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|novelisation = The Nightmare Fair (novelisation) | |novelisation = The Nightmare Fair (novelisation) | ||
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|image = The Nightmare Fair.jpg | |image = The Nightmare Fair.jpg | ||
|series = [[Doctor Who]] unproduced TV stories | |series = [[Doctor Who]] unproduced TV stories | ||
|season number = Season 23 | |season number = Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963) | ||
|story number = 1 | |story number = 1 | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | |companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
|enemy = [[ | |enemy = [[The Toymaker]] | ||
|setting = [[Blackpool]] | |setting = [[Blackpool]] | ||
|writer = [[Graham Williams]] | |writer = [[Graham Williams]] | ||
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|producer = [[John Nathan-Turner]] | |producer = [[John Nathan-Turner]] | ||
|production code = 7A | |production code = 7A | ||
|next = The Ultimate Evil (TV story) | |next = The Ultimate Evil (unproduced TV story) | ||
}}{{dab page|The Nightmare Fair}} | }}{{dab page|The Nightmare Fair}} | ||
'''''The Nightmare Fair''''' was an unproduced TV story for the original [[Season 23]], before it was put on hiatus | '''''The Nightmare Fair''''' was an unproduced TV story for the original [[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 23]], before it was put on hiatus. | ||
It | It would have featured the return of [[Michael Gough]] as [[the Toymaker]], as well as revealing the Toymaker's previously unexplained origins. The story would have followed straight from the previous season's concluding two-parter, ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]''. | ||
== Plot set-up == | == Plot set-up == | ||
The main villain would have been | The main villain would have been [[the Toymaker]], whose actor, [[Michael Gough]], had been convinced to return. | ||
The story would have continued straight from ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'', where the Doctor said | The story would have continued straight from ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'', where the Doctor said to [[Peri Brown|Peri]], ''"All right, I'll take you to—"''. The ending of part two would have revealed the destination as "[[Blackpool]]", but in the finished version a freeze-frame occurred at this point, leaving the name unspoken. | ||
The idea had come to [[John Nathan-Turner]] to set the story in Blackpool when [[Colin Baker]] opened a ride there called "[[Space Mountain]]. | The idea had come to [[John Nathan-Turner]] to set the story in Blackpool when [[Colin Baker]] opened a ride there called "[[Space Mountain]]". The story would also have been set partially there, with the Celestial Toymaker making strange things happen. | ||
Peri would have been attacked by robot miners in a gold mine adventure ride. The Doctor would have been forced to play a video game whose outcome would decide the fate of the planet. | Peri would have been attacked by robot miners in a gold mine adventure ride. The Doctor would have been forced to play a video game whose outcome would decide the fate of the planet. | ||
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== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
The story was later adapted into the [[Target Missing Episodes]] [[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|lost story]], and would also receive a [[Big Finish Productions]] [[The Nightmare Fair (audio story)|audio adaptation]]. [[Michael Gough]] had by this time long since retired from the acting profession, so the part of the Toymaker was recast with [[David Bailie]]. | The story was later adapted into the [[Target Missing Episodes]] [[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|lost story]], and would also receive a [[Big Finish Productions]] [[The Nightmare Fair (audio story)|audio adaptation]] based on both the novelisation and the script. [[Michael Gough]] had by this time long since retired from the acting profession, so the part of the Toymaker was recast with [[David Bailie]]. | ||
In 2003, an earlier audio drama adaptation was produced by [[Robert Dunlop]] to raise money for the charity Sense.<ref>https://www.shillpages.com/nightmarefair/</ref> | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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