Doctor WhoIs Pushing One of Its Oldest and Weirdest Villains

This weekend , Neil Patrick Harriswill do battle with the Doctor and Donna Noble in the third and finalDoctor Who 60th anniversary especial — play a new adaptation of one of the show ’s oldest and most unsung villains . Mostly cloud by the fact the last story they were in send 57 years ago , and 75 % of it islost to time . That ’s about to change though .

In the run up to this weekend ’s installment , “ The Giggle , ” the BBC has released a raw trailer clip concisely introducing the fourteenth doc and Donna to Harris ’ Toymaker — who ’s apparently set down the “ Celestial ” moniker since he last come out in 1966 — as he dances amid the havoc of a London drive mad by the burn conviction that everyone suddenly thinks they ’re right , all the fourth dimension .

It ’s gracious and creepy-crawly , and there ’s even a very little petite , mostly obscured snatch of Bernard Cribbins ’ Wilf , likely all we ’ll see of the character after his scene at the remnant of “ Wild Blue Yonder ” mark the late actor’sfinal full appearanceon Doctor Who . But it does n’t really give us much about the Toymaker himself , or why he ’s return after all these yr . We ’ll have to expect until the sequence for that , presumptively , but if you ’re leave wanting more , then good news : the BBC is regenerating the Toymaker ’s original story early on next year , too .

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Already antecedently rumoredas a tie - in to the part ’s appearance in “ The Giggle , ” the BBChas now confirmedthat “ The Celestial Toymaker ” will be released on DVD and Blu - Ray some time in 2024 , as part of the regaining of litany of lose and overleap episodes from Doctor Who ’s other history . Just the fourth and last episode of the series remains in the BBC ’s archives , which will now be released in a new restoration alongside animated recreations of the first three episode using archival audio recordings paired with new , 3DCG animation .

While the stylization might not be to everyone ’s taste — it ’s a little early Clone Wars , and quite dissimilar to the 2D vivification prior regaining of miss episodes the BBC has go with in late year — it’ll be beneficial to at least have a everlasting version of “ The Celestial Toymaker ” available in people ’s hand , should “ The Giggle ” electric arc an interest in a formerly one - tally wonder of a enemy .

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