History Characters / DoctorWhoImmortalsAndEldritchAbominations

* TimeAbyss: She eventually becomes ''billions'' (100 Trillion if the timeline of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29EUtopia Utopia]] holds up]] of years old and witnessing the end of the universe, having outlived all the other immortals.

* TimeAbyss: She eventually becomes ''billions'' of years old and witnessing the end of the universe, having outlived all the other immortals.

** He expressed mocking disgust at the Doctor's deflection of the fates thaf Amy, Clara and Bill were subjected to; taunting him by putting on a macabre puppet show for the Doctor and Donna. This wasn't strictly any actual moral outrage on the Toymaker's part and more him trying to push the Doctor's buttons, fully succeeding when he brought up [[RageBreakingPoint the Flux.]]

** Interestingly enough, this might have been the intention for the Toymaker from the very beginning, with the writers reportedly originally intending to make him be another member of the Doctor's then unknown race, same as with the Meddling Monk. It was simply never made explicit within the text of his original appearance and as more details about the Doctor's people became known it became more and more difficult to reconcile Toymaker's own unique abilities with the established capabilities of the Time Lords.

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* GoingNative: Evil example. The goal of the Not-Things is to slowly transform into things that can properly exist in our universe so they can cause chaos.

* DeadpanSnarker: Given who Not-Donna is imitating sarcasm is no suprise:

** Interestingly enough, this might have been the intention for the Toymaker from the very beginning, with the writers reportedly originally intending to make him be another member of the Doctor's then unknown race, same as with the Meddling Monk. It was simply never made explicit within the text of his original appearance and as more details about the Doctor's people became known, it became more and more difficult to reconcile Toymaker's own unique abilities with the established capabilities of the Time Lords.

* GodIsEvil: Akhaten's true nature is a merciless parasite that has to be appeased with memories and kept asleep with MusicMagic. When the mummy stirs, the song changes to a much more urgent "never wake from slumber".
* GodIsGood: Akhaten, the sentient planet god of the seven systems, is referred to as "my warrior" and "my hero" in the songs. This suggests that the songs are to assure him that everything's fine and he can continue to rest his "holy head".

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Casually establishes himself as more powerful than the Time Lords, the Guardians of Time, and ''God''. More specifically, he turned the Doctor's history into a convoluted mess, and beat the Master, the Guardians, and God in games. However, he makes mention of ''his'' better, "the one who waits".
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: The Doctor states he's "an elementary force" personifying play and games, outside of order-chaos and good-evil.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: In his own words: "you’re good and you’re bad are nothing to me. All that exists is to win, or to lose." It’s worth noting that he does seem to have a grasp on mortal morality when he snarks at [[WhatTheHellHero the Doctor brushing off the fates of his companions]], he just doesn’t believe it himself.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Toymaker may be a PsychopathicManchild who sees the universe as his plaything, but he '''never''' cheats, looking sincerely affronted when Donna insists he will. That said, he's not totally aboveboard in this regard, throwing the first ball in his climactic game of catch with the Doctor midway through explaining the rules, taking him by surprise and leaving him barely able to catch it in time.
** He expressed mocking disgust at The Doctor's deflection of the fates thaf Amy, Clara and Bill were subjected to; taunting him by putting on a macabre puppet show for the Doctor and Donna. This wasn't strictly any actual moral outrage on the Toymaker's part and more him trying to push the Doctor's buttons, fully succeeding when he brought up [[BerserkButton the Flux.]]

** Literature/PastDoctorAdventures novel ''Divided Loyalties'' says that he's one of the six [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Guardians of Time]], like the White and Black Guardians. He's specifically identified as the Crystal Guardian, representing dreams and fantasy. A young Doctor, Master, and others read about him and being young and impulsive decide to seek him out, totally unaware of his identity and underestimating his power.

** The Fourteenth Doctor states he's a powerful being from a different universe underneath ours where everything is a game. He was let into this universe when the Doctor unintentionally played a game at the edge of the universe by convincing the Not-Things to count every grain of salt. In commentary for "The Giggle", Creator/RussellTDavies says he's part of a pantheon.

* TranquilFury: Despite Creator/NeilPatrickHarris playing him as a bombastic LargeHam for most of "The Giggle", the moment the Doctor essentially calls him out as petty and wasting his powers, he delivers his whole AboveGoodAndEvil speech in a poisonous tone, his rage being ''very'' obvious in how the Toymaker ''literally'' bristles at the choice of words and his whole form is seen [[GlamourFailure wavering slightly as in a heat shimmer]] but he never rises his tone from that quietly furious tone despite being clear that this is him at his angriest. It's deeply unnerving.

