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{{Infobox TV|
{{Infobox ClassicTV|
story name= The Time Monster|
story name= The Time Monster|
image= [[Image:Timemonster_title.jpg|250px]]|
image= [[Image:Timemonster_title.jpg|250px]]|
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]], [[Season 9]] |
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]]|
number= 64 |
number= [[Season 9]] |
story number= 64|
doctor=[[Third Doctor]] |
doctor=[[Third Doctor]] |
companions= [[Jo Grant]] <br/>[[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]<br/>[[Mike Yates|Captain Mike Yates]] <br/>[[Sergeant Benton]]||
companions= [[Jo Grant]] <br/>[[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]<br/>[[Mike Yates|Captain Mike Yates]] <br/>[[Sergeant Benton]]||
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previous story= [[The Mutants]]|
previous story= [[The Mutants]]|
next story= [[The Three Doctors]] }}
next story= [[The Three Doctors]] }}


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
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*The [[Seventh Enabling Act]] allows the Brigadier to take over from government forces.
*The [[Seventh Enabling Act]] allows the Brigadier to take over from government forces.
*The Doctor makes a [[Time flow analogue]] from a [[Alcohol|Moroccan burgundy bottle]], spoons, forks, corks, keyrings, [[Tea|tea leaves]] and a mug.
*The Doctor makes a [[Time flow analogue]] from a [[Alcohol|Moroccan burgundy bottle]], spoons, forks, corks, keyrings, [[Tea|tea leaves]] and a mug.
*The Doctor talks to Jo (while they're tied up) about his home; ''"When I was a little boy, we used to live in a [[House of Lungbarrow|house]] that was perched halfway up the top of a [[Mount Cadon|mountain]]. Behind our house, there sat under a tree an old man. A [[K'anpo Rimpoche|hermit]], a monk. He'd lived under this tree for half his lifetime, so they said, and had learned the secret of life. So, when my black day came, I went and asked him to help me.'"''.
*[[Kronos]] knows of the Doctor.


==Story Notes==
==Story Notes==
* This is the only appearance of the "washing up bowl" interior for the TARDIS (designed by [[Tim Gleeson]]).
* This is the only appearance of the "washing up bowl" interior for the TARDIS (designed by [[Tim Gleeson]]).
*Dave Prowse, later to play (but not voice) the masked Darth Vader in the ''Star Wars'' films, features in an equally incognito role as the Minotaur.


===Ratings===
===Ratings===
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===Myths===
===Myths===
''to be added''
*Well-known actress Susan Penhaligon, making an early television appearance as Galleia's handmaiden Lakis, was originally to have been credited as Virginia Mull. ''(Virginia Mull was a different actress who had a small uncredited walk-on role as a serving girl in the Atlantis scenes of this story. Susan Penhaligon, who was a late replacement for actress Ann Michelle, was always to have been credited under her own name.)''


===Location Filming===
===Filming Locations===
''to be added''
*Swallowfield Park, Swallowfield, Berkshire
*Stratfield Saye Park, Stratfield Saye, Hampshire
*Old Church Farm (road), Hartley Wintney, Hampshire
*Park Lane, Fair Cross, Berkshire
*School Lane, Heckfield Heath/Riseley, Hampshire
*[[Ealing Television Film Studios]], Ealing Green, Ealing
*[[BBC Television Centre]] (Studio 3 & 4), Shepherd's Bush, [[London]]


===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
''to be added''
*In episode one, the interior of the police box prop is visible.
*The V1 is on black and white film.
*The Doctor's supposedly backwards dialogue when played backwards is still gibberish.


==Continuity==
==Continuity==
*''[[PDA]]:'' [[The Quantum Archangel]] is a sequel to this story.
*[[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel]]'' is a sequel to this story.
* Another Chronovore appears in ''[[NA]]:'' [[No Future]].
* Another Chronovore appears in [[NA]]: ''[[No Future]]''.
*This features (another) explanation of how Atlantis was destroyed; [[The Underwater Menace]] and [[The Dæmons]] also featured explanations of this.
*This features (another) explanation of how Atlantis was destroyed; [[DW]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'' and ''[[The Dæmons]]'' also featured explanations of this.
*The Doctor goes for another 'dip' in the time vortex in [[Shada]] and ''[[BFA]]:'' [[Seasons of Fear]].
*The Doctor goes for another 'dip' in the time vortex in [[DW]]/[[WC]]: ''[[Shada]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[Seasons of Fear]]''.
*The Doctor builds a similar device to his time sensor in [[Blink]].
*The Doctor builds a similar device to his time sensor in [[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]''.


==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
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==Target Novelisations==
==Target Novelisations==
*Novelised as [[The Time Monster (novelisation)]] in [[1976]] by [[Terrance Dicks]].
*Novelised as ''[[The Time Monster (novelisation)|The Time Monster]]'' in [[1976]] by [[Terrance Dicks]].


