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items: The War Games ★★★★★
items: The Space Pirates ★
items: The Seeds of Death ★★★
items: The Krotons ★★★
items: The Invasion ★★★★★
items: The Mind Robber ★★★★
items: The Dominators ★★
items: The Wheel in Space ★★
items: Fury from the Deep ★★★★
items: The Web of Fear ★★★★★
items: The Enemy of the World ★★★★
items: The Ice Warriors ★★★
items: The Abominable Snowmen ★★★★★
items: The Tomb of the Cybermen ★★★★★
items: The Evil of the Daleks ★★★★★
items: The Faceless Ones ★★★★
items: The Macra Terror ★★★★
items: The Moonbase ★★★★
items: The Underwater Menace ★★★
items: The Highlanders ★★★
items: The Power of the Daleks ★★★★★

The War Games ★★★★★
type: item
date: 2009-09-06T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Patrick Mulkern
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: Patrick Troughton's final story is a ten-part epic culminating in his trial by the Time Lords
encoded: Season 6 – Story 50 "This Doctor will die" - the War Chief Storyline Thousands of soldiers from throughout history have been brainwashed and transported to another world where they must fight until an elite force is created. Humanoid Aliens governed by the War Lord believe that "man is the most vicious species of all" and can be used to conquer the galaxy. Overseeing the scheme is the War Chief - one of the Doctor's own race. A resistance force of de-processed soldiers seizes the Alien War Centre, but the Doctor needs to call upon the Time Lords to send everyone home. Jamie and Zoe are also returned to their original time streams, while the Doctor stands trial for breaking the Time Lords' cardinal rule of non-interference in the affairs of other worlds. His bold defence strikes a chord, and the tribunal sentences him to exile on 20th-century Earth - without the secrets of the Tardis and with a completely new face… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 19 April 1969 Episode 2 - Saturday 26 April 1969 Episode 3 - Saturday 3 May 1969 Episode 4 - Saturday 10 May 1969 Episode 5 - Saturday 17 May 1969 Episode 6 - Saturday 24 May 1969 Episode 7 - Saturday 31 May 1969 Episode 8 - Saturday 7 June 1969 Episode 9 - Saturday 14 June 1969 Episode 10 - Saturday 21 June 1969 Production Location filming: March/April 1969 at Sheepcote rubbish tip, Brighton; Seven Sisters Country Park, Birling Manor Farm and various other locations in East Sussex Filming: April 1969 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: April 1969 in TC4 (eps 1-3), May 1969 in TC4 (ep 4), in TC8 (eps 5, 6 & 8) and in TC1 (ep 7), June 1969 in TC6 (ep 9) and in TC8 (ep 10) Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury Lt Carstairs - David Savile Lady Jennifer Buckingham - Jane Sherwin General Smythe - Noel Coleman Von Weich - David Garfield The War Chief - Edward Brayshaw The Security Chief - James Bree The War Lord - Philip Madoc Major Barrington - Terence Bayler Sgt Wi…

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The Space Pirates ★
type: item
date: 2009-08-31T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Patrick Mulkern
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: Is this "the most yawn-inducing tract of the entire black-and-white period"?
encoded: Season 6 – Story 49 "Anybody else want to die like a hero?" - Caven Storyline In the Pliny system, billions of miles out from Earth, pirates are targeting navigational beacons constructed from "the most valuable mineral known to man" - argonite. So far they've evaded the Interstella Space Corps headed by General Hermack. He mistakenly believes the ringleader to be Milo Clancey, a veteran mining prospector who has befriended the Doctor's party. Paths converge on the planet Ta, base of the Issigri Mining Corporation, where it transpires Madeleine Issigri is in cahoots with the pirate leader, Caven… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 8 March 1969 Episode 2 - Saturday 15 March 1969 Episode 3 - Saturday 22 March 1969 Episode 4 - Saturday 29 March 1969 Episode 5 - Saturday 5 April 1969 Episode 6 - Saturday 12 April 1969 Production Filming: February 1969 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: February/March 1969 in Lime Grove D Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury Maurice Caven - Dudley Foster Milo Clancey - Gordon Gostelow General Nicolai Hermack - Jack May Madeleine Issigri - Lisa Daniely Major Ian Warne - Donald Gee Dervish - Brian Peck Dom Issigri - Esmond Knight Technician Penn - George Layton Lt Sorba - Nik Zaran Pirate guard - Steve Peters Space guard - Anthony Donovan Crew Writer - Robert Holmes Incidental music - Dudley Simpson Designer - Ian Watson Script editor - Derrick Sherwin Producer - Peter Bryant Director - Michael Hart RT Review by Patrick Mulkern Robert Holmes, who rapidly became one of the master exponents of Doctor Who, got off to what it would be kind to call an inauspicious start. His first script The Krotons showed promise but was scuppered by a wretched production, while The Space Pirates is arguably the most yawn-inducing tract of the entire black-and-white period. You have to feel sorry for Holmes. Most of the story's limitations - no monsters, no location work and absentee regulars - we…

