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novelisation= The Celestial Toymaker (novelisation) | novelisation= The Celestial Toymaker (novelisation)| | ||
name= The Celestial Toymaker | | name= The Celestial Toymaker | | ||
image= | image=Celestial title.jpg | | ||
series=[[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]]| | series=[[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]]| | ||
season number= [[Season 3]]| | season number= [[Season 3]]| | ||
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doctor=First Doctor | | doctor=First Doctor | | ||
companions= [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]] | | companions= [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]] | | ||
enemy= | enemy= [[The Celestial Toymaker]] | | ||
year= The [[Celestial Toyroom]] | | year= The [[Celestial Toyroom]] | | ||
writer= [[Brian Hayles]]| | writer= [[Brian Hayles]]| | ||
director= [[Bill Sellars]]| | director= [[Bill Sellars]]| | ||
producer= [[Innes Lloyd]] | | producer= [[Innes Lloyd]] | | ||
epcount=4| | |||
broadcast date= [[2 April]] - [[23 April]] [[1966]] | | broadcast date= [[2 April]] - [[23 April]] [[1966]] | | ||
network=[[BBC One|BBC1]]| | |||
format= 4x25-minute episodes| | format= 4x25-minute episodes| | ||
production code= [[List of production codes|Y]] | | production code= [[List of production codes|Y]] | | ||
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The Toymaker sends two clown dolls from his doll house, Joey and Clara, which he makes into full-sized people, to play a game with Dodo and Steven while he plays a game with the Doctor. He explains that after each game Steven and Dodo win, they'll find a TARDIS which may or may not be the real one. They must find the real TARDIS before the Doctor has finished his game. | The Toymaker sends two clown dolls from his doll house, Joey and Clara, which he makes into full-sized people, to play a game with Dodo and Steven while he plays a game with the Doctor. He explains that after each game Steven and Dodo win, they'll find a TARDIS which may or may not be the real one. They must find the real TARDIS before the Doctor has finished his game. | ||
The game he assigns to the Doctor is called the Trilogic game, which appears to be identical to the classic puzzle | The game he assigns to the Doctor is called the Trilogic game, which appears to be identical to the classic puzzle {{w|Tower of Hanoi}}, using 10 discs. He tells the Doctor he has exactly 1023 moves to complete the game; one wrong move, and he will lose and be kept there forever. He points out a counter to keep track of how many moves the Doctor has taken. To prevent the Doctor from stalling in order to give Steven and Dodo more time, the Toymaker has the ability to command the Trilogic Game to move ahead to a specific move. The Toymaker explains that he specifically brought the Doctor to his world because he's been bored, and if he can trap the Doctor, he'll have a brilliant mind to play against for all time. The Toymaker mentions that he and the Doctor had met once before, but that the Doctor escaped before they could even play one game. The Doctor remarks that it was wise of himself to do so. | ||
Steven and Dodo, meanwhile, are pitted against the two clowns in "Blind Man's Buff." One teammate will move around an obstacle course blindfolded, being guided only by coded buzzes from her partner. If the blindfolded person falls over, she loses. The Doctor tries to call out to warn Steven and Dodo about the game, but the Toymaker cuts him off, and, as punishment, makes him intangible once more (except for one hand, so he can still play his game). Joey goes first and effortlessly succeeds. Steven goes next, but has a hard time, especially because Joey has moved some obstacles around. Steven seems to fail, but they inspect Joey's blindfold, and it's see-through, meaning the clowns had been cheating all along. They demand a re-match, and this time Joey falls, and Clara suddenly collapses. | Steven and Dodo, meanwhile, are pitted against the two clowns in "Blind Man's Buff." One teammate will move around an obstacle course blindfolded, being guided only by coded buzzes from her partner. If the blindfolded person falls over, she loses. The Doctor tries to call out to warn Steven and Dodo about the game, but the Toymaker cuts him off, and, as punishment, makes him intangible once more (except for one hand, so he can still play his game). Joey goes first and effortlessly succeeds. Steven goes next, but has a hard time, especially because Joey has moved some obstacles around. Steven seems to fail, but they inspect Joey's blindfold, and it's see-through, meaning the clowns had been cheating all along. They demand a re-match, and this time Joey falls, and Clara suddenly collapses. | ||
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Meanwhile, the King and Queen try to convince the Joker to test a chair for them, but he catches on to their plan and runs away. Unable to agree on who should try a chair next, the two sit in one of the two remaining chairs together. For a moment, nothing happens, and it appears they won, until the chair suddenly collapses on them. Dodo suggests they go to help them, but Steven realises there's only one chair left, and sits in it, winning the game. | Meanwhile, the King and Queen try to convince the Joker to test a chair for them, but he catches on to their plan and runs away. Unable to agree on who should try a chair next, the two sit in one of the two remaining chairs together. For a moment, nothing happens, and it appears they won, until the chair suddenly collapses on them. Dodo suggests they go to help them, but Steven realises there's only one chair left, and sits in it, winning the game. | ||
