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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) | ||
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'''''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 would have featured the return of [[Michael Gough]] as | 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 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 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. | ||
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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> | |||
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[[Category:Unproduced Doctor Who TV stories]] | [[Category:Unproduced Doctor Who TV stories]] | ||
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The Nightmare Fair was an unproduced TV story for the original Season 23, before it was put on hiatus.
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.
Plot set-up[[edit] | [edit source]]
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, where the Doctor said to 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 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.
By the end, the Toymaker would be defeated, and the Doctor and Peri would continue their holiday in Blackpool. (DOC: The Lost Season)
Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]
The story was later adapted into the Target Missing Episodes lost story, and would also receive a Big Finish Productions 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.[1]
