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The Doctor and a Mutant
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 The Time Lords choose The Doctor for a special task - a mission so secret, that neither The Doctor, or his assistant Jo Grant, know the true nature of their assignment.
Far in the future, the planet Solos is claiming independence from Earths vast galactic empire. A huge space station - Skybase - orbits the planet, forming a bridgehead for the empire’s control of Solos, and is commanded by the Marshal, who is determined to retain his power over the planet at any cost.
Solos’s atmosphere is poisonous to humans in the daylight and the Marshal is behind secret experiments to change the planet’s atmosphere into one more similar to that of Earth. But down on the planet, changes are happening amongst the native population. A disease that causes mutation has appeared and is spreading fast.
The Doctor finds himself in a race against time to save Jo’s life, to find a solution to the mutants, to complete the lime Lord’s mission, and, to thwart the Marshal’s plans.
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| Season: |
Nine
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| Production
Code: |
NNN |
| Story Number: |
63
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| Episode Numbers: | 318 - 323 |
| Number of
Episodes: |
6 | | Percentage of Episodes Held: | 100% | | Working Titles: | "Independence" and "The Emergents" |
| Production
Dates: |
February - March 1972 |
| Broadcast Started: | 08 April 1972 | | Broadcast Finished: | 13 May 1972 |
| Colour Status: |
Colour and B&W |
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Studio: |
BBC Television Centre (TC3, TC4 and TC8) |
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Location: |
Western Quarry (Northfleet, Kent), Stone House Farm (Frindsbury, Kent) and Chiselhurst Chalk Caves (Chiselhurst, Kent). | |
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