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== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* The novelisation is actually "written" by the Toymaker himself. | * The novelisation is actually "written" by the Toymaker himself. | ||
* The Toymaker invites the reader to play puzzles throughout the book. One particular game allows the reader to choose Donna's path through the maze of doors after she is separated from the Doctor. | * The Toymaker invites the reader to play puzzles throughout the book. One particular game allows the reader to choose Donna's path through the maze of doors after she is separated from the Doctor. | ||
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* [[Wilfred Mott]] is the one who explains to the Doctor that "everyone thinks they're right" rather than the man standing in front of the car. | * [[Wilfred Mott]] is the one who explains to the Doctor that "everyone thinks they're right" rather than the man standing in front of the car. | ||
* A scene is added explaining that the nuclear launch codes have been sealed in with a UNIT soldier in a bunker underneath a bunker with six other UNIT guards stationed outside. The President of the United States is determined to break in and acquire the codes for himself. | * A scene is added explaining that the nuclear launch codes have been sealed in with a UNIT soldier in a bunker underneath a bunker with six other UNIT guards stationed outside. The President of the United States is determined to break in and acquire the codes for himself. | ||
* The Toymaker's musical number is reduced to the generic "La-La-La" notes, after Ms Pockleton informs him that he doesn't have the rights to use "[[Spice Up Your Life]]". The Toymaker also reveals that he has trapped [[Spice Girls|the Spice Girls]] in the song. There are also references to the songs "[ | * The Toymaker's musical number is reduced to the generic "La-La-La" notes, after Ms Pockleton informs him that he doesn't have the rights to use "[[Spice Up Your Life]]". The Toymaker also reveals that he has trapped [[Spice Girls|the Spice Girls]] in the song. There are also references to the songs "[[Despacito]]" and "[[The House of the Rising Sun]]" during this sequence. | ||
* The crew of the Galvanic beam were turned into a bouncing ball, a wooden peg doll and a rattle and dropped off the platform. The Toymaker controlled their fall, therefore explaining why they were not heard to have hit the ground until a while after the Toymaker had taken control of the platform in the televised episode. | * The crew of the Galvanic beam were turned into a bouncing ball, a wooden peg doll and a rattle and dropped off the platform. The Toymaker controlled their fall, therefore explaining why they were not heard to have hit the ground until a while after the Toymaker had taken control of the platform in the televised episode. | ||
* It is explained that the Doctor bought the house at the end of the story by using money that had been paid into his account by [[UNIT]] over the years. | * It is explained that the Doctor bought the house at the end of the story by using money that had been paid into his account by [[UNIT]] over the years. | ||