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The Seeds of Death ★★★
type: item
date: 2009-08-27T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Mark Braxton
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: The Ice Warriors attack the Moon as part of their Earth invasion plans
encoded: Season 6 – Story 48 "You dispatched the seeds. In so doing you destroyed your entire species. What is the death of one man compared to that?" - Slaar Storyline Landing on 21st-century Earth, the trio learn that humans have become reliant for global travel on a matter-transmitter called T-Mat, supervised by Commander Radnor and his assistant Gia Kelly. But because the system is failing, the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie take the outmoded transport of a rocket to T-Mat's relay station on the Moon to investigate. Ice Warriors from Mars prove to be responsible: they are hijacking T-Mat as part of an Earth takeover bid, sending deadly spores to destroy the atmosphere, rendering the planet habitable for their own kind… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 25 January 1969 Episode 2 - Saturday 1 February 1969 Episode 3 - Saturday 8 February 1969 Episode 4 - Saturday 15 February 1969 Episode 5 - Saturday 22 February 1969 Episode 6 - Saturday 1 March 1969 Production Location filming: December 1968 at West Heath, Hampstead, London Filming: December 1968 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: January/February 1969 in Lime Grove D Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury Commander Radnor - Ronald Leigh-Hunt Gia Kelly - Louise Pajo Professor Daniel Eldred - Philip Ray Slaar - Alan Bennion Brent - Ric Felgate Fewsham - Terry Scully Phipps - Christopher Coll Osgood - Harry Towb Locke - Martin Cort Sir James Gregson - Hugh Morton Grand Marshal - Graham Leaman Security guard - Derrick Slater Computer voice - John Witty Ice Warriors - Steve Peters, Tony Harwood, Sonny Caldinez Crew Writer - Brian Hayles Incidental music - Dudley Simpson Designer - Paul Allen Script editor - Terrance Dicks Producer - Peter Bryant Director - Michael Ferguson RT Review by Mark Braxton You would think it a colossal dampener that the plot of The Seeds of Death is contingent upon two calamitous flaws. First, making this miracle of the space age, T-Mat, operable …

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The Krotons ★★★
type: item
date: 2009-08-20T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Patrick Mulkern
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: Frazer Hines called it a "horrible story" with "cardboard" monsters. For director David Maloney it was "a disaster". Was it really that bad?
encoded: Season 6 – Story 47 "That machine must have lain around for thousands of years waiting for someone as clever as us to turn up" - the Doctor Storyline For millennia, the humanoid Gonds have been sending highly educated youths into a machine called the Dynotrope, unaware that their unseen Kroton masters harvest the students' mental power then "disperse" their bodies into dust. When the Doctor and Zoe enter the Dynotrope, their "high brain" energy proves so strong that the dormant, liquefied Krotons are reconstituted to their true crystalline state. At last the Gonds rebel, but the Doctor must use his knowledge of chemistry to stop the Krotons leaving the planet, destroying the community in their wake… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 28 December 1968 Episode 2 - Saturday 4 January 1969 Episode 3 - Saturday 11 January 1969 Episode 4 - Saturday 18 January 1969 Production Location filming: November 1968 at West of England and Tank quarries, Malvern, Worcestershire Filming: November 1968 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: November/December 1968 in Lime Grove D Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury Selris - James Copeland Eelek - Philip Madoc Beta - James Cairncross Thara - Gilbert Wynne Vana - Madeleine Mills Axus - Richard Ireson Abu - Terence Brown Student - Bronson Shaw Custodian - Maurice Selwyn Krotons - Robert La' Bassiere, Miles Northover Kroton voices - Roy Skelton, Patrick Tull Crew Writer - Robert Holmes Special sounds - Brian Hodgson Designer - Raymond London Script editor - Terrance Dicks Producer - Peter Bryant Director - David Maloney RT Review by Patrick Mulkern "Phwoar! Bad eggs!" complains Jamie as he emerges from the Tardis and inhales the sulphurous pong of this unprepossessing, unnamed planet. Yes, The Krotons has long suffered a reputation as a bit of a stinker, even among those who worked on it. Frazer Hines called it a "horrible story" with monsters like "cardboard cut-outs", while Dav…

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The Invasion ★★★★★
type: item
date: 2009-08-13T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Patrick Mulkern
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: The Cybermen invade London via the sewers in a gripping eight-parter, featuring the Brigadier and the debut of Unit
encoded: Season 6 – Story 46 "It's the Cybermen. We've just seen hundreds of them coming out of the sewers" - Captain Turner Storyline In 1970s London, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe befriend fashion photographer Isobel whose uncle, Professor Watkins, has mysteriously disappeared. He's being forced to work for International Electromatics, an organisation with a monopoly on the world's electronics, run by sinister Tobias Vaughn. IE is under surveillance by Unit (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce), commanded by the Doctor's old ally Lethbridge-Stewart, now a Brigadier. Unit provides military back-up for the Doctor's investigations into IE. Vaughn is plotting with the Cybermen to subjugate the human race, and an advance legion is waiting in the sewers, ready to invade… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 2 November 1968 Episode 2 - Saturday 9 November 1968 Episode 3 - Saturday 16 November 1968 Episode 4 - Saturday 23 November 1968 Episode 5 - Saturday 30 November 1968 Episode 6 - Saturday 7 December 1968 Episode 7 - Saturday 14 December 1968 Episode 8 - Saturday 21 December 1968 Production Location filming: September 1968. Principal sites: Williamstrip Farm, Cirencester; Associated British Maltsters, Wallingford, Oxfordshire; Millbank Tower, London SW1; TCC Condensers, London W3; Guinness Factory, London NW10; Regent's Canal, NW8; streets around St Paul's, City of London Filming: September 1968 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: September-November 1968 at Lime Grove D Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart - Nicholas Courtney Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury Tobias Vaughn - Kevin Stoney Packer - Peter Halliday Isobel Watkins - Sally Faulkner Professor Watkins - Edward Burnham Captain Jimmy Turner - Robert Sidaway Corporal Benton - John Levene Gregory - Ian Fairbairn Major Branwell - Clifford Earl Major-General Rutlidge - Edward Dentith Sergeant Walters - James Thornhill Sergeant Peters - Norman Hartley Tracy - Geoffrey Che…

