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The Savages
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 When the TARDIS materialises on an alien planet, The Doctor insists that he and his
companions have arrived in the far future. Steven and Dodo think otherwise, however, after they encounter a band of cave-dwelling primitives who are terrified of strangers. The travellers soon discover that the planet’s population is divided into two castes. and that the professed idyll of the Elders - who inhabit a technologically advanced city - seems oddly dependent upon the unsophisticated Savages.
Whilst the Elders’ leader, Jano, welcomes The Doctor into their society Dodo stumbles upon a dark secret at the heart of the community. The truth behind the Elders great knowledge is eventually revealed, and The Doctor sees it as his duty to end a terrible case of exploitation. Yet Jano has plans of his own for The Doctor…
| | | Source: BBC Audio | |
| Season: |
Three
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| Production
Code: |
AA |
| Story Number: |
26
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| Episode Numbers: | 119 - 122 |
| Number of
Episodes: |
4 | | Number of Incomplete/Missing Episodes: | 4 | | Percentage of Episodes Held: | 0% | | Working Titles: | "The White Savages" |
| Production
Dates: |
April - May 1966 |
| Broadcast Started: | 28 May 1966 | | Broadcast Finished: | 18 June 1966 |
| Colour Status: |
B&W |
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Studio: |
Ealing Television Film Studios and Riverside (Studio 1) |
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Location: |
Shire Lane Quarry (Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire) and Callow Hill Sandpit (Virginia Water, Surrey). | |
| Writer: | Ian Stuart Black |
| Director: | Christopher Barry |
| Producer: | Innes Lloyd |
| Story Editor: | Gerry Davis |
| Production Assistant: | Norman Stewart |
| Assistant Floor Manager: | Gareth Gwenlan |
| Designer: | Stuart Walker |
| Costume Designer: | Daphne Dare |
| Make-Up Designer: | Sonia Markham |
| Lighting: | Graham Sothcott |
| Incidental Music: | Raymond Jones |
| Special Sounds (SFX Editor): | Brian Hodgson |
| Studio Sounds: | Norman Greaves |
| Title Sequence: | Bernard Lodge |
| Title Music: | Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Arranged by Delia Derbyshire |
| Number of
Doctors: |
1 |
| The Doctor: |
William Hartnell (The First Doctor) |
| Additional Cast: |
Ewen Solon (Chal), Patrick Godfrey (Tor), Peter Thomas (Captain Edal), Geoffrey Frederick (Exorse), Frederick Jaeger (Jano), Robert Sidaway (Avon), Kay Patrick (Flower), Clare Jenkins (Nanina), Norman Henry (Senta), Edward Caddick (Wylda), Andrew Lodge (First Assistant), Christopher Denham (Second Assistant), Tony Holland (Third Assistant), John Dillon (Savage), Tim Goodman (Guard) |
(Position = 137 out of 159)
(Position = 162 out of 200)
