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* ''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 politically incorrect 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 the racial slur "nigger" in the second line. On BBC Audio's CD release of the story, this offending section has been obscured by placing part of Peter Purves's narration over the top. | * 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 politically incorrect 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 the racial slur "nigger" in the second line. On BBC Audio's CD release of the story, this offending section has been obscured by placing part of Peter Purves's narration over the top. | ||
* Though [[Gerry Davis]] and [[Innes Lloyd]] received their first credits for a full [[serial]] with ''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]] [[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]]''. By [[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]]'', before receiving his first on-screen credit for ''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 ''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]] [[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]], 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 ''Toymaker''. Davis, meanwhile, had actually received a credit on "[[Bell of Doom]]". | ||
=== Competition in the Toyroom === | === Competition in the Toyroom === | ||
Producing ''Toymaker'' wasn't easy, even by ''Doctor Who'' standards. Most of the difficulties stemmed from the fact that it arose at a time of transition in the production office. Though commissioned by the team of [[producer]] [[John Wiles]] and [[script editor]] [[Donald Tosh]], it was ultimately completed by the new team of [[Innes Lloyd]] and [[Gerry Davis]]. The two sides simply had very different ideas about how the story should proceed. | Producing ''Toymaker'' wasn't easy, even by ''Doctor Who'' standards. Most of the difficulties stemmed from the fact that it arose at a time of transition in the production office. Though commissioned by the team of [[producer]] [[John Wiles]] and [[script editor]] [[Donald Tosh]], it was ultimately completed by the new team of [[Innes Lloyd]] and [[Gerry Davis]]. The two sides simply had very different ideas about how the story should proceed. | ||
