Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House

A gentle stop-motion world with an undercurrent of unease, where small wishes carry heavy stakes.

Created by

Oliver Postgate

Genres

Animation

Starring

Oliver Postgate, Anna Calder-Marshall, Una Stubbs

Overview

Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House is a 1984 animated television series. It is based on The Dolls' House, a children's novel written by Rumer Godden originally published in 1947, and focuses on the toys living in a Victorian Dolls' House belonging to sisters Emily and Charlotte Dane. The whole series had a very dark edge as the dolls had to wish very hard that good things would happen and they would not fall on misfortune. The series started with the phrase "Dolls are not like people, people choose, but dolls can only be chosen".

How it feels

Dark, melancholic, eerie and warm. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Fate, family, survival, identity

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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