The Celestial Toymaker | Doctor Who

Get ready for the Doctor and the Toymaker's rematch in 'The Giggle'! Watch some highlights from the surviving episode of 'The Celestial Toymaker'...
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[@justinhamilton8647]

Oh wow in the teaser the Doctor told Donna “go back in the tardis” and she said “you’ve never told me to do that” what a great callback

[@ebolarnator1794]

What about in "Silence in the Library"?

[@GDMendezWrites]

​​​@@ebolarnator1794did he tell her to go, or did he just teleport her to the TARDIS for Emergency Programme 1 without explaining? i can't specifically remember but i know he tricked Rose into the TARDIS for Emergency Programme 1, so I figure he could do the same for Donna

[@reubenmanzo2054]

@@GDMendezWrites He tried, but the teleport bounced.

[@GDMendezWrites]

@@reubenmanzo2054 Yes, I remember that much, but my point was whether or not he explained that to Donna before *trying* to do the teleport or if he just did it

[@ebolarnator1794]

@@GDMendezWrites He says "We need to get back to the Tardis" as soon as he realises there's an infestation of Vashta Nerada in The Library. Which I'd say is a very rare occurrence with the Doctor. And with the teleport, he does trick Donna into it without her fully knowing what's going on.

[@soundgal_sine_qua_non]

The Doctor beats the Toymaker by mimicking his voice. Is this why this new version of the Toymaker keeps switching accents?

[@DanceMonkeychg]

Even if that's not true, I LIKE IT! And if it is true, that is an awesome catch.

[@XGAMER-hs4fy]

Yes actually, as the same reason why he’s creating havoc as a form of distraction

[@AndrewChapman]

Yeah, that's a good point.

[@harlowethrombey7665]

I think you may be right

[@stevewilldo3056]

Bloody Hell, that's savvy! New headcanon, true or not!

[@kkwilson3900]

"I've walked in universes where the laws of physics where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a madman"

[@WhatHandlesAreAvailable]

Hartnell is just glorious in this scene isn’t he

[@mccnshyyne]

He is absolutely on point here

[@PuzzlePottage1390]

Although it was eventually agreed that Hartnell had to go due to his declining health, I think a lot of people forget that it was his original portrayal of the character that captivated the general public and launched the popularity of the show through the roof. It's a shame to see how his incarnation has been treated in recent years, all this 'he's sexist' nonsense and Timeless Child crap undermining one of the greats.

[@mikaelastefkova]

He was brilliant 🥺

[@SpencerCJ]

His yoda laugh and the little hand gesture when he says "you have been defeated" always make me laugh

[@WhatHandlesAreAvailable]

@@SpencerCJ omg yeah 😂

[@mccnshyyne]

1:24 “*giggles* You have been defeated!” Iconic Hartnell moment

[@LegendaryXDartz]

is that why the episode is called the giggle?

[@Cybertech134]

@@LegendaryXDartz Nah, he giggled like that all the time

[@TenshiCat]

Followed by "What have you done? Stop meddling with my shit!"

[@TheDemonCaine]

​@@TenshiCat*ship lol

[@calebobry6211]

​@@TenshiCatidk why but I prefer this over the actual script lol

[@kevinaguirre3666]

"We can't stand and talk our way out" And the Doctor realized that he could... and never stopped.

[@bonniestar4707]

Steven didn't need to jump into the doctor's timestream to help every incarnation of the Doctor out. He did that with one inadvertent suggestion.

[@marym5664]

Michael Gough as the Toymaker terrified me as a child. I’d forgotten just how good William Hartnell was .

[@jarrodedson5441]

Exactly

[@lukewebber97]

He is the Original and no body or writer will change my mind on that there should be no Pre Hartnell Incarnations.

[@waltermlane9664]

A veteran of Hammer movies, along with the next Doctor, Patrick Troughton.

[@tiffanyannejocelyn6908]

He is just as creepy as I remember.

