations]]
[[Category:Fourteenth Doctor novelisations]]
[[Category:Fourteenth Doctor novelisations]]
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[[Category:Fifteenth Doctor novelisations]]
[[Category:The Toymaker sources]]
[[Category:The Toymaker novels]]
[[Category:2024 novels]]
[[Category:2024 novels]]
[[Category:Sources set in 2023]]

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The Giggle is the third of three Target novelisations based upon the 60th Anniversary Specials of Doctor Who,[1] released as ebooks on 14 December 2023[2] and as paperbacks on 11 January 2024 by Target Books and written by James Goss.[1][3]

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

A sinister toyshop. The Earth erupting in violence. Shockwaves travelling through history.

With old friends powerless to help, the Doctor is drawn into a deadly duel against an old nemesis who can bend reality to his will — and change the Doctor's future for ever...

Based on a script by Russell T. Davies, this thrilling third adventure for Doctor Who's 60th anniversary features David Tennant at the Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, as well as introducing Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor.

Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Move 1
  • Move 2
  • Move 3
  • Move 4
  • Move 5
  • Move 6
  • Move 7
  • Move 8
  • Move 9
  • Move 10
  • Move 11
  • Move 12
  • Move 13
  • Move 1,024
  • Move 14
  • Move 15
  • Move 16
  • Move 17
  • Move 18
  • Move 19
  • Move 20
  • Move 21
  • Move 22
  • Move 23
  • Move 24
  • Move 25
  • Move 26
  • Move 27
  • Move 28
  • Move 29
  • Move 30
  • Move 31
  • Move 32
  • Move 33
  • Move 34
  • Move 35
  • Move 36
  • Move 37
  • Move 38
  • Move 39
  • Move 40
  • Move 41
  • Move 42
  • Move 43
  • Move 44
  • Move 45
  • Move 46
  • Move 47
  • Move 1 (Go Again)
  • Move 48
  • Move 49
  • Move 50
  • Move 51
  • Move 52
  • Move 53
  • Move 54
  • Move 55
  • Final Move

Deviations from televised story[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The novelisation is actually "written" by the Toymaker himself.
  • The Toymaker invites the reader to play puzzles throughout the book. One particular game allows the reader to choose Donna's path through the maze of doors after she is separated from the Doctor.
  • The ending scene from "Wild Blue Yonder" is reprised here.
  • Wilfred Mott is the one who explains to the Doctor that "everyone thinks they're right" rather than the man standing in front of the car.
  • A scene is added explaining that the nuclear launch codes have been sealed in with a UNIT soldier in a bunker underneath a bunker with six other UNIT guards stationed outside. The President of the United States is determined to break in and acquire the codes for himself.
  • The Toymaker's musical number is reduced to the generic "La-La-La" notes, after Ms Pockleton informs him that he doesn't have the rights to use "Spice Up Your Life". The Toymaker also reveals that he has trapped the Spice Girls in the song. There are also references to the songs "Despacito" and "The House of the Rising Sun" during this sequence.
  • The crew of the Galvanic beam were turned into a bouncing ball, a wooden peg doll and a rattle and dropped off the platform. The Toymaker controlled their fall, therefore explaining why they were not heard to have hit the ground until a while after the Toymaker had taken control of the platform in the televised episode.
  • It is explained that the Doctor bought the house at the end of the story by using money that had been paid into his account by UNIT over the years.
  • Wilfred humorously proclaims that he will "never surrender" to the moles.
  • Colonel Ibrahim is given the first name of 'Christofer' and has a greater presence than in the televised episode including more lines of dialogue and some backstory.
  • A short epilogue confirms that the Toymaker is biding his time until his next game.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sources[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials to be novelised for the Target range on doctorwho.tv
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 DWM 597 - Gallifrey Guardian, Page 4
  3. ↑ Doctor Who: The Giggle (Target Collection) on penguin.co.uk
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