The Toymaker

The Toymaker
Doctor Who character
First appearance	The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
Last appearance	"The Giggle" (2023)
Created by	Donald Tosh
Portrayed by	Michael Gough (1966) Neil Patrick Harris (2023)
Information
Nicknames	The Celestial Toymaker The Mandarin No Cha
Species	Identity
Gender	Male
Title	God of Games The Guardian of Dreams The Crystal Guardian
Family	Hecuba (sister) Henry Arbinger (grandchildren)
Children	Maestro
Nationality	German-American

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The Toymaker, also known as "The Celestial Toymaker", is a recurring fictional character from the British television series Doctor Who. The first of many antagonists in Doctor Who to have god-like powers, he is described as a "powerful individual who ensnared sentient beings in seemingly childish games, with their freedom as the stakes."

He first appeared in the season 3 story The Celestial Toymaker as the main antagonist of the story, portrayed by Michael Gough, when he challenges the original incarnation of the Doctor (William Hartnell) to a game, but then loses and presumably he is destroyed.

But then 57 years later, he reappears as the main antagonist once again in the 60th anniversary special "The Giggle", this time portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris, when he delights the whole world with a voice of giggle, and once again he challenges the fourteenth incarnation of the Doctor (David Tennant) to a game, however he once again loses by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors (Ncuti Gatwa) (who also splits from his predecessor as a result of The Toymaker's galvanic boom), and they banishing him from existence forever.

Character storylines

The Celestial Toymaker

The Toymaker first appeared in the season three story The Celestial Toymaker, when he drew the Doctor's TARDIS to his realm, so he could make the Doctor play his games again with his companions, Steven Taylor (Peter Purves) and Dodo Chaplet, but arranged things so that the Toyroom would vanish completely at their moment of victory, leaving him the only survivor and the Doctor and his companions his subjects forever. However, Rallon was able to keep the Toymaker's powers in check and ensured that he abided by the rules of his games to help the Doctor to escape. The Doctor soon outwitted the Toymaker again and escaped, leaving his realm in chaos, and the Doctor believing that the Toyroom no longer existed.

"The Giggle"

57 years later, the Toymaker once again reappeared in the 60th anniversary special "The Giggle", when it is revealed that running amok, the Toymaker played games with players across the universe, including the Guardians of Time and Space, whom he turned into voodoo dolls, and "God", whom he "made… a jack-in-the-box" after gambling with Him. He would go on to claim to have "made a jigsaw out of [the Doctor's] history", a claim which shocked the Fourteenth Doctor, who was still distraught over what he had learned about apparently being the Timeless Child. He encountered the Master, who was "dying", his body "failing" due his botched plan to hijack the Doctor's body through a forced regeneration.

The Master "begged for his life with one final game", but he lost, whereupon the Toymaker imprisoned him inside his gold tooth "for all eternity". Then afterwards, The Toymaker settled on Earth due to believing it and humanity were the "ultimate playground". In 1925, he set up a toy store and manipulated events which resulted in one of his dolls, Stooky Bill, becoming the first image viewed on a television screen. He also trapped Charles Banerjee in his domain after the latter lost a game with him, turning him partially into a doll. The Toymaker animated and immortalised the sound of Stooky Bill's laugh to spread insanity in the 21st century, as by then technology and communication had reached a point where the Giggle of Stooky Bill could be heard subliminally across all screens across the planet. The Toymaker soon met the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna Noble, luring them into his domain. He taunted the Doctor with the number of people who had died because of him over the years, which enraged the Doctor enough to challenge him to a game of Cut with his personal cards. The Toymaker won, however, he was stopped from claiming his prize when the Doctor pointed out that, as he had beaten the Toymaker once before, this only counted as one-all in a best of three match. The Toymaker then swiftly disappeared to 2023, crumpling his toyshop into a box, with the Doctor and Donna in hot pursuit. As he danced in the streets of 2023 London, enjoying the chaos the Giggle had unleashed, the Toymaker briefly crossed paths with early versions of the Doctor and Donna, but they failed to recognise him as he watched them be taken to the local UNIT HQ. The Toymaker soon arrived at UNIT HQ, entirely unthreatened by UNIT as he danced and lip-synced whilst slaughtering anybody who attempted to stop him. He took control of the galvanic beam UNIT had used to destroy the satellite broadcasting the Giggle, and fired on the Doctor and his friends.

When the Doctor attempted to persuade him to leave Earth and take his games elsewhere, the Toymaker refused, and then shot the Doctor with the beam, stating that the rules of the game state that he should play the final round with the next Doctor. The Toymaker watched in glee as the Doctor began to regenerate, but was dumbfounded when he instead bi-generated. After causing the Fourteenth Doctor's bi-generation, the Toymaker engaged in an intense game of catch with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors. Finally, the Toymaker failed to catch a throw from the Fifteenth Doctor, and he was defeated. As his prize, the Fourteenth Doctor banished the Toymaker from existence forever. The Toymaker folded up into a suit that was contained in the box that had been his toyshop after Mel Bush pushed at him. As he was trapped, the Toymaker warned that "[his] legions [we]re coming." Kate Lethbridge-Stewart took the box and ordered it to be taken to the deepest vault and binded in salt, while the Toymaker awaited within to start his next game. The Toymaker's domain lingered for a short time afterwards, which allowed the Fifteenth Doctor to cause a bi-generation of the TARDIS itself by claiming it as his own prize for defeating the Toymaker.

Other episodes

In "The Devil's Chord", it is revealed that he has a daughter, Maestro, who is seek to revenge for his father's banishing from existence. In "The Legend of Ruby Sunday", it is revealed that Sutekh was the only being that the Toymaker is avoiding for playing, having seen him "hiding" and simply ran away.

Appearances

Television

Season 3

• The Celestial Toymaker

60th anniversary specials

• "The Giggle"

Audio

Main Range

• "The Magic Mousetrap"

The Lost Stories

• "The Nightmare Fair"

The Companion Chronicles

• "Solitaire"

The Fourth Doctor Adventures

Series 13

• "Matryoshka"

Comic

Doctor Who Magazine

• "Endgame"
• "The Final Chapter"
• "Oblivian"
• "The Stockbridge Child"
• "The Greatest Gamble"

Doctor Who?

• Doctor Who? #196

50th anniversary Blu-ray special

• "The Birthday Boy"

Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor

• "Relative Dimensions"

Novel

Target novelizations

• The Celestial Toymaker
• "The Giggle"

Target missing episodes

• "The Nightmare Fair"

BBC Past Doctor Adventures

• "Divided Loyalites"

References

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