Draft:The Toymaker (Doctor Who)
Submission declined on 26 June 2024 by OlifanofmrTennant (talk).
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| Submission declined on 30 May 2024 by Liance (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are: Declined by Liance 28 days ago.
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Comment: Poor sourcing mostly talking about NPH TARDIS wiki is unreliable. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:18, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: This was mostly copied from The Toymaker at Tardis Wiki. — Diannaa (talk) 12:29, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Only one source demonstrates significant coverage about the character itself ~Liancetalk 19:19, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
The Toymaker is a recurring character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its associated spin-off works. There a powerful individual who ensnared sentient beings in seemingly childish games, with their freedom as the stakes. However, the toymaker hated to lose and the games were always rigged in his favour. He was an adversary of the Doctor and played at least three deadly games with him over several millennia and his worst enemy is the Doctor. They were most recently portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris.[1]
| The Toymaker | |
|---|---|
| Doctor Who character | |
| First appearance | The Celestial Toymaker (1966) |
| Created by | |
| Portrayed by |
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| Character biography | |
| Alias | The Celestial Toymaker The Guardian of Dreams The Crystal Guardian The Mandarin No Cha Urizen's game-master |
| Species | Pantheon of Discord |
| Relatives | Hecuba (sister) Maestro (daughter) |
The Toymaker is a powerful individual who ensnared sentient beings in seemingly childish games, with their freedom as the stakes. However, the Toymaker hated to lose and the games were always rigged in his favour. He was an adversary of the Doctor and played at least three deadly games with him over several millennia[2][3]
Biography[edit]
According to the Sixth Doctor, "nobody [knew]" who the Toymaker really was. He was said to be "old beyond imagining" and to predate "Time Lord records". A team of modern Gallifreyan researchers who attempted to "chart his path through time" gave up, bored of all the games he played with his own past. The Doctor speculated that they didn't try any harder than that because they couldn't find a way to control him. Indeed, one account showed the Toymaker acknowledging different origins in separate conversations with Adric and the Fifth Doctor, once even altering the details of his story mid-conversation.
Family[edit]
The Toymaker's family includes his sister, Hecuba, who was known as the Queen of Time, and his child, Maestro, who was considered as the essence of music itself. (The Devil's Chord)
Powers and Abilities[edit]
Within the Celestial Toyroom, the Toymaker commanded immense powers, but they were limited by the rules he or his opponents set for any particular game. The Fourteenth Doctor stated the Toymaker was bound by the rules, so much so that he could not cheat to win, even if he wanted to. He also had to follow new rules he brought into the game, even if the new rule did not gain him the result he was expecting, like how his desire to face the Fifteenth Doctor accidentally meant he also had to face the Fourteenth Doctor at the same time. Although, he could bend these rules or "forget" to mention them to his opponents if he so chose, but he was not above cheating if his opponent also did so; on one occasion, he tauntingly claimed that he was just following a "new rule" his opponent had unwittingly introduced by cheating.
References[edit]
Text was copied from The Toymaker[4] at Tardis Wiki, which is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA 3.0) license.[5]
- ^ "Doctor Who confirms Neil Patrick Harris is playing classic villain". Radio Times. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "Neil Patrick Harris enters Doctor Who as The Toymaker, swoops audience". The News International. 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "Who is The Toymaker in Doctor Who? Neil Patrick Harris villain explained". Radio Times. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "The Toymaker - Tardis Wiki".
- ^ "CC BY-SA 3.0 Deed | Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported | Creative Commons".
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