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024 – The Celestial Toymaker
Doctor Who serial
The Toymaker
Cast
Doctor
  • William Hartnell – First Doctor
Companions
  • Peter Purves – Steven Taylor
  • Jackie Lane – Dodo Chaplet
Others
  • Michael Gough – The Toymaker
  • Peter Stephens – Cyril / Knave of Hearts / Kitchen Boy
  • Campbell Singer – Joey / King of Hearts / Sergeant Rugg
  • Carmen Silvera – Clara / Queen of Hearts / Mrs Wiggs
  • Reg Lever – Joker
  • Beryl Braham, Ann Harrison, Delia Lindon – Dancers
Production
Directed byBill Sellars
Written byBrian Hayles
Donald Tosh (uncredited)
Script editorGerry Davis
Produced byInnes Lloyd
Executive producer(s)None
Music byDudley Simpson
Production codeY
SeriesSeason 3
Running time4 episodes, 25 minutes each
Episode(s) missing3 episodes (1–3)
First broadcast2 April 1966 (1966-04-02)
Last broadcast23 April 1966 (1966-04-23)
Chronology
← Preceded by
The Ark
Followed by →
The Gunfighters
List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989)

The Celestial Toymaker is the mostly missing seventh serial of the third season in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 2 to 23 April 1966.

In this serial, the alien time traveller 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). The Toymaker separates the Doctor from his companions to play the Trilogic Game, while Steven and Dodo are forced to win a series of seemingly childish but deadly games before they can be reunited with the Doctor and return to the TARDIS.

Only the last episode of this story, "The Final Test", is held in the BBC archives; the other three remain missing. "The Final Test" has been released on VHS and DVD, and the story has been novelised. A fully animated version was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in 2024.

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