Doctor Who | The Celestial Toymaker | The Celestial Toyroom | Part 2 

I always hated that the clowns cheated in this game when the toymaker is supposed to always follow the rules, but it makes sense if you remember that the clowns are actual people, trapped forever and desperate to win. The toymaker isn't cheating, the clowns are, behind the toymaker's back!

I love the detail of Clara and Joe are both crying at the end, adds a whole new level of tragedy to their characters as they realise they're going to have to become dolls again.

@bbc give this man a contract to animate the whole thing and pay him accordingly! THIS... IS... AWESOME!

One detail I love with this is how you portrayed the Toymaker's rage at cheating. With that being alluded to even in the recent 'The Giggle' episode, you really made the Toymaker far more intimidating with his resetting of the game, as though he's barely restraining himself from being even crueler.

Okay now I understand people’s complaints with the official animations. This was amazing felt like I was watching the real thing somehow 😂❤

I've listened to the audio before, but this actually had me gripped. Actual art direction in an Animated Doctor Who!!!! This was excellent!!!!!!

THIS is better than ANY of the "professional" animation done for the other missing serials. This is what all of those releases SHOULD have looked like!

I felt tension during blind man's bluff. I have NEVER felt tension while watching a doctor who animation. Oh, this was incredible!! I really do hope you are hired by the BBC, Big Finish, or anywhere else the animation world needs you.

This puts the web of fear episode 3 animation to even more shame this is amazing and should be the standard for episode recommendations

We need parts 3 and 4 Callum! This is superb. THIS is how "reimagining" should be.

The use of close ups and added fx to the story (the Toymaker resetting the game) really enhance the overall storytelling without taking excessive liberties. Really enjoyed this, even though the 3D animation does take getting used to.

This is quite possibly the best animation of a Doctor Who story (one of my 1st Doc faves) I've ever seen Please, tell me you are going to animate to other two lost episodes! Simply incredible

Simply amazing! You've made a series of honks and beeps seem tense, atmospheric and laden with peril. A positive triumph.

Dinopuff, this is simply beyond words. I am upset what BBC Worldwide are giving us, whilst you presented this!!? They seriously can't be applauding themselves? Motion Capture!!? Seriously nobody moves like that!? Apparently they have improved the technique since 'Web of Fear: Episode 3.' Not by much by the looks of it. It is so criminal they can present what they are, whilst this animation you achieve with less resources just blows their efforts out of the water. It is a tragedy. Thank you for this' Dino. Again, just amazing.

That is the first animated doctor who episode I've managed to watch all the way though, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is 100% how they should be animated!

this is amazing! I love that you've used animation to fully realize what the story is supposed to be. The Toymaker is so much more threatening and the clowns are so much more sympathetic and tragic. I hope you'll one day do the next two (or three) episodes.

By far the release of this animation is my highlight for the 60th year of Doctor Who. Amazing!

this really sold me on the concept of the toymaker, also your artistic liberty in some areas took my by surprise in the best way. the entire scene where the toymaker learns his toys are cheating on his behalf making a proper angry god, but instead of punishment, simply has them try again. and uses all his godly power just to force two clowns to try again is chilling when he forces on the blindfold and just puts the other in the tube. even in the end Steven doesn't even feel like he won, just trying to focus in the job at hand, cause there's no other way to handle it. the animation, while only having two or three errors I could spot, was just a great companion piece to the audio. I hope you do more of these, or at least do something new we could get behind. hope your portfolio here's gets picked up in some way. 10/10

Amazing! The game really felt sinister and tense. Beautiful work!

You managed to make the blind man's buff scene terrifying! Honestly you've done a terrific job! Also I love your use of the short real life clips in these 2 episodes, having them be shown in the robot really adds to the grainy low res quality.

Watched the whole thing twice since you've uploaded them, it's truly stunning work - you've really made a piece of 60's Who feel very modern (and unnerving). Beautiful design and direction throughout - a lot of really wonderful and interesting choices. I'll be disappointed if someone doesn't get in touch to get you to complete this for an official release. Well done!

