Despite playing one of the Doctor’s oldest foes, Neil Patrick Harris didn’t know much about Doctor Who prior to his Toymaker debut.”He’d never heard of it in his life, bless him,” showrunner Russell T Davies told Entertainment Weekly on bringing the How I Met Your Mother star into Doctor Who’s world. Having previously collaborated with Harris on the HIV/AIDS crisis drama It’s a Sin, Davies felt the Toymaker was perfectly tailored to his strengths as an actor, describing the First Doctor-era villain as “kind of the god of games, so he shuffles cards, he does magic tricks, and all of that fits Neil Patrick Harris.”Additionally, “The Giggle” used the Toymaker’s return to set up a new villain for Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor era, referred to only “The One Who Waits.” A similar threat was made in the first anniversary special episode “The Star Beast,” with Beep the Meep warning the Doctor of their “boss” coming after him in the near future. “The Giggle” also ended with an off-screen figure retrieving the Toymaker’s gold tooth — which he claimed to be a prison for the Doctor’s arch-enemy the Master — following his defeat. This person’s identity remains unknown, though drag queen Jinkx Monsoon will play one of the Doctor’s future antagonists next season.
Despite playing one of the Doctor’s oldest foes, Neil Patrick Harris didn’t know much about Doctor Who prior to his Toymaker debut.
“He’d never heard of it in his life, bless him,” showrunner Russell T Davies told Entertainment Weekly on bringing the How I Met Your Mother star into Doctor Who‘s world. Having previously collaborated with Harris on the HIV/AIDS crisis drama It’s a Sin, Davies felt the Toymaker was perfectly tailored to his strengths as an actor, describing the First Doctor-era villain as “kind of the god of games, so he shuffles cards, he does magic tricks, and all of that fits Neil Patrick Harris.”
Additionally, “The Giggle” used the Toymaker’s return to set up a new villain for Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor era, referred to only “The One Who Waits.” A similar threat was made in the first anniversary special episode “The Star Beast,” with Beep the Meep warning the Doctor of their “boss” coming after him in the near future. “The Giggle” also ended with an off-screen figure retrieving the Toymaker’s gold tooth — which he claimed to be a prison for the Doctor’s arch-enemy the Master — following his defeat. This person’s identity remains unknown, though drag queen Jinkx Monsoon will play one of the Doctor’s future antagonists next season.
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