A TARDIS appears, but it's another fake. Recalling that they haven't solved the entire riddle, they try to "call the servants without voice" and call the remaining three dolls to them. Just then, the TARDIS' phone rings. Steven answers, and it is the Toymaker, delivering the next clue: "Hunt the key, to fit the door; That leads out on the dancing floor. Then escape the rhythmic beat; Or you'll forever tap your feet." The phone goes dead. They notice the King and Queen have become playing cards once more. As the two continue on, the three remaining dolls come to life and start to pursue them | A TARDIS appears, but it's another fake. Recalling that they haven't solved the entire riddle, they try to "call the servants without voice" and call the remaining three dolls to them. Just then, the TARDIS' phone rings. Steven answers, and it is the Toymaker, delivering the next clue: "Hunt the key, to fit the door; That leads out on the dancing floor. Then escape the rhythmic beat; Or you'll forever tap your feet." The phone goes dead. They notice the King and Queen have become playing cards once more. As the two continue on, the three remaining dolls come to life and start to pursue them. | ||
==== The Dancing Floor (3) ==== | ==== The Dancing Floor (3) ==== | ||
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Davis therefore had to tackle the scripts ''again''. These rewrites got Savory's okay, but the old production team were left wondering what had happened to their scripts. Tosh opined that Davis' approach was "much lighter, more pantomime" than his own. The results were no more pleasing to [[John Wiles]], who wrote a memo to Savory on [[25 February]] [[1966]], after he had technically left the ''Doctor Who'' production office. In it, he claimed that the central battle of wills between the Doctor and the Toymaker had been downplayed to the benefit of new elements involving a more childish confrontation between the companions and the Toymaker's creations. Ultimately, Wiles would have liked to have seen the entire production halted, since its commissioning producer and script editor had gone — and with them, the original, more adult intent of the story. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]) '' | Davis therefore had to tackle the scripts ''again''. These rewrites got Savory's okay, but the old production team were left wondering what had happened to their scripts. Tosh opined that Davis' approach was "much lighter, more pantomime" than his own. The results were no more pleasing to [[John Wiles]], who wrote a memo to Savory on [[25 February]] [[1966]], after he had technically left the ''Doctor Who'' production office. In it, he claimed that the central battle of wills between the Doctor and the Toymaker had been downplayed to the benefit of new elements involving a more childish confrontation between the companions and the Toymaker's creations. Ultimately, Wiles would have liked to have seen the entire production halted, since its commissioning producer and script editor had gone — and with them, the original, more adult intent of the story. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]) '' | ||
However, ''Toymaker''{{'}}s problems weren't over even after Davis' script had been recorded. After the transmission of "The Dancing Floor", the BBC had to field charges from the estate of | However, ''Toymaker''{{'}}s problems weren't over even after Davis' script had been recorded. After the transmission of "The Dancing Floor", the BBC had to field charges from the estate of {{w|Charles Hamilton (writer)|Charles Hamilton}} that the character of [[Cyril]] was in fact meant to be his popular children's character, {{w|Billy Bunter}}. The problem was exacerbated that actor [[Peter Stephens]] had ad-libbed the line, "My friends call me Billy" during recording. Thus the BBC were forced to take a step never repeated before or since: they had to have a special [[continuity announcement]] at the end of "The Final Test" which declared that the character of Cyril was not meant ''to be'' Billy Bunter, but merely a character ''like'' Billy.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/y.html Shannon Sullivan on ''The Celestial Toymaker'']</ref> | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
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* The soundtrack for the story was released on CD, with linking narration by [[Peter Purves]], on [[2 April]] [[2001]]. This edition was re-released in [[2011]] as part of the box set ''[[Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes - Collection Two]]''. | * The soundtrack for the story was released on CD, with linking narration by [[Peter Purves]], on [[2 April]] [[2001]]. This edition was re-released in [[2011]] as part of the box set ''[[Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes - Collection Two]]''. | ||
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