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The Mind Robber ★★★★
type: item
creator: Mark Braxton
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: The police box explodes and the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe are trapped in the Land of Fiction
encoded: Season 6 – Story 45 "I think we may be in a place where nothing is impossible" - the Doctor Storyline An emergency departure from volcanic lava on Dulkis takes the Tardis out of time and space and into a land inhabited only by fictional figures including Gulliver, D'Artagnan and Rapunzel. The characters' movements are governed by a writer plucked from 1926 England known only as the Master, who is himself controlled by a computer or Master Brain. With Jamie and Zoe in danger of becoming permanent additions to the mythical world, the Master plans to trade places with the Doctor, thus enabling him to escape and the Brain to take over the Earth… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 14 September 1968 Episode 2 - Saturday 21 September 1968 Episode 3 - Saturday 28 September 1968 Episode 4 - Saturday 5 October 1968 Episode 5 - Saturday 12 October 1968 Production Location filming: June 1968 at Harrison's Rocks, Sussex; Kenley Aerodrome, Croydon Filming: June 1968 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: June 1968 in TC3 (eps 1 & 2), July 1968 in Lime Grove D (eps 3 & 4) and TC3 (ep 5) Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines, Hamish Wilson Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury The Master - Emrys Jones Gulliver - Bernard Horsfall The Karkus - Christopher Robbie Princess Rapunzel - Christine Pirie Cyrano - David Cannon D'Artagnan and Sir Lancelot - John Greenwood Blackbeard - Gerry Wain The Medusa - Sue Pulford Children - Barbara Loft, Sylvestra Le Tozel, Timothy Horton, Christopher Reynolds, David Reynolds, Martin Langley Redcoat - Philip Ryan White robots - John Atterbury, Ralph Carrigan, Bill Wiesener, Terry Wright Clockwork soldiers - Paul Alexander, Ian Hines, Richard Ireson Crew Writers - Derrick Sherwin (1, uncredited on screen), Peter Ling (2-5) Incidental music - various library tracks Designer - Evan Hercules Script editor - Derrick Sherwin Producer - Peter Bryant Director - David Maloney RT Review by Mark Braxton A well-established drama series can aff…

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The Dominators ★★
type: item
date: 2009-07-27T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Mark Braxton
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: Season six kicks off with the robotic Quarks and bickering Dominators for a "boring" operation
encoded: Season 6 – Story 44 "I warn you, a Dominator must be obeyed. Your leader is nothing to me. I respect only one thing: superior force" - Navigator Rago Storyline The Tardis lands on the peace-loving planet of Dulkis at the same time as the Dominators, an aggressive race backed by armed servant robots called Quarks. The population seems powerless to the enslavement plans of the invaders, but the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe motivate a rebellious faction of Dulcians in a bid to repel the Dominators. However, the oppressors' ultimate aim is to drill into the planet's core and trigger a radioactive outpouring to refuel their fleet of spaceships… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 10 August 1968 Episode 2 - Saturday 17 August 1968 Episode 3 - Saturday 24 August 1968 Episode 4 - Saturday 31 August 1968 Episode 5 - Saturday 7 September 1968 Production Location filming: April 1968 at Gerrards Cross quarry, Bucks; Olley sandpit, Trottiscliffe, Kent Filming: April/May 1968 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: May 1968 in TC4 (eps 1 & 2) and May/June 1968 in TC3 (eps 3-5) Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury Navigator Rago - Ronald Allen Probationer Toba - Kenneth Ives Cully - Arthur Cox Kando - Felicity Gibson Teel - Giles Block Senex - Walter Fitzgerald Balan - Johnson Bayly Bovem - Alan Gerrard Tensa - Brian Cant Tolata - Nicolette Pendrell Etnin - Malcolm Terris Wahed - Philip Voss Quarks - John Hicks, Gary Smith, Freddie Wilson Quark voices - Sheila Grant Crew Writer - Norman Ashby (pseudonym for Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln) Special sounds - Brian Hodgson Designer - Barry Newbery Script editor - Derrick Sherwin Producer - Peter Bryant Director - Morris Barry RT Review by Mark Braxton Backstage unrest can either bring out the best in a production crew by stimulating its creative juices, or be manifested on screen with merciless clarity. The opening two stories of season six provide textbook examples of these scenari…

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The Wheel in Space ★★
type: item
date: 2009-07-20T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Patrick Mulkern
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: The Cybermen attack a space station and Wendy Padbury joins as companion Zoe
encoded: Season 5 – Story 43 "This isn't just an attack by an alien race on a space station. The Cybermen have another purpose" - the Doctor Storyline A faulty Tardis strands the Doctor and Jamie aboard Silver Carrier, a 21st-century supply rocket 87 million miles off course. It's deserted apart from a hostile Servo Robot, which dispatches a stream of spheres across space to penetrate the hull of Station Three, aka the Wheel. They contain Cybermats - an early phase in an elaborate invasion plan devised by the Cybermen. The travellers must convince the crew of the Wheel of the danger facing them and, ultimately, the Earth. They befriend a young astrophysicist, Zoe, who stows away on the Tardis hoping to join their adventures. First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 27 April 1968 Episode 2 - Saturday 4 May 1968 Episode 3 - Saturday 11 May 1968 Episode 4 - Saturday 18 May 1968 Episode 5 - Saturday 25 May 1968 Episode 6 - Saturday 1 June 1968 Production Filming: March 1968 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: April 1968 in Lime Grove D (ep 1), TC3 (eps 2 & 4), TC1 (ep 3) and May 1968 in Riverside 1 (eps 5 & 6) Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Victoria Waterfield - Deborah Watling Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury Jarvis Bennett - Michael Turner Leo Ryan - Eric Flynn Dr Gemma Corwyn - Anne Ridler Tanya Lernov - Clare Jenkins Enrico Casali - Donald Sumpter Armand Vallance - Derrick Gilbert Bill Duggan - Kenneth Watson Chang - Peter Laird Elton Laleham - Michael Goldie Kemel Rudkin - Kevork Malikyan Sean Flannigan - James Mellor Servo Robot - Freddie Foote Cybermen - Jerry Holmes, Gordon Stothard Cyber voices - Peter Hawkins, Roy Skelton Crew Writer - David Whitaker from a story by Kit Pedler Special sounds - Brian Hodgson and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Designer - Derek Dodd Story editor - Derrick Sherwin Producer - Peter Bryant Director - Tristan de Vere Cole RT Review by Patrick Mulkern Cumbersome, retro but with one or two neat features - yes, it's t…