You've achieved the incredible feat of making this story watchable! Very well done indeed! I'd love to see more.

This is outstanding. A graphic novel come to life. Incredible 3d fluid movement that matches the audio so well and is actually immersive. I feel this is the first time I've experienced this episode in a coherent way. Feels right in a way that some of the BBCs 2D animation struggles to. Bravo and thankyou.

OH MY THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER. First and second Doctor have been my obsession since I was a child, now 23. I cannot believe I am finally watching celestial toymaker, the loose cannon style ones were awesome but this is next level. The art of Doctor Who animation has just begun. I can’t imagine how amazingly lost stories can be told with this style of animation. Imagine what could be done with sufficient budget…

This was INCREDIBLE! Fantastic work! Only sad that there wasn't more! And the power and malevolence that you gave to the Toymaker as he comes in to 'referee' at the end... amazing!

Simply amazing work, the story and power of the Toymaker are presented so well. This is a story which needs to be visual and you did it with such fantastic style!

Must be massively more sinister and resonant than the TV original! Bravo!

Massively impressive. Bravo, Dinopuff! I continue to be amazed at your artistry and animation prowess. You're also a natural at scene placement and camera angles. Many thanks for breathing life into these lost visuals. To anyone reading this, please share this on all your social media accounts and help spread the word about this.

Mel, I am so delighted to have discovered your channel. I am utterly stunned by your animation skills, you have such a flair and instinct for creating drama and atmosphere. You have really captured the actors character, expression and given it fluidity. I'm old enough to remember watching the original story, and for it's time it was a radical and creative departure for the series. They clearly did their best, but with all goodwill the producers never had the time, budget or technical advances to do the ambitious storyline justice. I really think your version shows intelligence, love and respect for the material, and I'm sure your interpretation is so much more what Brian Hayles and Donald Tosh must have imagined whilst they were writing it. Please complete the story for all your hundreds of fans out there who can't wait to see more. I have seen previews of the BBC official animation version and it is not even in the same league as your talent, their characters look like Gerry Anderson puppets and with about as much emotion too. Keep up the fantastic work, Mel, and have a great Xmas and New Year. Cheers, DJ

When a fan does a better job than the BBC

Outstanding work, Dinopuff. I really enjoyed watching both of these parts. Great character animation and you've given the story a truly eerie makeover. Nice one.

I would pay for all of the classic series to be recreated in this type of animation. It'd be a beautiful way to preserve this era of Who

Somebody should get this to Russell T Davies! Surely he'd have the influence to get this to the right people. I honestly think this style tops all the officially released ones.

This is amazing! I hope you make more of these after you are done with the celestial toymaker. You are doing an amazing job at not only giving people a way to watch the lost toymaker episodes but also preserving the performances of these lost doctor who episodes.

This looks amazing! You know, if you keep this up, we could have the full story in two to four years.

Man you guys TOTALLY brought that episode to life for me. I've heard the audio and watched the "slide show" versions - but this was intense, creepy and full of a kind of pathos that only a moving visual representation could provide. THANK YOU!

Fantastic. Love the new subtext of the Toymaker and his creations' dynamic. The animation does remind me a lot of the 2002 MTV Spider-man show, particularly during the Toymaker close ups. Can't wait to see what new context you're gonna add to episode 2, and expecially episode 3... good luck with that one 😄. I do think this story does lend itself to adding more creative elements to it.

To be honest, I much prefer the characterisation of the Toymaker presented here than in the original version of the story. His anger towards the cheating of the game and the demonstration of him resetting it and forcing them to play fair makes him so much more interesting to me. The idea that he’s this limitlessly powerful cosmic entity, but he takes such an offence to any form of cheating, even when it’s against who are technically his opponents.

I love that they move like people. Something the official animations struggled with.

