Celestial Toymaker

The Celestial Toymaker is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. He was played by Michael Gough, and featured in the 1966 story, The Celestial Toymaker by Brian Hayles.

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Fictional - British - Science fiction television - Doctor Who - Michael Gough - 1966 - The Celestial Toymaker - Brian Hayles

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The Toymaker is immortal; and has lived for thousands of years, playing his games. If he loses a game, his world is destroyed (although he is powerful enough to rebuild it). If a contestant loses, he is added to the game as a toy, and if he wins, he is destroyed with the world. He is manipulative and can turn people, as the First Doctor comments, "into his playthings". As he demonstrates, he is a being of great power, judging from how he effortlessly makes the Doctor invisible and, for a while, mute.

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Toy - First Doctor - The Doctor

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He uses his enormous power for self-satisfaction and bullying, such as threatening to break Sergeant Rugg and Mrs Wiggs like a stack of plates.

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