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Fury from the Deep ★★★★
type: item
date: 2009-07-13T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Mark Braxton
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: A terrifying seaweed monster breaks out at a gas refinery – and Victoria leaves the series
encoded: Season 5 – Story 42 "It's down there, in the darkness, in the pipeline… waiting" - Van Lutyens Storyline When the Tardis splash-lands in the North Sea off the coast of England, the travellers row to shore, only to be captured by guards for trespassing in a gas refinery's restricted area. Taken to the Euro Sea Gas headquarters, they learn of the problems that are plaguing drilling operations. These are later sourced to a parasitic form of seaweed that can emit poisonous vapour, or produce mind-controlling foam. The Doctor discovers that Victoria's screams somehow subdue the weed creatures, and is thus able to thwart their planned invasion by amplifying the noise. Jamie and the Doctor are saddened by Victoria's decision to stay with a couple who work for the refinery. First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 16 March 1968 Episode 2 - Saturday 23 March 1968 Episode 3 - Saturday 30 March 1968 Episode 4 - Saturday 6 April 1968 Episode 5 - Saturday 13 April 1968 Episode 6 - Saturday 20 April 1968 Production Location filming: February 1968 at Red Sands Fort, Thames estuary; Botany Bay, Margate, Kent; Denham, Bucks Filming: February 1968 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: February/March 1968 in Lime Grove D (eps 1-5) and March 1968 in TC1 (ep 6) Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Victoria Waterfield - Deborah Watling Chief John Robson - Victor Maddern Van Lutyens - John Abineri Harris - Roy Spencer Maggie Harris - June Murphy Megan Jones - Margaret John Price - Graham Leaman Oak - John Gill Quill - Bill Burridge Perkins - Brian Cullingford Carney - John Garvin Chief Baxter - Richard Mayes Chief engineer - Hubert Rees Crew Writer - Victor Pemberton Incidental music - Dudley Simpson Designer - Peter Kindred Story editor - Derrick Sherwin Producer - Peter Bryant Director - Hugh David RT Review by Mark Braxton I wonder if writer Victor Pemberton lives by the maxim that worse things happen at sea. They certainly do in this six-part thrill-ride, c…

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The Web of Fear ★★★★★
type: item
date: 2009-07-06T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Patrick Mulkern
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: A spooky all-time classic in which the Yeti invade the London Underground and Nicholas Courtney debuts as Lethbridge Stewart
encoded: Season 5 – Story 41 "Someone here is in league with the Yeti. Maybe even controlling them... It may be any one of us" - the Doctor Storyline The Tardis struggles to break free from a web-like substance that suspends it in space. Landing in the London Underground in the near future, the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria soon meet an old ally - Professor Travers, whom they met in Tibet 40 years earlier. He has inadvertently reactivated a Yeti and allowed the Intelligence to regain a foothold on Earth. Mist has enveloped the capital, deadly fungus is seeping through the Tube system and the Yeti are on the attack. At a deep-level wartime fortress, it's down to a team of scientists and soldiers, led by Colonel Lethbridge Stewart, to defeat this menace… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 3 February 1968 Episode 2 - Saturday 10 February 1968 Episode 3 - Saturday 17 February 1968 Episode 4 - Saturday 24 February 1968 Episode 5 - Saturday 2 March 1968 Episode 6 - Saturday 9 March 1968 Production Location filming: December 1967/January 1968 at Shelton Street and Poupart's Yard, Covent Garden; Ealing backlot, London Filming: December 1967/January 1968 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: January/February 1968 in Lime Grove D Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Victoria Waterfield - Deborah Watling Professor Travers - Jack Watling Anne Travers - Tina Packer Colonel Lethbridge Stewart - Nicholas Courtney Staff Sgt Arnold - Jack Woolgar Captain Knight - Ralph Watson Harold Chorley - Jon Rollason Driver Evans - Derek Pollitt Julius Silverstein - Frederick Schrecker Corporal Lane - Rod Beacham Corporal Blake - Richardson Morgan Craftsman Weams - Stephen Whittaker Yeti - John Levene, John Lord, Gordon Stothard, Colin Warman, Jeremy King, Roger Jacombs Crew Writers - Mervyn Haisman, Henry Lincoln Incidental music - various library tracks Designer - David Myerscough-Jones Story editor - Derrick Sherwin Producer - Peter Bryant Director - Douglas Camfield RT…

