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Though disagreeing on the details, a number of accounts attributed the Toymaker's powers to his being a native of a [[Parallel universe|different universe]] than [[the Doctor's universe|the Doctor's own]]. | Though disagreeing on the details, a number of accounts attributed the Toymaker's powers to his being a native of a [[Parallel universe|different universe]] than [[the Doctor's universe|the Doctor's own]]. | ||
While facing the Toymaker in [[Blackpool]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] came to believe that he had finally cracked the riddle of the Toymaker's origins, deducing that the Toymaker originated in another universe and was "hurled" into [[the Doctor's universe]] by some kind of "catastrophe". This would explain his longevity, and, more broadly speaking, his being immune to the usual laws of physics. The Toymaker did not confirm or deny the theory, but he did corroborate the Doctor's conclusion that the Toymaker had lived for "millions of years". He then seemed to bear his soul to him, and told him that for the first few "thousands of millennia" he spent in [[the Doctor's universe]], he used his powers to build and assist civilisations — creating "ships, continents, whole planets even". However, he eventually got bored, until only mindless destruction could give him any satisfaction at all; after an equal length of time spent destroying everything he had previously built up, he discovered [[game]]s as his final and lasting distraction, as they allowed him to embrace nihilism without falling into inactive apathy, surrendering all to the whims of chance. | While facing the Toymaker in [[Blackpool]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] came to believe that he had finally cracked the riddle of the Toymaker's origins, deducing that the Toymaker originated in another universe and was "hurled" into [[the Doctor's universe]] by some kind of "catastrophe". This would explain his longevity, and, more broadly speaking, his being immune to the usual laws of physics. The Toymaker did not confirm or deny the theory, but he did corroborate the Doctor's conclusion that the Toymaker had lived for "millions of years". He then seemed to bear his soul to him, and told him that for the first few "thousands of millennia" he spent in [[the Doctor's universe]], he used his powers to build and assist civilisations — creating "ships, continents, whole planets even". However, he eventually got bored, until only mindless destruction could give him any satisfaction at all; after an equal length of time spent destroying everything he had previously built up, he discovered [[game]]s as his final and lasting distraction, as they allowed him to embrace nihilism without falling into inactive apathy, surrendering all to the whims of chance. | ||
Although it was key to the Sixth Doctor's theory that the Toymaker was the sole survivor of his universe, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Nightmare Fair (audio story)}}) its broad lines echoed the Sixth and Seventh Doctors' explanations of the nature of the [[Great Old One]]s in other accounts, as a specific group of beings who had escaped the destruction of [[Great Old Ones' universe|their universe]] by jumping into the Doctor's own at the moment of [[Event One]]. These accounts did not mention the Toymaker, but ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}}, {{cs|All-Consuming Fire (novel)}}) later accounts lumped the Toymaker in with a pantheon of "[[Elder God]]s" also including the likes of [[Fenric]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cite source|Black and White (audio story)}}) loosely matching the earlier list of Great Old Ones. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}}, {{cs|All-Consuming Fire (novel)}}) | |||
In fact, some accounts claimed that the Toymaker was the [[crystal]]-coloured Guardian of Dreams, counterbalancing the other five [[Guardian of Time|Guardians of Time]], the most powerful [[Great Old One]]s who had survived from [[Great Old Ones' universe|a destroyed universe]] in which they had been an [[earlier race of Time Lords]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Divided Loyalties (novel)}}, {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) Six Guardians were stated in one account as having been in attendance for the [[Event One|creation of the universe]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Whoniverse (novel)}}) | In fact, some accounts claimed that the Toymaker was the [[crystal]]-coloured Guardian of Dreams, counterbalancing the other five [[Guardian of Time|Guardians of Time]], the most powerful [[Great Old One]]s who had survived from [[Great Old Ones' universe|a destroyed universe]] in which they had been an [[earlier race of Time Lords]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Divided Loyalties (novel)}}, {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) Six Guardians were stated in one account as having been in attendance for the [[Event One|creation of the universe]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Whoniverse (novel)}}) | ||
