Goss takes everything I loved about the televised story and dials it up to eleven, bringing his own charm and fun to the story in a way that would never work on the screen.

The extra elements of play that have been added are all extremely fun, the choose your own adventure section in the Toymaker's domain especially (I managed to get a bad ending at first). The added characterisation for The Toymaker as well is a highlight for me, you get to see how cruel and sadistic the character is, even moreso when coming from his own mind, and there's a bit more in there about the fates of people which are left offscreen, and of the backstory of some of the toys. There's a few other moments of charactersation for other people as well that works great here, a moment I wasn't a fan of on screen, Shirley's saying that 'absolutely no need' for an apology for Kate's ableism without the Zedex on, works a lot better for me here with the addition of four words: 'a little too brightly'.

Another thing that really worked was the formatting, they somehow manage to make the game of catch more exciting to read about than it is to watch, which is extremely impressive.

Overall a fun read, and a definite improvement to a TV story I already loved