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* The Celestial Toymaker was to return in ''[[The Nightmare Fair (TV story)|The Nightmare Fair]]'', and Michael Gough was approached to reprise his role, but this was never made due to [[BBC1]] Controller [[Michael Grade]] having unexpectedly decided to postpone the series for eighteen months. This was part of the unmade Season 23 in 1986, which was later made into a [[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|Target Missing Episodes novelisation]] and a [[The Nightmare Fair (audio story)|Lost Stories audio story]], the latter starring [[David Bailie]] as the Toymaker. | * The Celestial Toymaker was to return in ''[[The Nightmare Fair (TV story)|The Nightmare Fair]]'', and Michael Gough was approached to reprise his role, but this was never made due to [[BBC1]] Controller [[Michael Grade]] having unexpectedly decided to postpone the series for eighteen months. This was part of the unmade Season 23 in 1986, which was later made into a [[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|Target Missing Episodes novelisation]] and a [[The Nightmare Fair (audio story)|Lost Stories audio story]], the latter starring [[David Bailie]] as the Toymaker. | ||
* ''Radio Times'' credits "Michael Gough as the Toymaker" for all four episodes and "Dancers: Beryl Braham, Ann Harrison, Delia Lindon" for "The Dancing Floor", with the other supporting cast members credited without specific roles under the heading "with" in the programme listings for all four episodes. | * ''Radio Times'' credits "Michael Gough as the Toymaker" for all four episodes and "Dancers: Beryl Braham, Ann Harrison, Delia Lindon" for "The Dancing Floor", with the other supporting cast members credited without specific roles under the heading "with" in the programme listings for all four episodes. | ||
* In "The Hall of Dolls", whilst deciding which of the seven chairs — six of which are deadly, while one remains safe — to choose, the King of Hearts recites a version of the children's counting rhyme "[[Eeny, meeny, miny, moe]]" (used to select a person to be "it" for games and similar purposes), which includes | * In "The Hall of Dolls", whilst deciding which of the seven chairs — six of which are deadly, while one remains safe — to choose, the King of Hearts recites a version of the children's counting rhyme "[[Eeny, meeny, miny, moe]]" (used to select a person to be "it" for games and similar purposes), which includes a [[n*gger|racial slur]] in the second line. The use of this word was still considered acceptable by the BBC at the time of the story's original 1966 broadcast. Although the rhyme is still present on BBC Audio's CD release of the story, it has been obscured by placing part of [[Peter Purves]]'s narration over the top, in order to correspond to modern views on the use of this word. | ||
* William Hartnell was on holiday for the recording of "The Hall of Dolls" and "The Dancing Floor", and so the Doctor's appearance during the Trilogic game scenes is limited to pre-recorded dialogue for the latter and a disembodied right hand (that of extra [[Albert Ward]], sporting the Doctor's signet ring) for both episodes. | * William Hartnell was on holiday for the recording of "The Hall of Dolls" and "The Dancing Floor", and so the Doctor's appearance during the Trilogic game scenes is limited to pre-recorded dialogue for the latter and a disembodied right hand (that of extra [[Albert Ward]], sporting the Doctor's signet ring) for both episodes. | ||
* Though [[Gerry Davis]] and [[Innes Lloyd]] received their first credits for a full [[serial]] with ''The Celestial Toymaker'', both men had in fact worked on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' before. Evidence of Lloyd's presence in the production office extends at least back to [[26 January (production)|26 January]] 1966, when he sent scripts of the first two episodes of ''[[The Gunfighters]]'' to [[director]] [[Rex Tucker]]. This the same week that "[[War of God]]" first went in front of cameras. [[John Wiles]], however, may still have been around for at least some of the recording of ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (TV story)|The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]''. By [[14 February (production)|14 February]], a few days before "[[The Steel Sky]]" recorded, Lloyd was fully in charge of the series. Thus he was known to have at least produced ''[[The Ark]]'', and perhaps some of ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (TV story)|The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', before receiving his first on-screen credit for ''The Celestial Toymaker''. Davis, meanwhile, had actually received a credit on "[[Bell of Doom]]". | * Though [[Gerry Davis]] and [[Innes Lloyd]] received their first credits for a full [[serial]] with ''The Celestial Toymaker'', both men had in fact worked on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' before. Evidence of Lloyd's presence in the production office extends at least back to [[26 January (production)|26 January]] 1966, when he sent scripts of the first two episodes of ''[[The Gunfighters]]'' to [[director]] [[Rex Tucker]]. This the same week that "[[War of God]]" first went in front of cameras. [[John Wiles]], however, may still have been around for at least some of the recording of ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (TV story)|The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]''. By [[14 February (production)|14 February]], a few days before "[[The Steel Sky]]" recorded, Lloyd was fully in charge of the series. Thus he was known to have at least produced ''[[The Ark]]'', and perhaps some of ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (TV story)|The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', before receiving his first on-screen credit for ''The Celestial Toymaker''. Davis, meanwhile, had actually received a credit on "[[Bell of Doom]]". | ||