There ’s no weirder , more medico Who thing than the fact that right now you ca n’t go back and see the last appearance of this year’sbig 60th anniversaryvillain — the Toymaker , now played byNeil Patrick Harris—57 geezerhood ago because 75 % of that story does n’t in reality exist anymore . But that could at least change in the not - too distant futurity .
British tabloid the Daily Mirror ( viaRadio Times ) reports that the next likely fair game for Doctor Who’sseries of animated re - releasesrevivingthe 97 continue missing episodesfrom the show ’s early story could indeed be “ The Celestial Toymaker , ” presumptively to link up into the character ’s yield next month as part of the trio of special episodes celebrating the show ’s sixtieth anniversary . The 7th series in Doctor Who ’s third time of year , just a single episode of “ The Celestial Toymaker ” ( its fourth and last ) live the BBC ’s archival junking policy of the era , rendering it largely inaccessible to modern hearing .
There have been a few releases of the serial — an audio recording of the full story was released in 2001 , and the last episode itself was released in 2004 as part of a “ Lost In Time ” boxful position containing a variety of clip and episodes from missing serial . But an animise remaking would mark the first time since broadcast that “ The Celestial Toymaker ” would look in a visual medium . It ’s a shame that it will no doubt miss next calendar month ’s anniversary legal proceeding — these remakes take time , and with “ The Celestial Toymaker ” not even formally confirm for the next release after the upcoming Patrick Troughton serial “ The Underwater Menace , ” the postponement will be even long .
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But at least at some power point in the future tense , modernistic devotee who see Harris ’ take on the character in this year ’s anniversary celebrations will lastly be able-bodied to go back and see where this specifically weird gash of Doctor Who account started .
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