{"id":45560,"date":"2024-02-08T17:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1988958"},"modified":"2024-02-08T19:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:31:01","slug":"tom-bakers-doctor-takes-on-new-female-toymaker-see-bts-pics","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/tom-bakers-doctor-takes-on-new-female-toymaker-see-bts-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Baker\u2019s Doctor takes on new, female Toymaker \u2013 see BTS pics"},"content":{"rendered":"

RadioTimes.com has an exclusive look behind the scenes! <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 08 February 2024 at 16:00 PM<\/p>

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While the Toymaker was defeated back in the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special, The Giggle<\/a>, the villain couldn\u2019t stay gone for long.<\/p>\n

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Over the years, Michael Gough, David Bailie and Neil Patrick Harris among others have portrayed the all-powerful, interdimensional player of games.<\/p>\n

And now the infamous villain will be voiced by Annette Badland (EastEnders<\/a>) in The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Metamorphosis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In three new full-cast audio dramas, set to be released in June 2024, the Doctor (Tom Baker<\/a>) and his companions, Surgeon-Lieutenant Harry Sullivan (Christopher Naylor) and UNIT secretary Naomi Cross (Eleanor Crooks), find themselves caught in a deadly game.<\/div>\n

The box set also includes Lydia West (It\u2019s a Sin) as Cahlo, Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) as Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Nicholas Briggs as Padro, and RadioTimes.com<\/a> has an exclusive look behind the scenes with Lydia and Tom!<\/p>\n

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Lydia West and Tom Baker.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The three tales in the audio set are as follows: Matryoshka, The Caged Assassin and Metamorphosis.<\/p>\n

Each stories will include the Doctor and his companions heading on fresh adventures as they encounter new creatures and planets.<\/p>\n

The synopsis for the first episode reads: \u201cWhen a strange force drags the TARDIS to Earth, it\u2019s clear that the Doctor, Harry and Naomi are up against an incredibly powerful being.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when they encounter Lord Pearson, inventor of games and toys, searching for his vanished daughter\u2026 it becomes clear exactly who that being might be.<\/p>\n

\u201cHide and seek is one of the simplest games devised by man\u2026 but in the hands of the Toymaker\u2026 it may also become the deadliest.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cIt\u2019s great to work with Big Finish again \u2013 there\u2019s something about working with audio that\u2019s really powerful,\u201d West said of her role in the audio series. \u201cAnd the privilege of working with Tom is just dreamy!\u201d<\/p>\n

Badland added: \u201cI really engaged with this script and was intrigued from the outset by the idea of Russian dolls and changing personalities. The Toymaker is quite fascinating \u2013 complex, unpleasant, seductive!\u201d<\/p>\n

Doctor Who \u2013 The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Metamorphosis is available to pre-order exclusively at bigfinish.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n