* HumanityIsInfectious: In a twisted parallel to the Doctor, the Toymaker has become a fan of humanity since being let back into our reality. He's absolutely fascinated and delighted by how humans have turned everything into a game, from sporting events to gambling and even Tetris. It's all so amusing to him and he has come to regard Earth as his ultimate playground. Of course, being a fan of humanity doesn't mean he isn't above driving the entire planetary population insane with his Hate Plague for shits and giggles (as, after all, there will be winners and losers from such a global brawl).

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He checks off quite a few boxes here. He's unapologetically racist, sexist, and at the very least anti-trans.

** -->'''Not-Donna:''' Love letters don't travel very far.

** He expressed veiled disgust at The Doctor deflecting how horrible the fates he doomed Amy (and Rory), Clara, Bill, and the victims of the Flux to really were.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: In his own words: "your good and your bad are nothing to me. All that exists is to win, or to lose."

* SoreLoser: If he loses a game in his own world, it's destroyed. He makes sure that whoever beat him dies with it.

-->'''The Toymaker''': WELL, THAT'S ALRIGHT THEN!

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Implies this in "The Giggle", saying this is a face hiding an unceasing vastness.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Toymaker may be a PsychopathicManchild who sees the universe as his plaything, but he '''never''' cheats.

* AffablyEvil: Unfailingly polite to the Doctor and his companions. He doesn't want to ''kill'' the Doctor, he just wants to keep him around as his perpetual opponent because his intelligence makes playing games more fun and challenging.
* AGodAmI: Has multiple speeches to this regard in "The Giggle."

* BreakThemByTalking: ''Disturbingly'' good at getting under the Doctor's skin, despite his over-the-top antics and silly mannerisms, by simply putting on a puppet show harkening back to [[MyGreatestFailure some of the Doctor's greatest hits]].

* BreakoutVillain: Despite only appearing in one story in the main series for [[LongRunner over a half-century]], he became a prominent recurring villain in EU material, and would eventually be made the BigBad to the 60th anniversary special.

* ConnectedAllAlong: The Expanded Universe reveals that he is part of the same...group? Species? Entity?...as the Black and White Guardians, his true identity being the Crystal Guardian, personification of games and illusion.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy: A bit of an inverse, since the character predates the other. While like Q he plays with the characters (sometimes quite lethally), indeed the Toymaker dance scene is comparable to some of the most dramatic Q displays; the difference is Q actually shows that he cares on some level about Humanity's plight (or at least Picard) with his tests having something to do with human philosophies. The Toymaker, however, has nothing resembling morals except the ethic not to cheat and doesn't even interact with humans except to use them like, well, toys. 'Fun' toys at that. Notably during the musical number he doesn't actually STAY in the scene like Q would, he just passes through after violently shaking their reality like it was a snow globe and kills people (or worse) without a second thought. It's like if Q was ACTUALLY completely Amoral, and only did things for sheer sadistic pleasure.

* EvilIsHammy: He is consistently portrayed as quite the larger than life figure, although both portrayals differ as to his. Gough's Toymaker is a composed and poised ColdHam who rarely raises his voice, where Harris is a flamboyant, energetic LargeHam.
* EvilerThanThou: In "The Giggle", he states the Master played his game [[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor to escape death]], lost, and was imprisoned in the Toymaker's gold tooth as punishment. He also claims to have defeated the Black Guardian. However, apparently an unknown villain called "The One Who Waits" is ever stronger than him, and he's openly too scared to play against him.

* FairPlayVillain: The one limit on his power -- he must abide by the rules of any game he plays, even if he made them up (although he can certainly use dirty tactics as long as they're not ''explicitly'' against the rules). He seems outright offended when Donna accuses him of planning to cheat.

* TheGMIsACheatingBastard: Downplayed, somewhat. He actually does abide by a certain set of rules throughout the story, though that's not to say that going through his games is a pleasant experience.
* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum if he loses; AndIMustScream if he wins.
* HumanoidAbomination: We never find out what the Toymaker actually ''is'', only that's he immortal with god-like powers. However, there are some explanations of what he is:
** In an expanded universe novel, the Toymaker is said to be a Great Old One, alongside Nyarlathotep, Hastur, and others from the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. A young Doctor, Master, and others read about them and being young and impulsive decide to seek him out, totally underestimating his power.
** Another story claimed the Toymaker was really one of the six [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Guardians of Time]], like the White and Black Guardians. He's specifically identified as the Crystal Guardian, representing dreams and fantasy.
** The Fourteenth Doctor states he's a powerful being from a different universe underneath ours where everything is a game. He was let into this universe when the Doctor unintentionally played a game at the edge of the universe by convincing the Not-Things to count every grain of salt.

