Stories Comic Doctor Who Magazine Back Up Strips The Greatest Gamble 1 image Overview Characters How to Complete Reviews 2 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released September 1981 Written by John Peel Artist(s) Mike McMahon Cover Art by Mike McMahon Publisher Marvel Comics Pages 5 Time Travel Past Location (Potential Spoilers!) The Mississippi, Celestial Toyroom Synopsis Gaylord Lefevre, a professional gambler, finds himself playing cards against the Toymaker. Complete Completed Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Gaylord Lefevre The Toymaker How to read The Greatest Gamble: Magazines Doctor Who – A Marvel Monthly 56 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 2 reviews 1 February 2025 · 13 words Review by Guardax Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! A short and sweet story of the Toymaker up to his old tricks. Guardax View profile Like Liked 1 17 June 2025 · 19 words Review by Rock_Angel This comic is a fun one I love the toymaker and feel the writer wrote this perfectly for them Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating23 members 3.24 / 5 Member Statistics Completed 37 Favourited 3 Reviewed 2 Saved 1 Skipped 3 Related Stories Classic Who S3 • Serial 7 · (1/4 episodes intact) The Celestial Toymaker Rating: 2.89 Story Skipped Television Reviews(16) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Season 3 Set of Stories: First Doctor Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote