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*''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024]]'' contained several works of fiction which teased some of the characters in ''The Giggle'': | * ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024]]'' contained several works of fiction which teased some of the characters in ''The Giggle'': | ||
**The short story ''[[First Day of the Doctor (short story)|First Day of the Doctor]]'' contained an obscured snippet of a page of the [[Fifteenth Doctor]]'s [[Fifteenth Doctor's diary|diary]] about his first adventure with a girl called [[Ruby S]]. | ** The short story ''[[First Day of the Doctor (short story)|First Day of the Doctor]]'' contained an obscured snippet of a page of the [[Fifteenth Doctor]]'s [[Fifteenth Doctor's diary|diary]] about his first adventure with a girl called [[Ruby S]]. | ||
**The spot-the-difference puzzle ''[[Double Danger (game)|Double Danger]]'' depicted the Doctor asking [[Human (Double Danger)|an individual]] for help with the then-unnamed version of the Toymaker portrayed by [[Neil Patrick Harris]]. | ** The spot-the-difference puzzle ''[[Double Danger (game)|Double Danger]]'' depicted the Doctor asking [[Human (Double Danger)|an individual]] for help with the then-unnamed version of the Toymaker portrayed by [[Neil Patrick Harris]]. | ||
==Home media releases== | == Home media releases == | ||
=== DVD and Blu-ray releases=== | === DVD and Blu-ray releases === | ||
This episode, along with {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}} and {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}, was released on Region 2 DVD, and Region B Blu-ray and steelbook on [[18 December (releases)|18 December]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]].<ref>[https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-specials-available-to-pre-order-on-steelbook-dvd-and ''Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials available to pre-order on Steelbook, DVD and Blu-ray'' on doctorwho.tv]</ref> | This episode, along with {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}} and {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}, was released on Region 2 DVD, and Region B Blu-ray and steelbook on [[18 December (releases)|18 December]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]].<ref>[https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-specials-available-to-pre-order-on-steelbook-dvd-and ''Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials available to pre-order on Steelbook, DVD and Blu-ray'' on doctorwho.tv]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:03, 3 December 2023
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The Giggle will be the third and final of the three 2023 specials of Doctor Who, broadcast on 9 December 2023[1] as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations.
It will see the final onscreen adventure of the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna Noble, the return of the Toymaker portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris, and the first appearance of Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor.
Synopsis
The giggle of a mysterious puppet is driving the human race insane. When the Doctor discovers the return of the terrifying Toymaker, he faces a fight he can never win.[2]
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - David Tennant
- Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
- The Toymaker - Neil Patrick Harris
- Kate Lethbridge-Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
- John Logie Baird - John McKay[3]
- Charles Banerjee - Charlie De Melo[3]
And introducing Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor
Uncredited cast
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Crew
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Worldbuilding
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Notes
- This story's upcoming debut was mentioned alongside the other 2023 specials in the non-fiction feature Back in Business published in Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024 on 7 September 2023.
Myths
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Filming locations
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Production errors
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Influences
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Continuity
- Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024 contained several works of fiction which teased some of the characters in The Giggle:
- The short story First Day of the Doctor contained an obscured snippet of a page of the Fifteenth Doctor's diary about his first adventure with a girl called Ruby S.
- The spot-the-difference puzzle Double Danger depicted the Doctor asking an individual for help with the then-unnamed version of the Toymaker portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris.
Home media releases
DVD and Blu-ray releases
This episode, along with The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"] and Wild Blue Yonder [+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)"], was released on Region 2 DVD, and Region B Blu-ray and steelbook on 18 December 2023.[4]
UK 2 DVD cover
UK Blu-ray cover
UK steelbook cover
Gallery
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Footnotes
Notes
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