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The Celestial Toymaker (TV story) (edit)
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* This was the first story to make use of flashbacks to past ''Doctor Who'' adventures. | * This was the first story to make use of flashbacks to past ''Doctor Who'' adventures. | ||
* Following the completion of the serial, the Trilogic Game prop came into the possession of Peter Purves, who was very pleased with Steven's increased importance in the serial. Unfortunately, after leaving ''Doctor Who'', Purves endured a year and a half without work and came to see the Trilogic Game as the source of his bad luck. He finally discarded the prop, and ironically was rewarded with a role in ''[[Z-Cars]]'' the following day; and, shortly after that, came to the offer to become a presenter on [[Blue Peter|''Blue Peter'']]. | * Following the completion of the serial, the Trilogic Game prop came into the possession of Peter Purves, who was very pleased with Steven's increased importance in the serial. Unfortunately, after leaving ''Doctor Who'', Purves endured a year and a half without work and came to see the Trilogic Game as the source of his bad luck. He finally discarded the prop, and ironically was rewarded with a role in ''[[Z-Cars]]'' the following day; and, shortly after that, came to the offer to become a presenter on [[Blue Peter|''Blue Peter'']]. | ||
* This is the last story with missing episodes until ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' for which no [[tele-snaps]] are known to exist, due to the incoming production team resuming their usage. | * This is the last story with missing episodes until ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' for which no [[tele-snaps]] are known to exist, due to the incoming production team resuming their usage. As such, only audio recordings and production stills exist for the first three episodes. Unofficial reconstructions even use screenshots from "The Final Test" to portray the episodes visually. | ||
=== Competition in the Toyroom === | === Competition in the Toyroom === | ||