History Recap / DoctorWhoS3E7TheCelestialToymaker

After a [[[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTLSS1E1TheNightmareFair cancelled return]] in the original Season 23, The Toymaker would return [[LongBusTrip in 2023]] as the main villain of the 60th Anniversary Specials Trilogy, [[TheOtherDarrin portrayed by]] Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.

%% After a [[[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTLSS1E1TheNightmareFair The Nightmare Fair cancelled return]] in the original Season 23, The Toymaker would return [[LongBusTrip in 2023]] as the main villain of the 60th Anniversary Specials Trilogy, [[TheOtherDarrin portrayed by]] Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.

After a cancelled return in the original Season 23, The Toymaker would return [[LongBusTrip in 2023]] as the main villain of the 60th Anniversary Specials Trilogy, [[TheOtherDarrin portrayed by]] Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.

The Toymaker would return [[LongBusTrip in 2023]] as the main villain of the 60th Anniversary Specials Trilogy, [[TheOtherDarrin portrayed by]] Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.

-> ''I'm bored. I love to play games but there's no-one to play against. The beings who call here have no minds, and so they become my toys. But you will become my perpetual opponent. We shall play endless games together, your brain against mine.''

JustForFun/TheOneWith the Doctor [[PrecisionFStrike plays the older version of "Eenie Meenie Miny Moe",]] [[FairForItsDay much to the shock of the modern audience.]]

JustForFun/TheOneWith the N-word.

The TARDIS arrives in the domain of the [[AntagonistTitle eponymous Toymaker]], an immortal being who forces them to play deadly games. The Doctor plays the [[TowersOfHanoi Trilogic Game]], which neither believes the others would be capable of solving for some reason. Meanwhile, Steven and Dodo are given more childlike pursuits with incredibly deadly results, eventually playing a dice-based board game where they have to hop from square to square over an ''electrified floor'' while playing against a cheating man-child. The Toymaker, over the episodes, grows frustrated with the Doctor being... well... himself and begins to take parts of the Doctor away, making taunts to him. The Doctor is finally left down to a single hand, with no way to speak or even do much but play the Trilogic game.
Of course, the Toymaker eventually returns the Doctor to normal, otherwise it'd be hard to explain the future stories, wouldn't it?

The Toymaker would return [[LongBusRide in 2023]] as the main villain of the 60th Anniversary Specials Trilogy, [[TheOtherDarrin portrayed by]] Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.

The one with the N-word.

* PsychopathicManchild: The Toymaker is a mild example, behaving relatively normally most of the time, but also showing the odd example of childish glee at the prospect of the Doctor and his companions being subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath. Turned UpToEleven by Cyril, a fully grown man who actually dresses like a schoolboy and tries to trick Steven and Dodo into making fatal mistakes in the final game.

Written by Brian Hayles, Donald Tosh, and Gerry Davis. This serial first aired April 2-23, 1966.

Written by Brian Hayles, Donald Tosh, and Creator/GerryDavis. This serial first aired April 2-23, 1966.

Written by Brian Hayles, Donald Tosh, and Gerry Davis. This serial first aired April 2-23, 1966.

* EnfanteTerrible: Cyril is what [[Literature/{{Greyfriars}} Billy Bunter]] would be if he were the Toymaker's slave. He crosses the MoralEventHorizon when he attempts to trip Steven and Dodo up so they get a lethal shock from the hopscotch floor. However, he gets HoistByHisOwnPetard.

Written by Brian Hayles and Donald Tosh. This serial first aired April 2, 1966.

* AbsenteeActor: Creator/WilliamHartnell was on holiday during filming of the second and third episodes, meaning that for much of the story the Doctor is rendered mute and invisible by the Toymaker (save for a single hand, played by a hand double).

* TheGMIsACheatingBastard: Downplayed somewhat by the Toymaker, who 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. Played straight by the clowns Clara and Joey, who cheerfully sabotage their obstacle course when it's Steven's turn to try it, and by Cyril, who makes up new rules on the spot and actively tries to sabotage Steven and Dodo.

* IconicOutfit: Dodo's tacky op-art dress is the outfit primarily associated with her, even though she only wears it in here. This was probably as the most recognisable visual depiction of her for pre-home-video fans was the cover of the novelisation, which depicts it. Steven is also associated strongly with his striped polo-neck, which Creator/PeterPurves expressed disappointment with in an interview on the "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet The Tenth Planet]]" DVD extras; he claimed it wasn't even cool in TheSixties and wished that people associated him with the [[{{Costumer}} beautiful Renaissance clothes he got to wore in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E5TheMassacre The Massacre]]" instead]].

* TheGMIsACheatingBastard: Downplayed somewhat by the Toymaker, who 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. Played straight by Cyril, who makes up new rules on the spot and actively tries to sabotage Steven and Dodo. The clowns, Clara and Joey, cheerfully sabotage their obstacle course when it's Steven's turn to try it.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The original version features the one and only use of the N-word in ''Series/DoctorWho'' (in the older version of "Eenie Meenie Miny Moe"). In the BBC's release of the soundtrack, Peter Purves's narration talks over the line, and Loose Cannon's reconstruction deliberately distorts the sound here so the word is severely muffled.

* IconicOutfit: Dodo's tacky op-art dress is the outfit primarily associated with her, even though she only wears it in here. This was probably as the most recognisable visual depiction of her for pre-home-video fans was the cover of the novelisation, which depicts it. Steven is also associated strongly with his striped polo-neck, which Peter Purves expressed disappointment with in an interview on the "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet The Tenth Planet]]" DVD extras; he claimed it wasn't even cool in TheSixties and wished that people associated him with the [[{{Costumer}} beautiful Renaissance clothes he got to wore in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E5TheMassacre The Massacre]]" instead]].

* WickedToymaker: The Toymaker, who abducts people to his little dimension, forces them to play lethal games, and threatens to destroy them utterly if they don't comply.
* {{Yellowface}}: The Toymaker is a borderline example, in that Creator/MichaelGough dressed as a mandarin and adopted the title of "Celestial", a word that the English associated with Chinese culture. But he did not adopt a Chinese-sounding accent or wear makeup.
* YellowPeril: A debatable example: the Toymaker wears traditional Chinese clothing (with no in-story explanation or discussion), and the word "Celestial" is an old (primarily American) and mildly derogatory term for Chinese people and culture, but there's [[{{Yellowface}} no attempt]] to give the character a "Chinese" facial appearance or accent.

* BigBad: The clue's in the title.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad when the ValuesDissonance is severe enough. The original version features the one and only use of the N-word in ''Series/DoctorWho'' (in the older version of "Eenie Meenie Miny Moe"). In the BBC's release of the soundtrack, Peter Purves's narration talks over the line, and Loose Cannon's reconstruction deliberately distorts the sound here so the word is severely muffled.