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Dodo and a Monoid
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 Materialising in what appears to be a jungle on Earth, The Doctor, Steven and Dodo soon realise that things are not what they seem: the sky is made of steel, and the jungle merely a colossal life chamber in a craft that has embarked on the most important expedition in the history of mankind…
It is ten million years in the future, and the Earth is soon to be engulfed by the Sun in a catastrophic explosion. A gigantic space ark has been launched, taking the last humans to a new life on the distant planet of Refusis, serving the Guardians of Earth are the Monoids, mute reptilian aliens.
But the Ark's mission of deliverance is threatened by the arrival of the time travellers; Dodo inadvertently passes her cold to the Guardians - to them, it is a long-forgotten virus against which they have no defence. It is not long before people start to die and the TARDIS crew are on trial for their own lives…
| | | Source: BBC VHS Video | |
| Season: |
Three
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| Production
Code: |
X |
| Story Number: |
23
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| Episode Numbers: | 107 - 110 |
| Number of
Episodes: |
4 | | Percentage of Episodes Held: | 100% |
| Production
Dates: |
January - March 1966 |
| Broadcast Started: | 05 March 1966 | | Broadcast Finished: | 26 March 1966 |
| Colour Status: |
B&W |
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Studio: |
Ealing Television Film Studios and Riverside (Studio 1) |
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Location: |
None | |
| Writers: | Lesley Scott and Paul Erickson |
| Director: | Michael Imison |
| Producer: | John Wiles |
| Story Editor: | Gerry Davis |
| Editor: | Noel Chapman |
| Production Assistant: | David Maloney |
| Assistant Floor Manager: | Chris D'Oyly John |
| Designer: | Barry Newbery |
| Costume Designer: | Daphne Dare |
| Make-Up Designer: | Sonia Markham |
| Cameraman: | Tony Leggo |
| Lighting: | Howard King |
| Incidental Music: | Tristram Cary |
| Special Sounds (SFX Editor): | Brian Hodgson |
| Studio Sounds: | Ray Angel |
| 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: |
Eric Elliott (Commander), Inigo Jackson (Zentos), Roy Spencer (Manyak), Kate Newman (Mellium), Edmund Coulter (1st Monoid), Frank George (2nd Monoid), Ian Frost (Baccu), Stephanie Heesom (1st Guardian), Paul Greenhalgh (2nd Guardian), Terence Woodfield (Maharis), Ralph Carrigan (Monoid Two), Terence Bayler (Yendom), Edmund Coulter (Monoid One), Brian Wright (Dassuk), Eileen Helsby (Venussa), Frank George (Monoid Three), Roy Skelton (Monoid Voice), John Halstead (Monoid Voice), Richard Beale (Refusian Voice), John Caeser (Monoid Four) |
(Position = 120 out of 159)
(Position = 154 out of 200)