[@alexlazebat839]

i remember in Proect: Lazarus Parts 3-4 when the doctor was a clone he could mimick everybody

[@josemaria8177]

The Celestial Toymaker is such a menacing presence that he came back after 50 years

[@EvelynMadisonFaust]

almost 60 years... this story aired in 1966.

[@Warriorcats64]

He was supposed to be back in the 80's. #RealSeason23

[@HOTD108_]

​@@Warriorcats64But he didn't, so it's still been 60 years since the last appearance.

[@hexogramd8430]

@@HOTD108_depends if you count eu like comics books and audio books

[@jimmyjab190]

​@@hexogramd8430no one does

[@AndrewChapman]

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! STOP MEDDLING WITH MY SHIP!" Love the grouchiness of Hartnell

[@numberonedad]

eh I like some of this show but it's starting to seem a little camp.

[@AndrewChapman]

@@numberonedad Sometimes campiness can be part of the fun.

[@LordZontar]

"Your infantile behaviour is beyond a joke."

[@CallistaZM]

@@numberonedad camp is literally part and parcel of Doctor Who, just like Star Trek. You just accept the camp and enjoy it like a faire ride and don't try to treat it so seriously

[@numberonedad]

@@CallistaZM no kidding

[@Nerfherder219]

Just want to point out that at 4:34 he's standing on the number "14". Funny how things work out.

[@christopheralthouse6378]

Yes, it is, isn’t it? Almost like he knew…😳😬😁

[@seanwade8188]

This proves that they’ve planned this since 1966 haha

[@redactedallvegemight8415]

​@@christopheralthouse6378there have been references of the number 14 in the Tennant era also

[@ApetureTestSubject]

I love how, with all that talk of how the Toymaker will come back and there will be other meetings, it feels like they were trying to set up a proper recurring villain, like the Master or the Daleks. That the Toymaker and the Doctor would be battling across the centuries. *Fifty years later* The Toymaker finally returns for his second TV appearance.

[@suryasingh9738]

I hope we don't have to wait another 57 years to see him again.

[@WarGrowlmon18]

I love how his companion there is able to pilot the TARDIS. You don't usually see that anymore.

[@christopheralthouse6378]

Hartnell’s Doctor seemed to be a bit less restrictive when it came to showing his companions how to work “the ship”, as he called the TARDIS. Earliest moment I can recall of this was in “The Rescue” when he taught Ian how to open the doors after Susan’s departure. Him and Ian also worked together to read the fault locator in “The Edge of Destruction”, which was the story that started The Doctor on their path to actually becoming the hero we know them as today…😅☺️😁

[@WarGrowlmon18]

@@christopheralthouse6378I'm just saying that it's so rare these days. I think that in the modern era only Clara and Yaz have been able to do that.

[@infiltrat0rn720]

@@WarGrowlmon18 Yeah it's definitely rare in the Nu Who era. In the classic era there was Romana who could also operate it. Nyssa was able to use some functions on the console as far as I can recall. Could Zoe? I wouldn't be surprised if Zoe could. What about Adric? I know he did calculations for co-ordinates and stuff like that, but not sure if he actually used any of the console. I think Tegan could at least use the door control (I mean a big red lever in that era, pretty obvious to be fair!).

[@WarGrowlmon18]

@@infiltrat0rn720Well Romana was another Time Lord so of course she could do it. The only ones that we've really seen do it in the more recent era are Clara and Yaz. Oh and River Song of course, but she was taught how to do it by the TARDIS itself. Clara is ironic because the TARDIS had hated Clara for so long, but it apparently got such an affinity for her that it allowed her to control the doors with only just a snap of her fingers, something that only the Doctor could do besides her. Notably, however, she was using the manual to help her on that other TARDIS and Yaz needed post-it notes to help guide her. I remember the fact that the Doctor tried to teach Donna how to do it, but I think that they were interrupted by Martha Jones calling them for help with the Sontarans. Maybe the Doctor's most recent companions have just not expressed much of an interest in learning how to fly it and we're just seeing the ones that have.

