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The Celestial Toymaker
1966 Doctor Who serial
The Celestial Toymaker
The Celestial Toymaker is the seventh serial of the third season of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. Written by Brian Hayles and directed by Bill Sellars, it was broadcast on BBC1 in four weekly parts from 2 to 23 April 1966. In the serial, the First Doctor (William Hartnell) and his travelling companions, Steven Taylor (Peter Purves) and Dodo Chaplet (Jackie Lane), are pitted against a powerful adversary called the Toymaker (Michael Gough), who separates them and forces them to play a series of deadly games, where they risk becoming the Toymaker's playthings. Hayles had submitted several story ideas to Doctor Who's production team before The Celestial Toymaker was accepted. Script editor Donald Tosh redeveloped the scripts at Hayles's approval to fit within the programme's budget and means; to Tosh's disapproval, after he resigned from the BBC, the scripts were rewritten by his successor, Gerry Davis. The Celestial Toymaker was Innes Lloyd's first credited work...
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