- Library Binding
- Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd (2 April 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563478551
- ISBN-13: 978-0563478553
- Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 12.4 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 387,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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William Hartnell stars as the first Doctor in this classic four episode story from 1966, which pits the TARDIS crew against one of the most powerful enemies they have ever encountered.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A holiday for the Doctor ...,
This review is from: Doctor Who: the Celestial Toymaker (Library Binding)
The odd thing about Dr Who in the Sixties was that Bill Hartnell was forever going away on a fortnight's holiday! I've lost track of how many Dr Who releases the BBC have now done of Hartnell stories in which Peter Purves is left to carry the show single handed.He has to do so in 'The Massacre', where Hartnell can't appear as both the Abbott and the Doctor; he has to do so in 'The Daleks Masterplan' when Hartnell is again absent; and also in 'The Time Meddler' - at a point at which he's only been in the Dr Who series for a mere 3 weeks! If they could have squeezed the poor guy into 'Mission to the Unknown' (in which not only Hartnell but ALL of the regular cast was missing!) I'm sure they would have. Happily, Peter Purves has real style and a ready wit, and never seems phased by what must have been rather a daunting prospect. Here, the Celestial Toymaker waves his hand and the Doctor becomes invisible for a couple of episodes (a pretty neat trick on an audio recording!), and is represented in the middle two episodes of this serial only by some occasional pre-recorded dialogue, leaving Steven and Dodo to give the Toymaker the runaround for a fortnight. It's an enjoyable romp, enlivened too by the presence of Carmen Silvera (from the tv series 'Allo 'Allo) and that fine old character actor Campbell Singer, as our heroes' opponents in a series of deadly games, loosely based on children's nursery rhymes. And of course, to the youngsters in the audience in the 1960's, this gave the serial a particular edge - being menaced by their toys, which come to life and then try to kill Steven and Dodo. On the surface, to us now as adults, the story is just a charming fantasy. But with playing cards, nursery rhyme characters and Billy Bunter all coming to life at the drop of a hat, and turning out to be lethal, it somehow didn't seem quite so harmless at the time...
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cheap and cheerful,
By Ben Frost "mestor_ben" (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who: the Celestial Toymaker (Library Binding)
I'm 13 years old and I hate the new Doctor Who series. Why not sit back and enjoy some light hearted and cheerful Doctor Who instead of the noisy, fast paced and modern rubbish? This story, The Celestial Toymaker, is a perfect example of the quiet and entertaining series that ignorant people don't understand. Don't let a few CSO effects and wobbly sets put you off a classic show that has been turned into a mess over 2006.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
the classic doctor who story,
By garethjohnhall@hotmail.com (london, uk) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who: the Celestial Toymaker (Library Binding)
this is what early doctor who is about, strong characters a villan that you dispise and yet almost like and a third episode cliffhanger that really does leave you on the edge of your seat. This story is one that you are almost glad no longer exists on video as your imagination fills in parts that 60's tv could never. A classic that every doctor who fan must have
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