[@mehi3328]

@@WarGrowlmon18 Nardole was also able to, but it is rare.

[@noblecyberman957]

Bringing back a character they've tried to bring back multiple times for an Anniversary Special seems like the best way to do it. Also love the cheesy effects of The Doctor moving the piece and The Toymaker's world exploding.

[@silenthunteruk]

They actually planned to being him back in 1986 as part of the original plan for Season 23 before the 18-month hiatus and the shortening of that season. The story, called "The Nightmare Fair" was later given a Target novelisation and a Big Finish adaptation. It's actually set in Blackpool; at the end of "Revelation of the Daleks", the Doctor's line: "I'll take you to... [freeze frame, roll credits]" Was supposed to end with "Blackpool".

[@jarrodedson5441]

​@@silenthunterukwhat's blackpool

[@gazsmith7105]

Blackpool is seaside resort a Town in England known for its amusement park ​@@jarrodedson5441

[@jonL88]

⁠@@jarrodedson5441A town in England

[@infiltrat0rn720]

@@jarrodedson5441 It's a seaside town in the north of England. Full of arcades, tat shops, fish 'n' chip shops, things like an aquarium, a waxworks, there's Blackpool Tower which people go up to the top (it also has a ballroom), comedians like Ken Dodd performed there, there's an amusement park at one end, they have lights every autumn lining the streets, along with light diorama displays, and even light-up trams (one looks like a rocket!). In the 70s and 00s there was a Doctor Who Exhibition in Blackpool (and a Star Trek one when Discovery season 1 was out in the same building unit).

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

I would be really excited if in The Giggle is referenced that 3/4 parts of this serial are lost and its all because the Toymaker made them disappear

[@ClintBandito]

If the Toymaker was going to make anything disappear wouldn't it be the one in which he lost?😅

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

​@@ClintBanditoTouche. Maybe thats why he returned: to finish the job and destroy the episode where he lost

[@L0rdLexan01]

"I made a jigsaw out of your history-- do you like it?" While it could refer to the Doctor's actual history, I feel like that could also be a tongue-in-cheek reference to the "lost history" of the original series.

[@ClintBandito]

@@L0rdLexan01 Russell did himself comfirm this was a reference to conflicting continuities

[@Patrick16Soccer]

The fact that the toymaker went on to become ALFRED in the original Batman movie is baffling to me. I didn’t even recognize him

[@MephProduction]

he was in a couple of hammer movies which is why tim burton hired him for batman and a few other of his films

[@jarrodedson5441]

​@@MephProduction ohhhh snap

[@tshelby5212]

The 1989 Batman movie isn’t the original movie there was a Batman movie in 1966

[@MightyFoogle]

Michael Gough, absolute legendary actor

[@MightyFoogle]

@@surfwidow I’d like to think that the reason NPH’s Toymaker swapped accents was so the doctor couldn’t mimic his voice so easily.

[@ColtonRMagby]

Seeing the Doctor as giddy as a schoolboy is amazing, and I can't wait for tomorrow night.

[@jonylawson73]

Yes RTD was right..he clearly was always gay

[@ColtonRMagby]

@@jonylawson73 If by "gay" you mean energetic, then yes.

[@seanwade8188]

My favourite first doctor moments were when he was very excitable. Check out some of The Romans and he is so full on energy at certain points, it’s wonderful

[@ColtonRMagby]

@@seanwade8188 Awesome.

[@maisondelabriques6598]

He’s an icon. He’s a LEGEND. He is the moment. ( and a LEGEND for sure )

[@dylanrinker6831]

Well he is alfred.