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The Enemy of the World ★★★★
type: item
date: 2009-06-29T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Patrick Mulkern
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: Patrick Troughton is superb in dual roles as the Doctor and megalomaniac Salamander
encoded: Season 5 – Story 40 "You must find this man who impersonated me. The dangers are obvious. He could walk in anywhere at any time pretending to be me and ruin everything" - Salamander Storyline The Tardis arrives on a beach in Australia in 2018, where the Doctor is immediately mistaken for his identical double, Salamander - a powerful figure known to many as the saviour of the world. However, a discredited former ally Giles Kent and his action-woman sidekick Astrid insist that Salamander is a ruthless megalomaniac. He is engineering natural disasters and political coups in a bid for world domination. Kent asks Jamie and Victoria to infiltrate Salamander's retinue in Hungary, and tries to persuade the Doctor to pose as his villainous doppelganger… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 23 December 1967 Episode 2 - Saturday 30 December 1967 Episode 3 - Saturday 6 January 1968 Episode 4 - Saturday 13 January 1968 Episode 5 - Saturday 20 January 1968 Episode 6 - Saturday 27 January 1968 Production Location filming: November 1967 at Climping beach, West Sussex; Ealing, West London Filming: November 1967 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: December 1967/January 1968 at Lime Grove D Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Salamander - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Victoria Waterfield - Deborah Watling Giles Kent - Bill Kerr Astrid Ferrier - Mary Peach Benik - Milton Johns Alexandre Denes - George Pravda Donald Bruce - Colin Douglas Fariah - Carmen Munroe Fedorin - David Nettheim Anton - Henry Stamper Rod - Rhys McConnochie Curly - Simon Cain Griffin the chef - Reg Lye Swann - Christopher Burgess Colin - Adam Verney Mary - Margaret Hickey Guard captains - Gordon Faith, Elliott Cairnes Guard on Denes - Bill Lyons Benik's sergeant - Andrew Staines Crew Writer - David Whitaker Incidental music - library recordings of Bela Bartok pieces Designer - Christopher Pemsel Story editor - Peter Bryant Producer - Innes Lloyd Director - Barry Letts RT Review by Patrick Mul…

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The Ice Warriors ★★★
type: item
date: 2009-06-28T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Patrick Mulkern
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: Global "cooling" brings about a new Ice Age and the debut of a classic foe – in an imaginative tale with lots of hissing and shouting
encoded: Season 5 – Story 39 "And then the glaciers will move again. Five thousand years of history crushed beneath a moving mountain of ice" - Clent Storyline In the year 3000, Earth is in the grip of a new Ice Age. The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria arrive at Britannicus Base - a Georgian mansion within a protective dome - where Leader Clent and his team are using an ioniser in the struggle to keep the glaciers at bay. At the ice face, Clent's men discover an alien warrior, frozen and perfectly preserved since the last Ice Age. Brought back to life, Varga sets about freeing his comrades from the glacier and reactivating their spaceship - no matter what cost to the ionisation project… First transmissions One - Saturday 11 November 1967 Two - Saturday 18 November 1967 Three - Saturday 25 November 1967 Four - Saturday 2 December 1967 Five - Saturday 9 December 1967 Six - Saturday 16 December 1967 Production Filming: September/October 1967 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: October/November 1967 in Lime Grove D Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Victoria Waterfield - Deborah Watling Leader Clent - Peter Barkworth Elric Penley - Peter Sallis Jane Garrett - Wendy Gifford Arden - George Waring Storr - Angus Lennie Walters - Malcolm Taylor Davis - Peter Diamond Voice of the Computer - Roy Skelton The Ice Warriors: Varga - Bernard Bresslaw Zondal - Roger Jones Turoc - Sonny Caldinez Isbur - Michael Attwell Rintan - Tony Harwood Crew Writer - Brian Hayles Incidental music - Dudley Simpson Designer - Jeremy Davies Story editor - Peter Bryant Producer - Innes Lloyd Director - Derek Martinus RT Review by Patrick Mulkern Brrrrr! Time to defrost another old relic from 1967. And all the staple elements of that period are on show: isolated base, small band of humans, leader on the brink of mania and ice-cool female eye-candy - plus, of course, a terrifying alien threat. Monsters were the nouvelle vague: Innes Lloyd, and Peter Bryant especially, loved them. Thei…

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The Abominable Snowmen ★★★★★
type: item
date: 2009-06-27T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Mark Braxton
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: A revered classic in which the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria must defend a Tibetan monastery against robotic Yeti
encoded: Season 5 – Story 38 "Leave the monastery. There is great evil here" - the Doctor Storyline When the Tardis lands near a Tibetan monastery in 1935, the Doctor prepares to return to the monks of Detsen a holy bell or ghanta that he was given for safekeeping on a previous visit. But the expected "welcome of a lifetime" never materialises. Instead the Doctor is accused by an English explorer called Travers of murdering his companion. In fact the killer was one of the Yeti - also encountered by Jamie and Victoria - which turn out to be robots manipulated by the Doctor's former friend, Padmasambhava. The frail, centuries-old High Lama is possessed by a space-dwelling Great Intelligence planning to take over the Earth… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 30 September 1967 Episode 2 - Saturday 7 October 1967 Episode 3 - Saturday 14 October 1967 Episode 4 - Saturday 21 October 1967 Episode 5 - Saturday 28 October 1967 Episode 6 - Saturday 4 November 1967 Production Location filming: September 1967 at Nant Ffrancon Pass, Gwynedd Filming: August 1967 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: September/October 1967 at Lime Grove D Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Victoria Waterfield - Deborah Watling Travers - Jack Watling Abbot Songsten - Charles Morgan Thonmi - David Spenser Khrisong - Norman Jones Padmasambhava - Wolfe Morris Ralpachan - David Baron Rinchen - David Grey Sapan - Raymond Llewellyn Yeti - Reg Whitehead, Tony Harwood, Richard Kerley, John Hogan Crew Writers - Mervyn Haisman, Henry Lincoln Incidental music - none Designer - Malcolm Middleton Story editor - Peter Bryant Producer - Innes Lloyd Director - Gerald Blake RT Review by Mark Braxton If The Abominable Snowmen were a stick of rock, it would have Doctor Who running through it. Few stories scream out the show's name, and capture its appeal, quite so precisely. Here's that list of ingredients: unusual setting; huge and threatening monster; creepy malefactor; clear storytelling;…