* PsychopathicManchild: He uses his powers to turn people into living dolls and make them play his twisted games, out of sheer boredom. When he's defeated in "The Giggle", he petulantly complains and accuses the Doctors of cheating somehow.
* RealityWarper: Can seemingly do basically anything he wants as long as it's part of a game. The Doctor states it isn't mentally manipulating atoms, but something more alien.

* SoreLoser: If he loses a game, his world is destroyed. He makes sure that whoever beat him dies with it.

* TranquilFury: Despite Creator/NeilPatrickHarris playing him as a bombastic LargeHam for most of "The Giggle", the moment The Doctor essentially calls him out as petty and wasting his powers, he delivers his whole AboveGoodAndEvil speech in a poisonous tone, his rage being ''very'' obvious in how the Toymaker ''literally'' bristles at the choice of words and his whole form is seen [[GlamourFailure wavering slightly as in a heat shimmer]] but he never rises his tone from that quietly furious tone despite being clear that this is him at his angriest. It's deeply unnerving.
* VillainousGoldTooth: After beating the Master in a game, he turned him into a gold tooth in his own mouth.

* WeWillMeetAgain: In his first televised appearance, the First Doctor mentions that the Toymaker is immortal, and that he fully expects to run into him again. This would eventually come to pass in "The Giggle", which as noted elsewhere on this entry is ''fifty-seven'' years and over ''thirteen'' regenerations from when the Doctor said this.

* WickedToymaker: He abducts people to his little dimension, forces them to play lethal games, and threatens to destroy them utterly if they don't comply.
* AWizardDidIt: Jacqueline Rayner's short story, "Trick Or Treat" has him trying to convince The Doctor that he was trapped in the Toyroom for the last few centuries with all his adventures being faked by the Toymaker. He says his reality filters failing explains various {{Special Effects Failure}}s like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E4PlanetOfTheDaleks plastic Daleks]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E2InvasionOfTheDinosaurs wobbly dinosaurs]], the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang giant plush rat]] and the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E5Timelash time tunnel decorated with Christmas tinsel]]. The Daleks' repeated appearances were due to the Toymaker reusing his favourite enemy when he's run out of ideas. This all turns out to be a lie though.
* WorldLimitedToThePlot: His story takes place in his own personal dimension, his "toy room".

* {{Yellowface}}: Borderline example, in that Michael Gough dressed as a mandarin and adopted the title of "Celestial" (a word that the English associated with UsefulNotes/{{Chin|a}}ese culture) but did not adopt a Chinese-sounding accent or wear makeup. In the Fourteenth Doctor specials, he will no longer wear this for obvious reasons, and was reimagined to be a Germanic character, though a preview for "The Giggle" would later reveal this as an affectation. Official publicity also dropped the "Celestial" from his title, referring to him simply as "the Toymaker".

* TakeThatAudience: The Gods of Ragnarok can be read as this to the general audience at large. In the circus tent, they're presented as a rather dull family with no imagination of their own who just sit disinterestedly in front of a parade of entertainment moaning about how nothing's ever good enough to interest them no matter how creative it is, and anything they vote down is pretty much wiped out of existence. Could also be a TakeThat at the producers of the show, never satisfied by entertainers (*cough* such as John Nathan-Turner *cough*) no matter how hard they try to perform.

An Eternal who manifests himself in the form of an angel, Light has made it his fanatical duty to travel through time and space, documenting every single species in the universe in his exhaustive "Catalogue of Life". Light detests change; so much so that that the process of evolution turns him completely genocidal.

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: As in, they're not really angels. It's more of a case of:
** SufficientlyAdvancedAliens

* BadFuture: Trying to force one where humanity evolve into Haemovores. It's not clear whether this has been averted.

* CanonImmigrant: The concept of Time taking a physical form to interact with the Doctor has been used in outside media before, notably in the ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel "Lungbarrow" from the 1990s.

!!The Celestial Toymaker (First and Fourteenth Doctors)

-->''"BURN WITH ME."''

Mysterious and terrifying creatures who existed outside the known universe. They can take the forms of people they encounter, but aren't that good at it... ''yet.''