The story is good. The Doctor at a funfair is an original idea, and it is fun to see his interactions there with Peri. All in all, this story has the makings of a strong Sixth Doctor story, something difficult to find in 1989. There are even new alien races that are actually fascinating to read about, yet the story is let down by its writing. Williams' constant scene jumps keep the story confusing, and this is only furthered by his decision to cut information, leaving it up to the reader to fill in the gaps in the story when characters appear or disappear from places they hadn't been before. This ultimately ends up being a confusing read, and I'm not entirely sure it was worth it, despite how much I did enjoy the story itself. A large part of the fun of the original serial featuring the Toymaker was watching the Doctor and his companions play the Toymaker's games. Unfortunatley, we don't see much of that here. A single game is played: an arcade game which the Doctor plays at the end of the story, and which we never see the Toymaker himself play. This was rather disappointing as it felt like the Toymaker could have been replaced by any other villain and the story would have been the same.
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