==External Links==
==External Links==
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=3o Outpost Gallifrey '''The Time Monster''' page]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/timemonster/ Official BBC Episode Guide for '''The Time Monster''']
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_3o.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Time Monster''']
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=3o Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide: '''The Time Monster''']
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/timemonster/ BBC '''The Time Monster''' page]
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_3o.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - '''The Time Monster''']
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/ooo.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to '''The Time Monster''']
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/ooo.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to '''The Time Monster''']
*[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/stories/timemonster The Locations Guide to Doctor Who - '''The Time Monster''']


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Revision as of 15:18, 3 June 2008


Synopsis

The Master, in the guise of Professor Thascales, has constructed at the Newton Institute in Wootton a device known as TOMTIT - Transmission Of Matter Through Interstitial Time - with which to gain control over Kronos, a creature from outside time. The creature is summoned but the effect proves uncontrollable, so the Master flees.

The Doctor shuts TOMTIT down but the Master later reactivates it, using it first to ensnare Krasis, High Priest of the lost city of Atlantis, and then to attack UNIT forces by way of a series of timeslips. The Master takes Krasis back to Atlantis in his TARDIS in the hope of stealing the sacred Crystal of Kronos, with which he aims finally to dominate the creature. The Doctor follows with Jo but is unable to prevent his enemy from seducing Queen Galleia and staging a coup. Galleia turns against the Master when she learns that he has caused the death of her husband, King Dalios.

The Master then unleashes Kronos, destroying Atlantis. The two Time Lords escape in their respective TARDISes and confront each other in the time vortex. The Doctor threatens to trigger a 'time ram' - a devastating collision - but cannot bring himself to do it.

Jo, held hostage by the Master, has no such qualms, and operates the controls herself. The two TARDISes reappear in a strange void presided over by Kronos - who now appears as a beautiful female face.

The time ram has released Kronos, who agrees to return the Doctor and Jo to Earth. The creature plans to subject the Master to eternal torment, but the Doctor pleads on his behalf and he too goes free.

Plot

to be added

Cast

Crew

References

  • The TOMTIT machine works with assistance from the Master.
  • The Doctor has built a time sensor which detects disturbances in the time field.
  • The Master uses his TARDIS to Time Ram the Doctor's.
  • A Chronovore spares the Master.
  • The Doctor gets ejected into the time vortex and speaks to Jo through the TARDIS telepathic circuits.
  • This is show (another) exploration of the destruction of Atlantis.
  • The Seventh Enabling Act allows the Brigadier to take over from government forces.
  • The Doctor makes a Time flow analogue from a Moroccan burgundy bottle, spoons, forks, corks, keyrings, tea leaves and a mug.
  • The Doctor talks to Jo (while they're tied up) about his home; "When I was a little boy, we used to live in a house that was perched halfway up the top of a mountain. Behind our house, there sat under a tree an old man. A hermit, a monk. He'd lived under this tree for half his lifetime, so they said, and had learned the secret of life. So, when my black day came, I went and asked him to help me.'".
  • Kronos knows of the Doctor.

Story Notes

  • This is the only appearance of the "washing up bowl" interior for the TARDIS (designed by Tim Gleeson).
  • Dave Prowse, later to play (but not voice) the masked Darth Vader in the Star Wars films, features in an equally incognito role as the Minotaur.

Ratings

  • Episode 1 - 7.6 million viewers
  • Episode 2 - 7.4 million viewers
  • Episode 3 - 8.1 million viewers
  • Episode 4 - 7.6 million viewers
  • Episode 5 - 6.0 million viewers
  • Episode 6 - 7.6 million viewers

Myths

  • Well-known actress Susan Penhaligon, making an early television appearance as Galleia's handmaiden Lakis, was originally to have been credited as Virginia Mull. (Virginia Mull was a different actress who had a small uncredited walk-on role as a serving girl in the Atlantis scenes of this story. Susan Penhaligon, who was a late replacement for actress Ann Michelle, was always to have been credited under her own name.)

Filming Locations

  • Swallowfield Park, Swallowfield, Berkshire
  • Stratfield Saye Park, Stratfield Saye, Hampshire
  • Old Church Farm (road), Hartley Wintney, Hampshire
  • Park Lane, Fair Cross, Berkshire
  • School Lane, Heckfield Heath/Riseley, Hampshire
  • Ealing Television Film Studios, Ealing Green, Ealing
  • BBC Television Centre (Studio 3 & 4), Shepherd's Bush, London

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

  • In episode one, the interior of the police box prop is visible.
  • The V1 is on black and white film.
  • The Doctor's supposedly backwards dialogue when played backwards is still gibberish.

Continuity

DVD, Video and Other Releases

to be added

Target Novelisations

External Links

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