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'''''Trick or Treat''''' was the sixth short story in ''[[Tales of Terror (anthology)|Tales of Terror]]'', featuring the [[Sixth Doctor]]. | '''''Trick or Treat''''' was the sixth short story in ''[[Tales of Terror (anthology)|Tales of Terror]]'', featuring the [[Sixth Doctor]]. It followed on from the earlier story, ''[[Murder in the Dark (short story)|Murder in the Dark]]'', with the Doctor returning to the Toymaker's house for a second encounter. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
''to | * The trick-or-treaters with a [[Guy Fawkes|guy]] knock on the TARDIS doors while the ship is in the [[Time Vortex]]. Each boy represents the Doctor's previous five selves. They play [[blind man's buff]] with the Doctor, after he criticizes them for having a guy on [[Halloween]]. | ||
* The Toymaker claims the [[Dalek|Daleks]] were always his favorite. | |||
* Toys in the Toymaker's [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] [[dollhouse]] include [[Steven Taylor]], [[Dodo Chaplet]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Frobisher]], and [[Leela]]. The Toymaker also has a [[TARDIS control room]] set with a Sixth Doctor marionette. | |||
* The Doctor tricks the Toymaker with a game of [[two truths, one lie]]. The Toymaker refuses to answer because it would both admit defeat and result in the [[Celestial Toyroom]]'s destruction. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
*The [[ | *The Toymaker mentions [[Timelash (TV story)|''Timelash'']] and [[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|''Revelation of the Daleks'']] and being "recent," and the Doctor notes that the Toymaker waiting for him to be travelling alone. As one of the Toymaker's toys resemble [[Frobisher]], this story likely takes place during the Sixth Doctor's comic run, when he travels with Frobisher and Peri is taking a break from the TARDIS. | ||
*The Toymaker's comments about the [[reality filter|reality filters]] occasionally going out refer to the bad effects of some stories from the classic era. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
*The Toymaker mentions "wobbly dinosaurs" ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') | *The Toymaker mentions plastic [[Dalek|Daleks]], ([[TV]]: [[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|''Planet of the Daleks'']]) "wobbly [[dinosaur|dinosaurs]]," ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') the "[[giant rat|giant plush rat]]," ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') and the [[Kontron tunnel|time tunnel]] literally decorated with [[Christmas]] tinsel. ([[TV]]: [[Timelash (TV story)|''Timelash'']]) | ||
* The Toymaker tries to convince the Doctor that he never left the | *The Toymaker claims that, along with everything else, he's orchestrated every battle the Doctor's had with the Daleks, including his recent one. ([[TV]]: [[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|''Revelation of the Daleks'']]) | ||
* The Toymaker tries to convince the Doctor that he forfeited the game, that he, [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] , and [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]] never left the Toyroom, and that all his adventures and companions were created by the Toymaker. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Murder in the Dark (short story)|Murder in the Dark]]'') Both the Sixth and [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh Doctors]] later contemplated that they had never really left the [[Land of Fiction]] and that none of their adventures were real. ([[AUDIO]]: [[Legend of the Cybermen (audio story)|''Legend of the Cybermen'']], [[PROSE]]: [[Conundrum (novel)|''Conundrum'']]) | |||
* The Toymaker would later turn the [[Eighth Doctor]] into a puppet. ([[AUDIO]]: [[Solitaire (audio story)|Solitaire]]) | |||
* The Toymaker will once again refuse to admit defeat, being crushed by his Toyshop due to a time limit. ([[AUDIO]]: [[Solitaire (audio story)|Solitaire]]) | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