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The Tomb of the Cybermen ★★★★★
type: item
date: 2009-06-19T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Mark Braxton
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: The long-lost classic in which the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria encounter the Cybermen frozen on Telos
encoded: Season 5 – Story 37 "Some things are better left undone, and I have a feeling that this is one of them" - the Doctor Storyline On the deserted planet of Telos, the travellers find an archaeological team from Earth looking for the lost tomb of the Cybermen. Although the Doctor helps the party enter the tomb, he insists the Cybermen be left in hibernation. However, expedition financier Klieg and his business partner Kaftan, both members of the Brotherhood of Logicians, intend to use the revived cyborgs to conquer the Earth. It turns out that the tomb is a trap to help the Cybermen repopulate and, when they have been awoken, the Controller and his minions launch Cybermat creatures to subdue the visitors… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 2 September 1967 Episode 2 - Saturday 9 September 1967 Episode 3 - Saturday 16 September 1967 Episode 4 - Saturday 23 September 1967 Production Location filming: June 1967 at Gerrards Cross quarry, Buckinghamshire Filming: June 1967 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: July 1967 at Lime Grove D Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Victoria Waterfield - Deborah Watling Professor Parry - Aubrey Richards Eric Klieg - George Pastell Kaftan - Shirley Cooklin Toberman - Roy Stewart Captain Hopper - George Roubicek Jim Callum - Clive Merrison John Viner - Cyril Shaps Peter Haydon - Bernard Holley Ted Rogers - Alan Johns Crewman - Ray Grover Cyberman Controller - Michael Kilgarriff Cybermen - Hans de Vries, Tony Harwood, John Hogan, Richard Kerley, Ronald Lee, Charles Pemberton, Kenneth Seeger, Reg Whitehead Cybermen voices - Peter Hawkins Crew Writers - Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis Incidental music - various library tracks Special sounds - Brian Hodgson Designer - Martin Johnson Story editor - Victor Pemberton Producer - Peter Bryant Director - Morris Barry RT Review by Mark Braxton Some story titles from the annals are uttered with hushed reverence and The Tomb of the Cybermen, heralding a golden age for the sh…

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The Evil of the Daleks ★★★★★
type: item
date: 2009-06-13T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Patrick Mulkern
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: An epic tale leads from Gatwick to Victorian England to Skaro, where the Doctor at last meets the Dalek Emperor
encoded: Season 4 – Story 36 "Without knowing, you have shown the Daleks what their own strength is… You will take the Dalek factor. You will spread it through the entire history of Earth!" - Dalek Emperor Storyline After the Tardis is stolen from Gatwick, the Doctor and Jamie's investigations lead them to the antiques shop of the mysterious Edward Waterfield. He has laid an elaborate trap - and they are transported back in time to 1866, to a house in the Kent countryside. Waterfield and Theodore Maxtible, the owner of the house, are gentlemen-scientists whose experiments with mirrors and static electricity have accidentally attracted Daleks to their laboratory. The Daleks coerce the Doctor into isolating the "human factor" - instincts and traits they will adapt to make themselves invincible - and Jamie must be the guinea pig. He's set a series of challenges while rescuing Waterfield's captive daughter, Victoria. Events move to Skaro, where the Doctor finally meets the Dalek Emperor and discovers the true evil behind the Dalek plan… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 20 May 1967 Episode 2 - Saturday 27 May 1967 Episode 3 - Saturday 3 June 1967 Episode 4 - Saturday 10 June 1967 Episode 5 - Saturday 17 June 1967 Episode 6 - Saturday 24 June 1967 Episode 7 - Saturday 1 July 1967 Production Location filming: April 1967 at Kendal Ave, Ealing; Warehouse Lane, Hammersmith; Grimsdyke House, Harrow Filming: April/May 1967 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: May/June 1967 in Lime Grove D Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Victoria Waterfield - Deborah Watling Theodore Maxtible - Marius Goring Edward Waterfield - John Bailey Ruth Maxtible - Brigit Forsyth Mollie Dawson - Jo Rowbottom Kemel - Sonny Caldinez Bob Hall - Alec Ross Kennedy - Griffith Davies Keith Perry - Geoffrey Colville Arthur Terrall - Gary Watson Toby - Windsor Davies Daleks - Robert Jewell, Gerald Taylor, John Scott Martin, Murphy Grumbar, Ken Tyllsen Dalek voices - Peter Hawkins, …

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The Faceless Ones ★★★★
type: item
date: 2009-06-06T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Mark Braxton
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: Body-snatching Chameleons are at work at Gatwick Airport. Pauline Collins guest-stars - as companions Ben and Polly leave
encoded: Season 4 – Story 35 "This man they call the Doctor, where does he get his knowledge?… He's a threat to our operation" - Captain Blade Storyline London, 1966: the travellers arrive at Gatwick Airport. Polly happens upon a murder and is kidnapped, then Ben vanishes, so the Doctor and Jamie try to persuade the authorities to take action. It turns out that a number of youths have disappeared while flying with Chameleon Tours. Samantha Briggs, the sister of one of the missing people, helps the Doctor and Jamie uncover an abduction plot in which aliens, scarred by a catastrophe on their own planet, are stealing human identities. After the youngsters are all returned to Earth in exchange for the Doctor's help, Ben and Polly choose to stay behind - realising they've returned to the exact day their travels began. First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 8 April 1967 Episode 2 - Saturday 15 April 1967 Episode 3 - Saturday 22 April 1967 Episode 4 - Saturday 29 April 1967 Episode 5 - Saturday 6 May 1967 Episode 6 - Saturday 13 May 1967 Production Location filming: March 1967 at Gatwick Airport Filming: March/April 1967 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: April/May 1967 at Lime Grove D Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Polly - Anneke Wills Ben Jackson - Michael Craze Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines The Commandant - Colin Gordon Jean Rock - Wanda Ventham Samantha Briggs - Pauline Collins Captain Blade - Donald Pickering Insp Crossland/The Director - Bernard Kay Ann Davidson - Gilly Fraser Heslington - Barry Wilsher Steven Jenkins - Christopher Tranchell George Meadows - George Selway Nurse Pinto - Madalena Nicol Spencer - Victor Winding Insp Gascoigne - Peter Whitaker Supt Reynolds - Leonard Trolley RAF pilot - Michael Ladkin Announcer - Brigit Paul Policeman - James Appleby Crew Writers - David Ellis, Malcolm Hulke Incidental music - various library tracks Designer - Geoffrey Kirkland Story editor - Gerry Davis Associate producer - Peter Bryant Producer - Innes Lloyd Director -…

