The Toymaker's legions
The Toymaker claimed to have legions, which he suggested he had some sort of power over, (TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"]) although the Fifteenth Doctor inferred that they followed the Toymaker (PROSE: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...{"name":"TCoRR","page":"100","chaptnum":"Thirteen","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"}) into the universe when the Fourteenth Doctor accidentally summoned him at the edge of the universe. (TV: Wild Blue Yonder [+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)"], The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"])
According to the Fifteenth Doctor, the Goblins were part of the legions that followed the Toymaker. (PROSE: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...{"name":"TCoRR","page":"100","chaptnum":"Thirteen","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"})
History
After the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors bested the Toymaker in a game of catch atop the London UNIT HQ in late 2023, the Toymaker ominously told them that his legions were coming after the Fourteenth Doctor banished him from existence as his prize. (TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...{"timestamp":"00:48:21","1":"The Giggle (TV story)"})
Early on in his life, the Fifteenth Doctor was aware he'd be facing a "whole pantheon of new enemies", but confidently believed they had "no idea what they['d] let themselves in for." (PROSE: "Heroes of Time" [+]Part of Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse, Loading...{"namedpart":"Heroes of Time","1":"Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse (reference book)"})
In December 2023, the Goblins, a species that "bimble[d]" through time, found a "chance of coincidence" surrounding Ruby Sunday and Lulubelle and thus began seeding bad luck into Ruby's life. After she and the Fifteenth Doctor saved Lulu from being fed to the Goblin King and their escape from the Goblin ship, (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"]) the Doctor explained about how he was out of his depth with the Goblins and their relationship to the Toymaker. (PROSE: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...{"name":"TCoRR","page":"100","chaptnum":"Thirteen","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"}) The Goblins then went back in time and ate Ruby as a baby, creating a cracked timeline, however the Doctor followed them and negated by this timeline by impaling the King. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])
