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Given that Doctor Who often feels less like science-fiction than a modern fairy-tale – and never more so than on Steven Moffat’s watch – it’s surprising how few adventures have been directly inspired by children’s fables. A cameo from Rapunzel in The Mind Robber, a touch of Beauty and the Beast (via Cocteau) in Warriors’ Gate and Rose Tyler becoming the Big Bad Wolf are rare examples of bedtime stories reinvented as teatime thrills.
It’s a situation that’s remedied in style with Time Lord Fairy Tales, a handsome treasury of nursery favourites given a Who-themed makeover by Justin Richards. Once Upon a Time Lord, if you will.