[@brandonmroe265]

No, Rose Tyler is the Moment😂

[@devilhdante]

Wait, Alfred(Michael Gough) from the Batman movies played the Toymaker?! 🤯 That's awesome! 😊

[@SamuelBlack84]

And, Emeeic Belasco from the Legend of Hell House

[@CaptApril123]

yup

[@ClintBandito]

He was also for a time married to a 1st/2nd Doctor companion (Polly Wright/Annake Wills)

[@EuanGilmour95]

He was in a couple of Doctor Who stories, obviously he was The Toymaker as seen here but he was also a Time Lord in Arc Of Infinity with Peter Davison

[@ClintBandito]

@@EuanGilmour95 of course he was!!! Can't believe I forgot that.

[@DalekPrimeProductions]

Anyone else BUZZING to see the return of the Toymaker tomorrow after FIFTY years! 😮

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

57 years, 7 months and 16 days

[@DalekPrimeProductions]

@@ronaldeliascorderocalles Wow! That was fast 😆

[@jarrodedson5441]

I am

[@diccchocolate416]

​@DalekPrimeProductions don't underestimate a doctor who fan's autism

[@tubian323]

Yep me! Been looking forward to it forward to it since it was announced!

[@DoctorWho1963]

I love the idea that the Doctor can impersonate almost anyone, they do know billions of accents and languages after all.

[@ergovoks5200]

He

[@phase7058]

@@ergovoks5200they

[@frosthammer917]

HAHAHAHA! Keep on coping.

[@timlemmens1087]

​@@ergovoks5200Not if you talk about the Doctor in general. If you talk about Hartnell in particular, then yes.

[@JamesLuna11-14]

he stop with the nonsense

[@johngurnhill8743]

Finally love for the doctor who started it all

[@EXPERTISE]

Such a great serial, it's so unfortunate the BBC deleted/got rid of most of the episodes from this serial. Can't wait to see the toymaker return tomorrow!

[@A11V1R15]

"deleted" as if it was some digital archive rather than physical reels

[@AbrahamArthemius]

It's more like some of the original film reels aren't preserve properly rather than it got "deleted"

[@MixelsLab]

@@AbrahamArthemiusthey actively recorded over them and many other old shows.. 😕 So although deleted is modern parlance it’s still kind of accurate.

[@mullauna]

You can wipe a (both professional and domestic formats) tape or destroy a film reel, but yes deleted only became common in most circles with the advent of personal computers being common in homes.

[@emilyisvibing]

Why were they archived

[@DeadpoolNegative]

Man, Hartnell has such an absolute command of the screen.

[@chrisben3]

What I alwas loved about William Hartnell's Doctor is he didn't need to run and do backflips in order to save the day.

[@MaryDunford]

I loved that he was so arrogant and stubbornly foolish in season one. By season three, he was far more personable, wiser, and younger. ~ And that was even before his first regeneration. Plus, I still love his attire. Always the noble gent. 😉

[@brentage5000]

Steven: "We can't just stand here and _talk_ our way out of this..." The Doctor and their next fifteen (and counting) regenerations: 😏

[@bonniestar4707]

Steven helped every incarnation of the Doctor with those words.

[@myrddin4242]

@@bonniestar4707 "And another thing", the Doctor said. "Never let me talk!" Later, the Angels failed to appreciate the ... gravity of the situation

[@bonniestar4707]

@@myrddin4242maybe they'd appreciate the mavity of the situation.

[@myrddin4242]

@@bonniestar4707 Indeed

[@danielwilliamson6180]

5:58 Priceless delivery by William Hartnell.

[@animelovers000]

If you noticed in the trailer and clips from the giggle the toymaker changed his accent a few times. My guess is so the doctor doesn't try to use that way to beat him this time around

[@friendlyotaku9525]

6:22 - and now it's time for a rematch 57 YEARS in the making!

[@stevedavidson5038]

The fact a villain is coming back after 57 years, that has to be some kind of record in fictional media?

[@rjmcallister1888]

At least we still have this last segment of this serial; the rest of it remains lost.

[@thehappysun9234]

Actually, I thought the beginning part was found as well.

