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[[File:StevenDodoLookLeft.jpg|thumb|left|Steven and Dodo witness the Doctor's disappearing act]] | [[File:StevenDodoLookLeft.jpg|thumb|left|Steven and Dodo witness the Doctor's disappearing act]] | ||
Steven and Dodo find the Doctor now visible, but they also discover a life-sized toy robot with a video screen built into its chest. Steven sees images on the screen of himself on [[Kembel]] and in 16th century [[Paris]]. The Doctor warns Steven that this is a hypnotic screen and realises that they are in the world of the Celestial Toymaker; the screen is a trap designed to let him get into their minds. The Doctor explains that the Toymaker is an evil force that traps people and turns them into his playthings. Dodo notices that the TARDIS is now no longer in the room. The Toymaker appears and tries to get Dodo to watch the screen, which shows her in school uniform on the day her mother died, but Steven forces her to look away. Dodo suggests they escape in the TARDIS, which prompts the Toymaker to show them hundreds of TARDISes moving along on a conveyor belt on the screen; he says "Take your pick", before vanishing with the Doctor. The two clowns appear and first begin to entertain Steven and Dodo, but the Toymaker reappears and explains that the two clowns are to act as their opponents. In order to win the TARDIS back, they must beat his toys in a series of games. Every time they win they will get a TARDIS from the number of copies he has made in hope that it may be the genuine article. If they lose, they will become the Toymaker's playthings forever. Faced with no choice, Steven and Dodo agree. | Steven and Dodo find the Doctor now visible, but they also discover a life-sized toy robot with a video screen built into its chest. Steven sees images on the screen of himself on [[Kembel]] and in 16th century [[Paris]]. The Doctor warns Steven that this is a hypnotic screen and realises that they are in the world of the [[The Toymaker|Celestial Toymaker]]; the screen is a trap designed to let him get into their minds. The Doctor explains that the Toymaker is an evil force that traps people and turns them into his playthings. Dodo notices that the TARDIS is now no longer in the room. The Toymaker appears and tries to get Dodo to watch the screen, which shows her in school uniform on the day her mother died, but Steven forces her to look away. Dodo suggests they escape in the TARDIS, which prompts the Toymaker to show them hundreds of TARDISes moving along on a conveyor belt on the screen; he says "Take your pick", before vanishing with the Doctor. The two clowns appear and first begin to entertain Steven and Dodo, but the Toymaker reappears and explains that the two clowns are to act as their opponents. In order to win the TARDIS back, they must beat his toys in a series of games. Every time they win they will get a TARDIS from the number of copies he has made in hope that it may be the genuine article. If they lose, they will become the Toymaker's playthings forever. Faced with no choice, Steven and Dodo agree. | ||
In the depths of the Toyroom, the Toymaker alludes to a time when the Doctor has been here but left before the Toymaker could engage him in competition. 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 — unlike Steven and Dodo, who will be kept here as toys if they lose. The game he assigns to the Doctor is called the [[Trilogic game]]. This is a series of 10 triangular blocks piled in ascending order on point A of a triangular board. To win the game, the Doctor has to rearrange them in that exact order on point C but he can only move one block at a time and cannot put a larger block on top of a smaller one. The Toymaker 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. He tells the Doctor that he specifically chose this game as he feels travelling has made his mind old, lazy and weak. When the Doctor argues with this, the Toymaker says it was easy enough to trick him into leaving the TARDIS this time compared to his last visit. | In the depths of the Toyroom, the Toymaker alludes to a time when the Doctor has been here but left before the Toymaker could engage him in competition. 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 — unlike Steven and Dodo, who will be kept here as toys if they lose. The game he assigns to the Doctor is called the [[Trilogic game]]. This is a series of 10 triangular blocks piled in ascending order on point A of a triangular board. To win the game, the Doctor has to rearrange them in that exact order on point C but he can only move one block at a time and cannot put a larger block on top of a smaller one. The Toymaker 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. He tells the Doctor that he specifically chose this game as he feels travelling has made his mind old, lazy and weak. When the Doctor argues with this, the Toymaker says it was easy enough to trick him into leaving the TARDIS this time compared to his last visit. | ||
