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'''The Toymaker''', also known as the '''Celestial Toymaker''', was a powerful being who ensnared sentient beings in seemingly childish [[game]]s, with their freedom as the stakes. However, the Toymaker hated to lose and the games were always rigged in his favour. | '''The Toymaker''', also known as the '''Celestial Toymaker''', was a powerful being who ensnared sentient beings in seemingly childish [[game]]s, with their freedom as the stakes. However, the Toymaker hated to lose and the games were always rigged in his favour. | ||
His origins were mysterious, apparently by his own design | His origins were mysterious, apparently by his own design, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cite source|The Nightmare Fair (audio story)}}) with his possible origins including a "[[renegade Time Lord|renegade]] [[Time Lord]], corrupt [[Guardian of Time|Guardian]], bored [[Eternal]], or [[Posthuman|human-descended entity]] from the [[end of time]]". ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (game)}}) According to some accounts, the Toymaker was the '''Guardian of Dreams''', one of the six [[Guardians of Time]], a group of [[Great Old One]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Divided Loyalties (novel)}}) Where the other five Guardians were each associated with a colour, the Guardian of Dreams was associated with '''crystal'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) The Toymaker was known to the [[China|Chinese]] as the [[trickster]]-[[god]] '''[[No Cha]]'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)}}) | ||
The Toymaker was a long-standing enemy of [[the Doctor]], playing at least three games against them over millennia. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}) | The Toymaker was a long-standing enemy of [[the Doctor]], playing at least three games against them over millennia. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}) | ||
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In contrast, one account mentioned the "chap" who became "obsessed with games" and took to dressing like a [[China|Chinese]] [[Mandarin (bureaucrat)|mandarin]] as a member of one of the [[elder race]]s from the [[original palimpsest universe]]; in this account, this original state of reality before the [[Great House]]s' interference was one of perfect linearity, and it was only after the introduction of [[time travel]] to the universe that various members of the elder races went mad and turned their powers to evil or mischief. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Mr Saldaamir (short story)}}) | In contrast, one account mentioned the "chap" who became "obsessed with games" and took to dressing like a [[China|Chinese]] [[Mandarin (bureaucrat)|mandarin]] as a member of one of the [[elder race]]s from the [[original palimpsest universe]]; in this account, this original state of reality before the [[Great House]]s' interference was one of perfect linearity, and it was only after the introduction of [[time travel]] to the universe that various members of the elder races went mad and turned their powers to evil or mischief. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Mr Saldaamir (short story)}}) | ||
By one account, in addition to the aforementioned possibility of him being a corrupt [[Guardian of Time|Gard]], other possibilities were that the Toymaker had originated as a [[renegade Time Lord|renegade]] [[Time Lord]], a "bored [[Eternal]]", or a "[[Posthuman|human-descended entity]] from the [[end of time]]". ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (game)}}) | |||
[[Auteur]] believed that the being [[Mortimus]] had once described as "a being of vast mental powers, who could build and destroy entire realms with his mind", ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}) namely the Toymaker, ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Divided Loyalties (novel)}}) had originally been a fellow [[Archon]] from the [[Gallifreyan history|early history]] of their people, specifically [[Urizen's game-master]]. When Urizen and the other early Archons began to plan the [[anchoring of the thread|anchoring]] of the universe along the rules of [[logic]], the game-master dissented, wanting to use the rules of play as the organising principle instead. In the moment of anchoring, ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}) although he successfully "wove" his "urge to build destructive toys" into "the very fabric of the Universe itself", ensuring his own [[immortality]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Book of the Snowstorm (short story)}}) he realised that the other founders' insistence on the rules of logic were diluting his own vision. As a result, still infused with the power of the [[caldera]], he "packed his bag and stomped off to the cosmic basement to make his own universe". He was subsequently forgotten, with the records of his existence becoming "muddled up, just how he likes them". ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}) | [[Auteur]] believed that the being [[Mortimus]] had once described as "a being of vast mental powers, who could build and destroy entire realms with his mind", ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}) namely the Toymaker, ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Divided Loyalties (novel)}}) had originally been a fellow [[Archon]] from the [[Gallifreyan history|early history]] of their people, specifically [[Urizen's game-master]]. When Urizen and the other early Archons began to plan the [[anchoring of the thread|anchoring]] of the universe along the rules of [[logic]], the game-master dissented, wanting to use the rules of play as the organising principle instead. In the moment of anchoring, ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}) although he successfully "wove" his "urge to build destructive toys" into "the very fabric of the Universe itself", ensuring his own [[immortality]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Book of the Snowstorm (short story)}}) he realised that the other founders' insistence on the rules of logic were diluting his own vision. As a result, still infused with the power of the [[caldera]], he "packed his bag and stomped off to the cosmic basement to make his own universe". He was subsequently forgotten, with the records of his existence becoming "muddled up, just how he likes them". ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}) | ||
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In the behind-the-scenes features for [[Big Finish Productions]]' version of ''[[The Nightmare Fair (audio story)|The Nightmare Fair]]'', [[John Ainsworth]], who adapted [[Graham Williams]]'s script, reflected: | In the behind-the-scenes features for [[Big Finish Productions]]' version of ''[[The Nightmare Fair (audio story)|The Nightmare Fair]]'', [[John Ainsworth]], who adapted [[Graham Williams]]'s script, reflected: | ||
{{quote|I think [the appeal of the Toymaker] is a lot to do with the mystery, actually… which is, to ''some'' extent, answered in ''The Nightmare Fair'' — but it's interesting, you don't really know who he is, where he came from. He's not a [[Time Lord]] — or ''is'' he? — and clearly has these sorts of magical powers, and this presence… I mean, that's down to Michael Gough, originally… this presence that seemed to be ''equal'' to [[First Doctor|the Doctor]]'s. (…) And the Toymaker keeps the Doctor guessing, which I think is carried on in ''The Nightmare Fair'' — which is nice.|[[John Ainsworth]]}} | {{quote|I think [the appeal of the Toymaker] is a lot to do with the mystery, actually… which is, to ''some'' extent, answered in ''The Nightmare Fair'' — but it's interesting, you don't really know who he is, where he came from. He's not a [[Time Lord]] — or ''is'' he? — and clearly has these sorts of magical powers, and this presence… I mean, that's down to Michael Gough, originally… this presence that seemed to be ''equal'' to [[First Doctor|the Doctor]]'s. (…) And the Toymaker keeps the Doctor guessing, which I think is carried on in ''The Nightmare Fair'' — which is nice.|[[John Ainsworth]]}} | ||
''[[Adventures in Time and Space: The Roleplaying Game]]''{{'}}s [[The Celestial Toymaker (game)|adaptation]] of the original story contained a short biography of the Toymaker which acknowledged the mystery of his origins, citing as possible identities a "renegade [[Time Lord]]" as wel as a "corrupt [[Guardian of Time|Guardian]]", a "bored [[Eternal]]", or a "[[Posthuman|human-descended entity]] from the [[end of time]]". | |||
The audio story ''[[Faustian (audio story)|Faustian]]'' later described the Time Lords as "a celestial race". Subsequently, "Celestials" was cited in the short stories ''[[The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)|The Cactus and the Corpse]]'', ''[[The Two Auteurs (short story)|The Two Auteurs]]'' and ''[[Presents (short story)|Presents]]'' as an alias for the species. | The audio story ''[[Faustian (audio story)|Faustian]]'' later described the Time Lords as "a celestial race". Subsequently, "Celestials" was cited in the short stories ''[[The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)|The Cactus and the Corpse]]'', ''[[The Two Auteurs (short story)|The Two Auteurs]]'' and ''[[Presents (short story)|Presents]]'' as an alias for the species. | ||
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