{"id":41398,"date":"2023-12-08T17:46:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T16:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1941023"},"modified":"2023-12-08T19:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T18:39:40","slug":"doctor-whos-the-giggle-includes-powerful-william-hartnell-flashback","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-whos-the-giggle-includes-powerful-william-hartnell-flashback\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2019s The Giggle includes powerful William Hartnell flashback"},"content":{"rendered":"

The First Doctor, William Hartnell, and the original Toymaker, Michael Gough, will make an appearance. <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 08 December 2023 at 16:46 PM<\/p>

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As Doctor Who\u2019s<\/a> final 60th anniversary, The Giggle<\/a>, makes its way to our screens, it\u2019s been confirmed that the episode will pay tribute to the First Doctor, William Hartnell, and the original Toymaker<\/a>, Michael Gough.<\/p>\n

The special will see David Tennant\u2019s Fourteenth Doctor face one of his oldest enemies, The Toymaker, this time brought to life by Neil Patrick Harris.<\/p>\n

A new clip from the episode reveals that when the Doctor and Donna (Catherine Tate) first meet the Toymaker, the Doctor\u2019s terror begins to show as he orders Donna to get back to the TARDIS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The episode then flashes back to when the First Doctor originally met the Toymaker, in newly-colourised footage from the 1966 story.<\/p>\n\n<p>Hartnell, who paved the way for every Doctor after him, died in 1975 at the age of 67. Gough, who not only played one of the most iconic Doctor Who villains, but starred in films like Dracula and the first four Batman movies, died in 2011 at the age of 94.<\/p>\n<p>The Celestial Toymaker, which marked the first meeting of the Doctor and the Toymaker, aired in 1966 \u2013 although much of the footage was lost after the original master tapes were wiped.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/toymaker-6d036c8.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=299%2C199, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/toymaker-6d036c8.jpg?webp=true&quality=45&resize=599%2C399 2x, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/toymaker-6d036c8.jpg?webp=true&quality=45&resize=899%2C599 3x, 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https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/toymaker-6d036c8.jpg?quality=45&resize=815%2C543 2x, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/toymaker-6d036c8.jpg?quality=45&resize=1223%2C815 3x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> <source media=\"(min-width: 590px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/toymaker-6d036c8.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=555%2C370, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/toymaker-6d036c8.jpg?webp=true&quality=45&resize=1110%2C740 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"> <source media=\"(min-width: 590px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/toymaker-6d036c8.jpg?quality=90&resize=555%2C370, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/toymaker-6d036c8.jpg?quality=45&resize=1110%2C740 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> <img class=\"wp-image-1941788 align size-landscape_thumbnail image-handler__image image-handler__image--aspect no-wrap js-lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/toymaker-6d036c8.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" alt=\"Michael Gough as the Toymaker\" title=\"Michael Gough as the Toymaker\"\/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Michael Gough as the Toymaker<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"editor-content mb-lg hidden-print js-piano-preview-content\" data-placement=\"Body\">\n<div>\n<p>The fourth episode of the four-part story was the only episode in the BBC archives after a recording from Australia was given to the BBC in 1984.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"piano-inline-template\">\n<div class=\"piano-inline-template__content js-piano-inline piano-inline-template__content--inline\">However, the BBC has confirmed that the story will be restored in the form of an animated release.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The official Doctor Who account on Twitter (which was recently re-branded to X) confirmed that the animation is coming soon to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Doctor-Who-Celestial-Toymaker-Steelbook\/dp\/B0CPFXVRFL\/?tag=radtim0b-21&ascsubtag=radiotimes-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\" data-geniuslink=\"https:\/\/buy.geni.us\/Proxy.ashx?TSID=114542&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FDoctor-Who-Celestial-Toymaker-Steelbook%2Fdp%2FB0CPFXVRFL%2F%3Ftag%3Dradtim0b-21%26ascsubtag%3Dradiotimes-1940506&dtb=1\">DVD, Blu-ray and steelbook<\/a>, sharing a snippet of the 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