Fantastic work! I don’t have the words to describe what this needs in terms of praise! 😁🥰🤗 This scene has so much tension now and the way you’ve made The Toymaker turns him into something far more haunting and sinister than I was used to, which I love! Fantastic work, you should be really, really proud of yourself! 🥰

Astounding work. Genuinely the first time I have sat through an entire animated Doctor Who episode. Your style interested and engaged me. Suited the subject matter perfectly. You didn't just tell the story, you enhanced it. SO much better than the "official" animations.

Absolutely superb. I love the dark.white backgrounds which make it so atmospheric and creepy.

Loving the dark atmosphere and your own personal twist to the story which makes me want too see more.... The Celestial Toymaker is one of my fav 1st Doctor stories.

Having seen glimpses of The Giggle and watched the official trailer of The Celestial Toymaker animation, I have watched your animations over and over again with enjoyment and appreciation. After reading several comments and looking back at your work, I must agree that your version of the animation trumps the BBC’s. Having said that, I come to that conclusion for these reasons: Your character models are spot on to the original look of the live action version. Referring to one of your comments or a viewer’s as being more “humanizing” to which I agree. The character models for the official BBC animation were, let’s say, out of place and disproportionate. If the BBC were open and wise to view your works, it would be a crime for them not to hire you. Your work speaks volumes and holds up to the standard of what Doctor Who fans want. To that end, I have endless praise for your skills, talents, and passion. I pray you get picked up by the BBC and get the job you deserve. Keep pushing towards your success and always aim high for the sky. Whatever opportunities are presented before you, go for it.

Thus detailed animation is amazing! From the previews, i already doubt the just-released BBC cartoon will relate to this fan masterpiece, though ill find out in a few days.

Yeh ! I've run this second part through the Descript AI sound studio process too. I've sent you the result. I think this should be the standard for all recovered sound ! I think it's utterly amazing ! I'm glad you liked part one as much as I did. I hope my father would be impressed. Now the sound can be almost as brilliant as your ground breaking animation ! Bravo Sir. Bravo Descript !

Fantastically done. I’ve always struggled with this story, listening to it on audio, but your animation and unique style has brought this to life, wonderfully atmospheric and surreal.

Absolutely brilliant work. Let's hope the BBC get you to do official releases.

i cant imagine that the original visuals were this genuinely atmospheric and unnerving. Nicely done :)

This is the best animation for a lost Doctor Who episode, period. Is it selfish to want the other two episodes? This is so much better than any other animation I've seen.

Amazing work once again! Someone give this guy a job, he's incredible!

Just amazing. What a talent you are. I hope the BBC looks at what you have achieved and utilises your talents.

This is so much better than the animation that has been released for the restoration of the episode. BBC TAKE NOTE OF THIS AND GET THIS ANIMATION INSTEAD!!!!!!

Superb. Your shots and direction have given this a great pace.

A fantastic FANimation. I love it. 11/10

Dude, wtf, this is Soo good, Fantastic even! I need more, I hope the BBC hires you man

Please please PLEASE finish this...its amazing

Absolutely remarkable. The direction is just fantastic, the way you bring it all to life… I recently watched through the recons and the surviving episode, and thought they were terrible. You made it work phenomenally - you found an approach and a quality that makes it feel like this could be the intention of the original script and audio.

amazing great job fantastic job

This is absolutely amazing! i've been a doctor who fan my whole life, but have always been intrigued by classic who, and this story inparticular i have always wanted to see. You have done an absolutely stunning job and really brought this lost gem to life and captured the deeply unsettling nature of the clowns, the toymaker the music scores and the game itself with these incredible visualisations! I look forward to hopefully seeing episode 3, and I hope this takes you far and you get the job, contract and recognition you deserve for this amazing effort! Bravo!

incredibly good work, you've actually managed to interest me in animated doccie who!!! not even the bbc has done that

Fantastic work! Really well done. The thing I'm loving most about this is how the changes made don't detract from it. Although they catch me by surprise (I had been listen through the audio a few weeks back) they surprise me in a good way and I actually look forward to them. Again, well done!

