Welcome to the first of two planned episodes about the 1966 Doctor Who serial The Celestial Toymaker. The episode eventually spawned a TV sequel ... in 2023, The Giggle. The novelizations of both stories were released in 1986 and 2024 respectively.

Joining me this week is James Goss, author of the Giggle novelization, and we spend about 90 joyous minutes talking about both books.

Links to other podcasts or posts or websites discussed today:

--James Goss recently appeared on Trap One.

--Shannon Patrick Sullivan's A Brief History of Time (Travel).

--James Cooray Smith's Psychic Paper looks at Trial of a Time Lord.

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"Doctor Who – The Celestial Toymaker" features cover art by Graham Potts.

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