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* The Celestial Toymaker was due to return in ''[[The Nightmare Fair (TV story)|The Nightmare Fair]]'', and Michael Gough was approached to reprise his role, but this was never made due to [[BBC1]] Controller [[Michael Grade]] having unexpectedly decided to postpone the series for eighteen months. This was part of the unmade Season 23 in 1986, which was later made into a [[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|Target Missing Episodes novelisation]] and a [[The Nightmare Fair (audio story)|Lost Stories audio story]], the latter starring [[David Bailie]] as the Toymaker. | * The Celestial Toymaker was due to return in ''[[The Nightmare Fair (TV story)|The Nightmare Fair]]'', and Michael Gough was approached to reprise his role, but this was never made due to [[BBC1]] Controller [[Michael Grade]] having unexpectedly decided to postpone the series for eighteen months. This was part of the unmade Season 23 in 1986, which was later made into a [[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|Target Missing Episodes novelisation]] and a [[The Nightmare Fair (audio story)|Lost Stories audio story]], the latter starring [[David Bailie]] as the Toymaker. | ||
* ''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 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 " | * 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 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 "n*gger" in the second line. The use of this word was still considered acceptable by the BBC at the time of the story's original 1966 broadcast. Although the rhyme is still present on BBC Audio's CD release of the story, it has been obscured by placing part of [[Peter Purves]]'s narration over the top, in order to correspond to modern views on the use of the "n-word". | ||
* Similarly, the word "celestial" is itself an old slur used to describe the Chinese. "The Celestial Toyroom" is thus the first episode of ''Doctor Who'' to include a slur in its title. | * Similarly, the word "celestial" is itself an old slur used to describe the Chinese. "The Celestial Toyroom" is thus the first episode of ''Doctor Who'' to include a slur in its title. | ||
* William Hartnell was on holiday for the recording of "The Hall of Dolls" and "The Dancing Floor", and so the Doctor's appearances during the Trilogic game scenes is limited to pre-recorded dialogue for the former and a disembodied right hand (that of extra [[Albert Ward]], sporting the Doctor's signet ring) for both episodes. | * William Hartnell was on holiday for the recording of "The Hall of Dolls" and "The Dancing Floor", and so the Doctor's appearances during the Trilogic game scenes is limited to pre-recorded dialogue for the former and a disembodied right hand (that of extra [[Albert Ward]], sporting the Doctor's signet ring) for both episodes. | ||