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The Macra Terror ★★★★
type: item
date: 2009-05-31T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Mark Braxton
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: The Doctor must save a human colony from insidious crab-like parasites
encoded: Season 4 – Story 34 "Our ancestors believed in the virtues of healthy happiness, and we have tried to keep their ideals alive. Sometimes, alas, it is necessary to use force" - the Pilot Storyline In the distant future the Doctor, Jamie, Ben and Polly visit an apparently contented Earth colony resembling a huge holiday camp. But the inhabitants, under mind control, are mining a gas that is poisonous to humans but vital to the survival of crab-like creatures called the Macra. Ben turns against his friends after subjection to the aliens' evil influence, but eventually comes to his senses. With the Doctor's help, he destroys the gas extraction controls, killing the Macra and liberating the humans. First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 11 March 1967 Episode 2 - Saturday 18 March 1967 Episode 3 - Saturday 25 March 1967 Episode 4 - Saturday 1 April 1967 Production Location filming: February 1967 at Associated Portland Cement quarry, Dunstable, Bedfordshire Filming: February 1967 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: March 1967 at Lime Grove D Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Polly - Anneke Wills Ben Jackson - Michael Craze Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines The Pilot - Peter Jeffrey Ola - Gertan Klauber Medok - Terence Lodge The Controller - Graham Leaman Officia - John Harvey Chicki - Sandra Bryant/Karol Keyes Alvis - Anthony Gardner Barney - Graham Armitage Questa - Ian Fairbairn Sunnaa - Jane Enshawe Broadcast voice - Richard Beale Control voice - Denis Goacher Macra operator - Robert Jewell Crew Writer - Ian Stuart Black Incidental music - Dudley Simpson Designer - Kenneth Sharp Story editor - Gerry Davis Producer - Innes Lloyd Director - John Davies RT Review by Mark Braxton A holiday camp infested with crabs doesn't sound like somewhere you'd want to go, does it? Fortunately, whatever horrendous experience inspired The Macra Terror, it's a surreptitiously creepy story, a variation on the camp-under-siege yarn that is structured along similar, snake-in-paradise lines …

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The Moonbase ★★★★
type: item
date: 2009-05-20T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Patrick Mulkern
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: The Cybermen return with a plan to attack Earth from the Moon
encoded: Season 4 – Story 33 "There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things - things which act against everything that we believe in. They must be fought" - the Doctor Storyline In 2070, Earth's weather systems are kept in balance by the Gravitron - a powerful device controlled by a scientific corps based on the Moon. Some of these 19 men have succumbed to a paralysing virus that turns their veins black. Arriving in the Tardis with Polly, Ben and Jamie, the Doctor realises this isn't a disease at all but that the Moonbase is under attack. The Cybermen have infiltrated and are scheming to use the Gravitron to "eliminate all dangers" - that is, destroy all life on Earth… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 11 February 1967 Episode 2 - Saturday 18 February 1967 Episode 3 - Saturday 25 February 1967 Episode 4 - Saturday 4 March 1967 Production Filming: January 1967 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: February 1967 at Riverside 1 (eps 1-3), Lime Grove D (ep 4) Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Polly - Anneke Wills Ben Jackson - Michael Craze Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Hobson - Patrick Barr Benoit - André Maranne Nils - Michael Wolf Ralph - Mark Heath Sam - John Rolfe Dr Evans - Alan Rowe Cybermen - John Wills, Sonnie Willis, Peter Greene, Keith Goodman, Reg Whitehead Cyberman voices - Peter Hawkins Voice from Space Control - Alan Rowe Voice of Controller Rinberg - Denis McCarthy Crew Writer - Kit Pedler Incidental music - various library tracks Special sounds - Brian Hodgson Designer - Colin Shaw Story editor - Gerry Davis Producer - Innes Lloyd Director - Morris Barry RT review by Patrick Mulkern "Gravity," the Doctor mutters to himself. "Now there's a thought. Gravity!" He's weighing up what force he might be able to use against the Cybermen, but out of context - and at a stretch - it could be Patrick Troughton psyching himself into his subtly modified part. By now the production team have taken the Doctor by the scruff of the neck a…