Absolutely marvellous - thank you to everyone involved 😀

In my mind, with the constant buzzing from the booth, I could imagine Steven yelling “Make your mind up!!” or “Alright, already!!”

This is amazing! Thank you bringing us a fully watchable episode of this story. I can finally see why it has such a high reputation. Would absolutely love to see them to bring you on to do an official release of the full story.

I have always loved this lost story and I love it even more now! 😃 You've done a spectacular job animating it thus far. 👏 I hope that there may be even more to come as you continue honing your skills. 😊 Best wishes on your animation goals!

Exciting

Why is the animation quality on this better than the official version 😭

Absolutely phenomenal Animations!! I love all the little details that you've added and how well the characters are animated, I can't wait to see what you choose to animate next!!!

This is outstanding! - It really brings the audio to life

From the narrated soundtrack of this story and the existing Part 4 I have always found this story rather slow, tiresome and childish but from what I have seen of your anmation you have managed with brilliantly realised and imaginative visuals, make this story the terrifying, sinister version in our imagination. Well done. I hope you get hired to do the official release!

This is great. I'd watch a full animation of this.

Ur on to something here glad to be a new subscriber.. I do hope u actually animate the 3 missing episodes of this serial .. this is a story I've always wanted to see

This is amazing. Thank you so much for doing this! Please do the rest 🙏 . I can’t imagine how much time it must take though!

That is easily the best animation I’ve seen yet. Brilliant and well done.

I think you have done brilliantly in your realisation of this first episode. You have created a wonderfully minimalist domain for the Toymaker, dark and brooding with immense scale beyond the confines of the toy room. The characters are well defined, easily identifiable with who they are supposed to be. In some cases, the official animations have not achieved this so well. Please continue with the other three missing episodes and many congratulations on what you have achieved so far

I really hope you animate the other episodes. This was brilliant. It still has that weird sort of “wobble” effect that I usually see in animations. I’m not exactly sure how to describe it but it’s the movement of the characters that just makes them feel a bit off. I heard of this from MrTardis’ video and I was a little worried it’s be kinda bad because of what I’ve seen from the official animated episodes but I was pleasantly surprised :D

Well done. The suspension was all there with the audio storytelling fantastic. Thank you.

Enthralling - loved every second. I cannot praise this any higher. This needs an official release. Give Dinopuff a crew and a contract immediately.

Truly amazing and wonderful work! I thoroughly enjoyed watching these, and would greatly welcome any future missing episodes you would be able to animate! :D

Totally gripping and mesmerising. The atmosphere is incredible. More, more!

Ive watched both part three times now and I’m so impressed seriously this is amazing

Stunning, many thanks for sharing

Brilliant work! Absolutely creepy and atmospheric. I hope your work gets noticed and that you get more commissions than you can shake a Celestial Toymaker at

So so so so SO good! Your animations capture movement and tension and have a realism to them. You are a true talent. GIVE THIS GUY A JOB!!!!

omg the atmosphere to these are amazing spooky

Stunning stuff - absolutely stunning. Like an animated DWM comic strip - and a very good DWM comic strip, at that. Bravo.

This is incredible

This is absolutely brilliant. Just stunning. I'd love to see you animate the whole thing and have an official release.

Watched both parts. This is very well done kudos to you. Hope to see more of this animation style.

we need this on dvd

Well done! The clowns look really creepy.

Absolutely amazing work

Amazing Work!

Incredible! Awesome work! Please continue!

amazing! what a stellar job ^-^

excellent work!

This looks amazing! There might be some new AI tools can help with lipsynch, but this is way superior and above what the official release looks like.

As others have said, this was better than most, if not all of the official animations. Very well done. I hope you manage to do the same with episodes 2 and 3.

The spatial creepiness is nightmare fuel, I love it!!