[@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj]

"We won't see him again!" ...well, the two of you won't because you'll be long dead before he can rebuild his world...but The Doctor will.

[@paul28177]

it's interesting how way back then they set it up that at some point they would meet the toymaker again as he could come back at anytime and anyplace and create a new world of his own and yet he was never brought back until now. I also find it interesting that in the original he uses a more complex game yet in the new doctor who is two very simple games - i would have expected a game that would have taken the whole episode and a chase through time and space because both the games used require no witt or skill and were games of chance meaning the odds were more evenly matched rather than more in the toymakers favour.

[@alexfletcher5192]

Back when I was in my teens (and RTD was in his 20s) The Celestial Toymaker was considered something of a 'lost classic' and I therefore wonder if there is a memory of that which is instrumental in the character being revived. Certainly, a mixture of faux and real nostalgia has seen the 1st Doctor era swing back into some sort of acclaim. And the politics in the background are obviously a part of that. What I mainly recall is reading the Target novelization as a schoolboy, with a boiled egg (we had chickens) and soldiers, at breakfast. Calmer days.

[@hopebgood]

You read a book at the breakfast table? Oh my! 😮 😉

[@PerovNigma]

"Stop meddling with my sh*t!"

[@JESS1CA1996]

Will you leave my sh*t alone... DO YOU HEAR ME WILL YOU LEAVE MY SH*T ALONE

[@coolyt8354]

*ship

[@PerovNigma]

@@coolyt8354 I'm aware.

[@coolyt8354]

@@PerovNigma I know lol I thought you were joking

[@IAmQueenieQ]

Imagine if we saw the master up against the celestial toyma.... Oh!! They'd just work together wouldn't they...

[@TheValeyard92]

For a bit. I get the feeling it wouldn't end well for the Master, though. (S)he has a history of making unwise alliances with partners (s)he has no hope of controlling... and escaping the Toymaker wouldn't be as easy as giving the Cybermen or Axos the slip when it all inevitably goes south for the Master.

[@ClintBandito]

Honestly I doubt it, The Master Does team ups, but he still likes to feel like the one in control, the Toymaker doesn't do team ups he does competition, he'd be far more interested in playing against the master than working with them for some goal. What I'd be more concerned about is the consequences of them playing against each other. They'd both have no issue using all of us as the objects of their game.

[@IAmQueenieQ]

@@ClintBandito They would both be just as destructive to win the game I suppose. A 3 way competition between the master, the doctor & the celestial toymaker would be interesting...

[@charlestownsend9280]

I'd like them to meet in the war master series, partly cause it would have some really dark moments and neither side would win.

[@TheMelonerProductions123]

@@TheValeyard92just say they.

[@stephenmurphy2212]

Tomorrow night the Toymaker is back after 57 years! 🙌

[@jarrodedson5441]

Tomorrow afternoon actually

[@stephenmurphy2212]

@@jarrodedson5441 6:30pm WET

[@charliern]

​@@jarrodedson5441you pedantic tosser 😂. it's after 6

[@kutless45]

4:00 This is why I like Steven. He offers to sacrifice himself without a moment's hesitation.

[@relative-dimension-in-space]

I’ve always loved that about Steven. He’s someone who’s been through a whole heck of a lot and has seen a lot of friends die and doesn’t hesitate to do whatever he might have to to prevent that happening again. It’s a shame he’s so overlooked, he’s one of my absolute favorites and such a decent human being.

[@bonniestar4707]

I like how he helped every incarnation of the Doctor with his sentence of talking his way out of things.

[@mikebasil4832]

Michael Gough is quite unforgettable as the Toymaker and Neil Patrick Harris has equally honored the role.

[@xduskashesreal]

i love the little "Well, what's taking so long?" hand motion at 4:58

[@jokanaanrelssah6784]

Michael Gough (RIP) also the Alfred of the Burton's Batman Erea and the creator of the Cybernauts of The Avengers .

[@TheMillenniumWitch]

"We'll never see him again, will we Doctor?" Well, maybe YOU won't...🤖

[@JavertRA]

It's a shame they hadn't animated this a few years ago so more people would be familiar with him

[@AndrewChapman]

Glad I'd already seen the Loose Cannon recons of Eps 1-3.

[@joevictor53]

I was thinking the same thing. They're releasing it next year after the Toymaker has already returned. They should've prioritised it over some of the other animations

[@nerdyworld938]

@@AndrewChapmansame!

[@gbasource]

Good news! It's being animated at last

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@@AndrewChapmanNot legally you hadn’t.

[@MindedMeister2]

I love that you can faintly hear Hartnell's laugh at 5:07

[@user-zt3hh1bk3j]

Can't wait to watch the animated versions of episodes 1-3

[@TheCobraKid]

Animation looks ridiculous but at least we’ll have a dvd version to watch and hopefully enjoy

[@righteousrawb7225]

Where can I watch this animated version?

[@ljllob4740]

@@righteousrawb7225it’s coming out in 2024 on dvd format

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

From the images I’ve seen it looks atrocious. There’s a guy on KZbin who’s fan-animated one episode using AI. It’s classy and atmospheric and makes the official version look amateurish. I wish the BBC had bunged him a fair pay to do it for them.

[@TheCobraKid]

@@righteousrawb7225 there’s just a trailer at the moment and no release date revealed yet

[@joesherry6732]

I can’t imagine this dude dancing to the spice girls

[@LittleLoz]

Times change and so must I...

[@OrbitalCookie]

The most uncanny thing are the companions going to tardis when told.

[@jaytc3613]

First time watching classic who and it is excellent.

[@graygrays8647]

he managed to jump the whole of unit while dancing to spice up your life

[@coffeehousephilosopher7936]

The shorts and these clips have made me really start to love Doctor Who

[@DavidMFranks]

I love that you can clearly see castor wheels under the tardis (@ 04:31). Would never have noticed them as a child!

[@carealoo744]

I find it impossible to believe that Russell T. Davies of all people failed to see how imaginative and cool the concept of the Toymaker was until recently. This character has been begging to come back on screen since 1966.

[@benwasserman8223]

Well I'm pretty sure more people were clamoring for the Meddling Monk's return. That WAS the first time we ever saw another Time Lord on Doctor Who.

[@charlestownsend9280]

​@@benwasserman8223I'd still want to see the monk return, partly to get a break from the master and partly cause they're an interesting character as well. I've wanted them back ever since listening to resurrection of mars/damos and lucie miller/to the death, where he pushes the 8th doctor so far that he almost kills him in front of Susan and threatens to break the laws to time and rewrite history.

[@carealoo744]

There are just so many characters, I don't understand why we have to fall on The Master every single time the script needs a villain that's on The Doctor's level. The Rani, The Monk, The Valeyard, The Toymaker, The Eleven- I'd love to see a whole Season with The Doctor and Master fighting each other in every episode, but each episode a new villain comes up to make a third faction, and just have a huge three-way chess match. It would literally be the best season ever by default even if it sucks.

[@xGOKOPx]

@@carealoo744 The are licensing reason for why The Rani can never come back; apparently holders of the rights to her character are very uncooperative. There's a practical issue too; The Rani was basically a female Master, and the Master can be female now

[@charlestownsend9280]

@@xGOKOPx not really, she's a scientist with no morality, she's not interested in things like domination, only being able to do her experiments, which the doctor and timelords tend to disagree with cause they're normally highly immoral and using people as test subjects.

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

And with this the last piece that was missing in my mind about the 60s special was put in place. What was one of Hartnell's most famous features as the first Doctor? HIS GIGGLE!

[@Tumbleflop]

"Ah, you still call it a ship!"

[@rytamsinha7132]

Just saw this episode last night. Very excited for tomorrow

[@doctorwhofan463]

It's cool that this Doctor and Toymaker are the exact same characters 60 years later!

