The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)

The Celestial Toymaker
Doctor:	[[doctor::First Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Steven Taylor Dodo Chaplet
Main enemy:	The Celestial Toymaker
Main setting:	Celestial Toyroom
Key crew
Writer:	Brian Hayles
Director:	Bill Sellars
Producer:	Innes Lloyd
Release details
Release number:	24
Premiere broadcast:	2nd April - 23rd April 1966
Format:	4 25-minute episodes
Production code:	Y

The Celestial Toymaker was the seventh story of Season 3 of Doctor Who, and the first to be produced by Inned Lloyd. It was at one point considered writing out [[William Hartnell] as The Doctor in this story, but the idea was vetoed.

Cast

• Dr. Who - William Hartnell
• Steven Taylor - Peter Purves
• Dodo Chaplet - Jackie Lane
• Toymaker - Michael Gough
• Joey the Clown / King of Hearts / Sgt Rugg - Campbell Singer
• Clara the Clown / Queen of Hearts / Mrs Wiggs - Carmen Silvera
• Cyril / Kitchen Boy / Knave of Hearts - Peter Stephens
• Joker - Reg Lever
• Dancers - Beryl Braham, Ann Harrison, Delia Lindon

Crew

• Assistant Floor Manager - Elisabeth Dunbar
• Choreographer - Tutte Lemkow
• Costumes - Daphne Dare
• Designer - John Wood
• Incidental Music - Dudley Simpson
• Make-Up - Sonia Markham
• Producer - Innes Lloyd
• Production Assistant - Snowy White
• Script Editor - Gerry Davis
• Special Sounds - Brian Hodgson
• Studio Lighting - Frank Cresswell
• Studio Sound - Alan Fogg
• Theme Arrangement - Delia Derbyshire
• Title Music - Ron Grainer

More Info

• Story Novelization

• DVD Release

• Video Release

External Links

• Outpost Gallifrey The Celestial Toymaker page
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of The Celestial Toymaker
• BBC page for The Celestial Toymaker
• A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to The Celestial Toymaker
• The Celestial Toymaker transcript