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The Underwater Menace ★★★
type: item
date: 2009-05-13T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Patrick Mulkern
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: The Tardis team encounter Fish People and mad Professor Zaroff on Atlantis in this camp misfire
encoded: Season 4 – Story 32 "You're not turning me into a fish!" - Polly Storyline The Doctor, Polly, Ben and newcomer Jamie arrive on a volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Deep below the surface they discover the lost civilisation of Atlantis, whose inhabitants worship the goddess Amdo. They've been transforming shipwrecked mariners into Fish People, a slave force that supplies them with fresh seafood. Under the guidance of Professor Zaroff - a scientific genius from 20th-century Europe - the Atlanteans believe their city can once again rise from the sea, but the Doctor realises the professor is insane and that his plan will destroy the world… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 14 January 1967 Episode 2 - Saturday 21 January 1967 Episode 3 - Saturday 28 January 1967 Episode 4 - Saturday 4 February 1967 Production Location filming: December 1966 at Winspit quarry, Worth Matravers, Dorset Filming: December 1966 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: January 1967 in Riverside 1 Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Polly - Anneke Wills Ben Jackson - Michael Craze Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Professor Zaroff - Joseph Furst Thous - Noel Johnson Damon - Colin Jeavons Ara - Catherine Howe Ramo - Tom Watson Lolem - Peter Stephens Sean - PG Stephens Jacko - Paul Anil Nola - Roma Woodnutt Damon's assistant - Gerald Taylor Overseer - Graham Ashley Zaroff's guard - Tony Handy Crew Writer - Geoffrey Orme Incidental music - Dudley Simpson Designer - Jack Robinson Story editor - Gerry Davis Producer - Innes Lloyd Director - Julia Smith RT Review by Patrick Mulkern (revised in 2012) The Underwater Menace has always been held in low esteem, even by those who worked on it - and deservedly so. It's clearly one of the weakest outings for Patrick Troughton's Doctor. The narrative sloshes around in B-movie shallows and the production is shoddy. Yet there are still morsels to enjoy in this peculiar little adventure. If you sift through the bilge, you may even find one or two…

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The Highlanders ★★★
type: item
date: 2009-05-04T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Mark Braxton
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: Ben is keelhauled, Polly finds courage and the Doctor drags up, while Jamie (Frazer Hines) joins as Jamie – in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden
encoded: Season 4 – Story 31 "Look, mate. He is going to sell us like the stinking fish he thinks we are. Slave labour, that's what we're gonna be. Slave labour!" - Ben Storyline The Tardis arrives in 1746 Scotland, where Bonnie Prince Charlie has been defeated at the Battle of Culloden. The travellers are captured by the McLarens and their piper, Jamie McCrimmon, who are being tracked down by the English. The Doctor gains the clan's confidence by treating their wounded Laird, but they're captured by a redcoat troop led by Lt ffinch when Polly and the Laird's daughter are out fetching water. The soldiers hand the men over to Grey, a corrupt solicitor who sells prisoners into slavery in the West Indies. In Inverness, the women blackmail ffinch into helping them. The Doctor escapes and smuggles arms to the Highlanders, who are being held aboard a stolen vessel, the Annabelle. The prisoners depose Grey and the ship's murderous captain, Trask, and the Doctor, Ben and Polly make it back to the Tardis with Jamie in tow. First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 17 December 1966 Episode 2 - Saturday 24 December 1966 Episode 3 - Saturday 31 December 1966 Episode 4 - Saturday 7 January 1967 Production Location filming: November 1966 at Frensham Ponds, Surrey Filming: November 1966 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: December 1966 in Riverside 1 Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Polly - Anneke Wills Ben Jackson - Michael Craze Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines Solicitor Grey - David Garth Kirsty - Hannah Gordon Lt Algernon ffinch - Michael Elwyn Perkins - Sydney Arnold Trask - Dallas Cavell The Laird - Donald Bisset Alexander - William Dysart Willie Mackay - Andrew Downie Mollie - Barbara Bruce Colonel Attwood - Guy Middleton Sergeant - Peter Welch Crew Writers - Gerry Davis (& Elwyn Jones) Incidental music - various library tracks Designer - Geoffrey Kirkland Story editor - Gerry Davis Producer - Innes Lloyd Director - Hugh David RT review by Mark Braxton This tartan-clad caper was the…

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The Power of the Daleks ★★★★★
type: item
date: 2009-04-20T22:00:00.000Z
creator: Mark Braxton
subject: Doctor Who Guides
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Doctor Who Story Guides
subject: Second Doctor
description: Patrick Troughton debuts as the second Doctor, facing his archenemies on Vulcan
encoded: Season 4 – Story 30 "Marvellous creatures. You have to admire them. They're the new species, you see? Taking over from homo sapiens. Man's had his day… finished now" - Lesterson Storyline The transformed Doctor explains that he's "been renewed" by "part of the Tardis", but Ben and Polly remain suspicious of the newcomer. Their next landing site is the Earth colony Vulcan. Having witnessed the murder of a visiting examiner, the Doctor uses the dead man's access pass to investigate. He meets a scientist called Lesterson, whom he is appalled to learn has found inert Daleks in a crashed space capsule. Lesterson activates them in the hope that they can help improve productivity. But while the Daleks feign submission, they are covertly manufacturing more of themselves and are in league with a rebel faction of humans secretly led by head of security Bragen… First transmissions Episode 1 - Saturday 5 November 1966 Episode 2 - Saturday 12 November 1966 Episode 3 - Saturday 19 November 1966 Episode 4 - Saturday 26 November 1966 Episode 5 - Saturday 3 December 1966 Episode 6 - Saturday 10 December 1966 Production Filming: September 1966 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: October/November 1966 at Riverside 1 Cast Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton Ben Jackson - Michael Craze Polly - Anneke Wills Bragen - Bernard Archard Lesterson - Robert James Hensell - Peter Bathurst Janley - Pamela Ann Davy Quinn - Nicholas Hawtrey Resno - Edward Kelsey The Examiner - Martin King Kebble - Steven Scott Valmar - Richard Kane Daleks - Gerald Taylor, Kevin Manser, Robert Jewell, John Scott Martin Dalek voices - Peter Hawkins Crew Writer - David Whitaker (final scripts by Dennis Spooner) Incidental music - Tristram Cary Designer - Derek Dodd Story editor - Gerry Davis Producer - Innes Lloyd Director - Christopher Barry RT Review by Mark Braxton What an extraordinary event: a beloved TV character falling seriously ill and reviving in a totally different form. A spectacular concept, as important to th…

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