[@rpgadventurer32]

They are not.

[@IAmQueenieQ]

Maybe the toymaker, but the doctor. Well... Apparently he's no longer a time lord, can bi-generate and has become two people and still has a load of renegerations they don't remember. Oh and he can regenerate into a woman too. Literally no longer the same character at all.

[@doctorwhofan463]

@CelestineGovender so he isn't a time lord? He said he always was able to bi, but never knew he could. Who said he was never able to become a woman?

[@Fearless-Hobo]

Please more uploads like this of Classic Who.

[@thewewguy8t88]

and 60 years later this villian will dance to the song spice up your life by the spice girls.

[@EloImFizzy]

So funny when you think about the fact that this guy will eventually dance to Spice Up Your Life... 😂

[@shemdellashemygd29]

Here after the devils chord. Love what rtd is doing with him

[@Thornus_______]

The late Michael Gough absolutely brilliant

[@anttibjorklund1869]

I hope they respect this portrayal of the Toymaker as a calculative villain instead of the havoc-y one seen in the previews, bridging the two believably into the same character.

[@provisionalhypothesis]

you wot

[@anttibjorklund1869]

@@provisionalhypothesis Edited.

[@RichardTLDR]

@@provisionalhypothesischarmed.

[@DALEKCHANNELYT]

So did they do him justice

[@anttibjorklund1869]

@@DALEKCHANNELYT Not really IMHO.

[@Trekapedia]

Michael Gough ohhhhhhhhh he was awesome! I miss him and I grew up with him as Alfred in the Batman movies. I can’t wait for the special tomorrow!

[@robboyte1101]

Interesting how the Toymaker here offers the First Doctor power and wants him to join him in games across the universe, which the Doctor turns down, only for the Fourteenth Doctor to offer to have the Toymaker join him in "The Giggle" to play endless games across the stars, which the Toymaker turns down.

[@Gothlova]

Its crazy seeing this, Ive never seen Michael Gogh as anyone but Alfred Pennyworth, I love seeing this

[@MephProduction]

never watched sleepy hollow? or Dracula?

[@zoeandrews241]

He was a busy and popular actor in the 60s and 70s.

[@Mediogre-00]

Make your last move doctor Make your last move I love both of his deliveries of that line

[@user-mo3wx8ut4t]

Is it me or was this brilliant especially for the time. And what an awesome toymaker Michael gough was.

[@user-qq4ii3xl4k]

Truly iconic character, so happy for his return

[@yosef4974]

Wow, the 1st Doctor was just the gangsta man. He really got that dang in it 😂😂 Such a smirking badass hahahaaahahahagah

[@lpsftw8572]

I am so excited to see the latest incarnation of the toymaker! This enemy was unknown to me till the show started teasing him so it's gonna be an interesting time! Let the games begin!

[@eveglead1913]

This needs full colorizing!

[@jonathancineus6424]

The new ToyMaker actually looks like the old one. Pretty good casting for a modern world!

[@deviousj5868]

I love Hartnell's gravitas. Gough plays iff Hartnell really well. It really is a game.

[@gbasource]

So happy we are getting this story animated at last

[@karmicselling4252]

6:05. Dodo: "We'll never see him again. Will we Doctor?" Hartnell Doctor: "Hold my beer!"

[@idjles]

1:49 I love that the TARDIS is on rollers!!

[@hanpolo2727]

I think the Toymaker is going to have a big grudge on the Doctor.

[@Wasabi574]

Wait are those wheels i see on the tardis?

[@marcusross8751]

WH so great, brilliant stuff.

[@NeoakiraIV]

Later the toy maker decided to make a world where he is a butler and raise a boy after his parents are killed in a movie theater

[@The-Radio-Demon04]

I wonder if they will explain his change in appearance from the time with the 1st Doctor and 14th Doctor?

[@DavRossTheWhovian]

Well he is a celestial being that can crate realities you I imagine he can take on verious shapes.

