The Thousand-Year Door has gathered less traction than its N64 counterpart, so there are lesser tools available for hacking the game. There are a few, though!
Wii.cs Tools
A suite of tools that can convert various image formats used by the Gamecube, .tpl being one of them. Said subtool is named TplMii.
Download Wii.cs here.
GCRebuilder
A tool that can be used to edit and rebuild Nintendo GameCube isos. Can extract and replace files, rebuild to a custom rom, as well as wipe garbage and change banner information.
Download the tool here.
Audacity (jackoalan's custom-fork)
A custom fork of Audacity maintained by jackoalan. It has the capability to open .stm, .dsp, as well as a few other proprietary audio formats. Can export saved work to .stm or .dsp as well.
Download it here.
xdelta UI
A tool that can be used to create patches for TTYD. Easy and not too complicated to use.
Download link here.