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{{Infobox TV|
{{Infobox ClassicTV|
story name= The Sun Makers|
story name= The Sun Makers|
image= [[Image:Sunmakers_title.jpg|250px]] |
image= [[Image:Sunmakers_title.jpg|250px]] |
series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[TV stories|TV Stories]] |
series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[TV stories|TV Stories]] |
number= 95 |
number= [[Season 15]] |
story number= 95|
doctor= [[Fourth Doctor]] |
doctor= [[Fourth Doctor]] |
companions= [[Leela]] <br/> [[K-9]]|
companions= [[Leela]] <br/> [[K-9]]|
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*[[Droge of Gabrielides]] once offered a star system for the Doctor's head.
*[[Droge of Gabrielides]] once offered a star system for the Doctor's head.
*The [[Usurian]]s have a file on [[Gallifrey]].
*The [[Usurian]]s have a file on [[Gallifrey]].
*Usarians are listed in [[Gustous R Thripsted|Professor Thripsted's]] ''[[Flora and Fauna of the Universe]]''.
*Usarians are listed in [[Gustous R Thripsted|Professor Thripsted's]] ''[[Flora and Fauna of the Universe]]'' as fungi.
*Usarians use [[dianane]].
*Three types of gas are mentioned: [[Dianane]], a deadly poison (to which Usurians are immune), [[Balarium]], a muscle neutraliser, which also effects speech, and [[Pentocyleinicmethylhydrane]] (PCM), an anxiety inducing agent.


==Story Notes==
==Story Notes==
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*Most of the corridors were named after UK tax forms, as the story was intended as a satire of contemporary British taxes.
*Most of the corridors were named after UK tax forms, as the story was intended as a satire of contemporary British taxes.
*This story marks the last appearance of Leela's darker outfit. For the next two serials - her last - she would continue to wear the lighter (and more revealing!) one.
*This story marks the last appearance of Leela's darker outfit. For the next two serials - her last - she would continue to wear the lighter (and more revealing!) one.
*During production of this story, Louise Jameson informed the producers that she would be leaving the show at year's end.


===Ratings===
===Ratings===
*Part 1 - 8.5 million
*Part 1 - 8.5 million viewers
*Part 2 - 9.5 million
*Part 2 - 9.5 million viewers
*Part 3 - 8.9 million
*Part 3 - 8.9 million viewers
*Part 4 - 8.4 million
*Part 4 - 8.4 million viewers


===Myths===
===Myths===
''to be added''
''to be added''


===Location Filming===
===Filming Locations===
''to be added''
*WD and HO Wills Tobacco Factory (now known as Imperial Park), Hartcliffe Way, Hartcliffe, Bristol
*Camden Town Deep Tube Shelters, Stanmore Place, Camden Town, London
*[[BBC Television Centre]] (TC3 and TC6), Shepherd's Bush, [[London]]


===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
*When the Gatherer is to be thrown off the roof by an angry mob it's quite obvious that it is a dummy.
*A car park insignia is visible on the roof top.


==Continuity==
==Continuity==
''to be added''
*Professor Thripsted's works also appear in [[DW]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' and [[EDA]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]''.


==Video Releases==
==Video Releases==
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==Target Novelisations==
==Target Novelisations==
''to be added''
Novelised as ''[[Doctor Who and the Sun Makers]]'' by [[Terrance Dicks]] in [[1982]].


==See Also==
==See also==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==External Links==
==External Links==
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=4w Outpost Gallifrey '''The Sun Makers''' page]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/sunmakers/ BBC Episode Guide to '''The Sun Makers''']
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_4w.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Sun Makers''']
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=4w Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide: '''The Sun Makers''']
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/sunmakers/ BBC '''The Sun Makers''' page]
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_4w.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - '''The Sun Makers''']
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/4w.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to '''The Sun Makers''']
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/4w.html A Brief History of Time (Travel): Guide to '''The Sun Makers''']
*[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/stories/sunmakers The Locations Guide to Doctor Who - '''The Sun Makers''']
 
*[http://www.timelash.com/tardis/display.asp?882 The Tardis Library: Video release information for The Sun Makers]
*[http://www.timelash.com/tardis/display.asp?882 The Tardis Library: Video release information for The Sun Makers]


Revision as of 14:53, 22 July 2008


Synopsis

The TARDIS arrives in the future on the planet Pluto where there are now six suns, a breathable atmosphere and a large industrial community. The Company controls the planet and exploits the workers, pays them a pittance and then taxes them on everything imaginable. The Doctor and Leela join forces with an underground band of rebels led by a man named Mandrel.

They learn that the head of the Company's operations on Pluto, represented by the human official Gatherer Hade, is an Usurian known as the Collector. The Usurians enslave planets through economic means and then fleece the inhabitants with exorbitant taxes. The Company keeps the citizens in line by diffusing a calming gas, PCM, through the air conditioning system.

The Doctor manages to stop this, and the workers then rise up against the Company and hurl Gatherer Hade to his death from the roof of a tall building. The Doctor meanwhile gains access to the Company computer and programs it to apply a two per cent growth tax. The Collector, unable to cope with the loss of his profits, reverts to his natural form - a type of poisonous fungus - and is rendered harmless.

Plot

to be added

Cast

Crew

References

Story Notes

  • Michael Keating (here playing Goudry) would later be cast as Vila in Blake's 7 based partially on this performance.
  • Most of the corridors were named after UK tax forms, as the story was intended as a satire of contemporary British taxes.
  • This story marks the last appearance of Leela's darker outfit. For the next two serials - her last - she would continue to wear the lighter (and more revealing!) one.
  • During production of this story, Louise Jameson informed the producers that she would be leaving the show at year's end.

Ratings

  • Part 1 - 8.5 million viewers
  • Part 2 - 9.5 million viewers
  • Part 3 - 8.9 million viewers
  • Part 4 - 8.4 million viewers

Myths

to be added

Filming Locations

  • WD and HO Wills Tobacco Factory (now known as Imperial Park), Hartcliffe Way, Hartcliffe, Bristol
  • Camden Town Deep Tube Shelters, Stanmore Place, Camden Town, London
  • BBC Television Centre (TC3 and TC6), Shepherd's Bush, London

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

  • When the Gatherer is to be thrown off the roof by an angry mob it's quite obvious that it is a dummy.
  • A car park insignia is visible on the roof top.

Continuity

Video Releases

Released as Doctor Who: The Sun Makers.

Released:

Target Novelisations

Novelised as Doctor Who and the Sun Makers by Terrance Dicks in 1982.

See also

to be added

External Links

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