[@OnTheHorizon-]

He’s changed his appearance before, audio books for example. He’s a guardian of time from the 11th dimension he can be whatever he wants to be

[@The-Radio-Demon04]

@OnTheHorizon- oh that's cool

[@Yetaxa]

His body can be destroyed, and he's not truly a physical being. He can take any form he likes.

[@The-Cosmic-Hobo]

The first of several immortal beings in Doctor Who. I read the novel as a kid, and of course we had Pt4 on the Hartnell Years' tape... I know there's been controversy around the term "celestial", but even if the rest of the story may be a little formulaic, I think it was a groundbreaking concept for the series. The previous season we had our first new Time Lord (not that we would hear that phrase for several more years), and then we get the Toymaker in S3. Amazing. Simply amazing. And yes, Hartnell was an amazing Doctor. I hope we get more colourised, abridged stories from his era, because ultimately that is the only way you will get the modern audience to pay attention. My kids grew up watching Tomb of the Cybermen, and all of them love it (and the other b&w Cyber stories), but they wont just sit down and watch other b&w WHO... It needs a drawcard, and The Daleks (2023 Colour) was a great way to do that.

[@Kalah_]

The special effects here seem so simple today, but back then, it must have been great excitement for the viewers to see pieces floating through the air and those sounds when the world explodes... :)

[@TheRealMediaMan]

Alfred! Went from the Drs nemesis to helping Batman

[@winstonpapstein6871]

To have fought against & tormented The Doctor so effortlessly is no easy feat; who knew that Alfred Pennyworth could have such a dark side to him?

[@benbastianiartmusic1421]

The Toymaker needs to collab with Jigsaw and the Squid Game villains.

[@kane7475]

Hopefully, we can find the whole set of the Celestial Toymaker Episodes

[@thomasblackwell6207]

Makes me wanna start watching the classics again

[@thetenthplanet_]

The development of the first doctor from a grouchy old man to alien grandad is wholesome to see. Really hope we get more of his adventures released on DVD/Blu Ray at some point.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

They’ve all been released on DVD.

[@thetenthplanet_]

@@DrWhoFanJ Oh have they? I knew there were a fee but all of them? I must find then now.

[@Greaseball01]

I can't believe it took them this long to bring the toymaker back

[@Chip_Gardener]

It's different seeing the actor who played Alfred in the 1989 Batman movie as a villain.

[@louisduarte8763]

I think RTD brought the Toymaker out of obscurity/retirement for Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary because he saw Moffat do the same thing with the Great Intelligence in the lead-up to the 5oth. Either way, well played.

[@GISALEGENDYT]

Excited to see what tomorrow brings, but feel the story as a whole could be longer than the 50-60 minutes that I assume we'll have. Feel it's a story that is a multiple episode layer but see what we get I believe.

[@JoshEssex]

Apparently it's 61 minutes, so they barely got out of your range there lol

[@backacheache]

It should mean tight and pacey storytelling and with NPH playing the villain should be great

[@tempestates13]

The toymaker's consequences was to take care of the Wayne family and raise Bruce.

[@sethcopeland4362]

I just rewatched Batman Returns for the first time in a while. So fun to see the Goughness himself in this more sinister, ancient role.

[@havoctastic_]

I DIDNT REALISE HE WASNT NEW? Cant wait for this :)

[@chaphidoesstuff]

we meet again doctor

[@johnking5174]

This is the late Michael Gough who played the toymaker. He was also famous for playing Batman's butler Alfred.

[@artezannatto5065]

The TARDIS was sit just above the number 14... and the Toymaker returned to fight against the 14th Doctor... Coincidence? We may never know...

[@psychoticentertainment7526]

It's insane to me it never clicked to me that that's Alfred

[@Paul-vt6tx]

Hartnell is on fire as THE DOCTOR.

[@edwardrea8924]

When alfred gets annoyed hes unstoppable