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|featuring = [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] | |featuring = [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] | ||
|enemy = {{il|[[Chessene of the Franzine Grig|Chessene]]|[[Shockeye of the Quawncing Grig|Shockeye]]|[[Joinson Dastari|Dastari]]|[[Stike]]|[[Varl]]|[[Sontaran]]s}} | |enemy = {{il|[[Chessene of the Franzine Grig|Chessene]]|[[Shockeye of the Quawncing Grig|Shockeye]]|[[Joinson Dastari|Dastari]]|[[Stike]]|[[Varl]]|[[Sontaran]]s}} | ||
|setting = {{il|[[Space Station | |setting = {{il|[[Space Station Camera]], circa [[1985]]|[[Seville]], circa [[1985]]}} | ||
|writer = [[Robert Holmes]] | |writer = [[Robert Holmes]] | ||
|director = [[Peter Moffatt]] | |director = [[Peter Moffatt]] | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part one === | === Part one === | ||
The [[Second Doctor]] pilots the TARDIS as [[Jamie McCrimmon]] laments over the absence of their friend [[Victoria Waterfield]]. The Doctor reminds him that she's off studying graphology at the time. Wondering where they're going, Jamie is informed by the Doctor that the [[Time Lord]]s are sending them on a mission to [[Space Station | The [[Second Doctor]] pilots the TARDIS as [[Jamie McCrimmon]] laments over the absence of their friend [[Victoria Waterfield]]. The Doctor reminds him that she's off studying graphology at the time. Wondering where they're going, Jamie is informed by the Doctor that the [[Time Lord]]s are sending them on a mission to [[Space Station Camera]] in the [[Third Zone]]; they've also installed a teleport control on the TARDIS that grants them dual control. Showing the image of their destination to Jamie, the Doctor hears him compare its size to twenty castles. The Doctor explains to Jamie that the station is a research facility and they are here to have a discreet word with [[Dastari]], the Head of Projects. The TARDIS materialises in the station kitchen, where they meet [[Shockeye]], the station cook. | ||
Shockeye is an [[Androgum]], a member of a primitive, emotionally and ethically bestial humanoid race who make up the station's workforce. [[File:How dare you.jpg|left|thumb|[[Shockeye of the Quawncing Grig|Shockeye]] berates the [[Second Doctor]] for landing in his kitchen.]] He is confrontational, angry that a ship has been landed in his kitchen, until the Doctor reveals he is a Time Lord. Suddenly deferential, Shockeye eyes Jamie hungrily and offers to buy him from the Doctor as the main ingredient for a meal. The Doctor, shocked, refuses. He takes Jamie away to see Dastari. As they leave, however, they hear the sound of the TARDIS dematerialising. This is observed by [[Chessene]], an Androgum technologically augmented to mega-genius levels; her appearance has changed because of such - she looks like an attractive human woman. Chessene has plans of her own. They involve someone named [[Stike]], who will be arriving soon, once Shockeye's poisoned meal for the scientists takes effect. She has also taken possession of the [[Kartz-Reimer module]]. | Shockeye is an [[Androgum]], a member of a primitive, emotionally and ethically bestial humanoid race who make up the station's workforce. [[File:How dare you.jpg|left|thumb|[[Shockeye of the Quawncing Grig|Shockeye]] berates the [[Second Doctor]] for landing in his kitchen.]] He is confrontational, angry that a ship has been landed in his kitchen, until the Doctor reveals he is a Time Lord. Suddenly deferential, Shockeye eyes Jamie hungrily and offers to buy him from the Doctor as the main ingredient for a meal. The Doctor, shocked, refuses. He takes Jamie away to see Dastari. As they leave, however, they hear the sound of the TARDIS dematerialising. This is observed by [[Chessene]], an Androgum technologically augmented to mega-genius levels; her appearance has changed because of such - she looks like an attractive human woman. Chessene has plans of her own. They involve someone named [[Stike]], who will be arriving soon, once Shockeye's poisoned meal for the scientists takes effect. She has also taken possession of the [[Kartz-Reimer module]]. | ||
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* The Sixth Doctor's multicoloured [[umbrella]] makes its first appearance. | * The Sixth Doctor's multicoloured [[umbrella]] makes its first appearance. | ||
* The Sixth Doctor adapts his outfit for the hot weather in Spain. His coat is left behind, his shirt is unbuttoned at the throat, his cravat is stuffed into a trouser pocket and he wears a lighter waistcoat made of clashing orange and blue floral-patterned fabrics. | * The Sixth Doctor adapts his outfit for the hot weather in Spain. His coat is left behind, his shirt is unbuttoned at the throat, his cravat is stuffed into a trouser pocket and he wears a lighter waistcoat made of clashing orange and blue floral-patterned fabrics. | ||
* The Second Doctor attended the inauguration of [[Space Station | * The Second Doctor attended the inauguration of [[Space Station Camera]] before "falling from favour". Somehow [[Dastari]] has heard the Doctor is no longer "flavour of the month" on [[Gallifrey]]. | ||
* The Sixth Doctor is able to [[Respiratory bypass system|close his respiratory passages]] when he detects the poisonous gas and can [[Telepathic contact|telepathically contact]] his [[Second Doctor|previous incarnation]] on the "astral plane". | * The Sixth Doctor is able to [[Respiratory bypass system|close his respiratory passages]] when he detects the poisonous gas and can [[Telepathic contact|telepathically contact]] his [[Second Doctor|previous incarnation]] on the "astral plane". | ||
* The space station was created by more than one [[Third Zone]] government. | * The space station was created by more than one [[Third Zone]] government. | ||
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* The idea of the Second Doctor being operated on with the intent of removing a unique Time Lord genetic trait was part of Holmes' aborted script for ''The Six Doctors''. In the script, the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] planned to extract a unique organic mechanism from the Doctor and place it in themselves, becoming "Cyberlords". | * The idea of the Second Doctor being operated on with the intent of removing a unique Time Lord genetic trait was part of Holmes' aborted script for ''The Six Doctors''. In the script, the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] planned to extract a unique organic mechanism from the Doctor and place it in themselves, becoming "Cyberlords". | ||
* Originally, this story was set in [[New Orleans]] and the Androgums, with their obsession with cooking and eating, were created with the city's culinary reputation in mind. | * Originally, this story was set in [[New Orleans]] and the Androgums, with their obsession with cooking and eating, were created with the city's culinary reputation in mind. | ||
* [[Laurence Payne]] (Dastari) also supplies the voice of the [[Space Station | * [[Laurence Payne]] (Dastari) also supplies the voice of the [[Space Station Camera]] computer but was uncredited on-screen. ([[DWM 195]]) | ||
* This is the first three-part serial since [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]''. | * This is the first three-part serial since [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]''. | ||
* Actress Jacqueline Pearce was well known to the science fiction community for playing the role of the treacherous Servalan in the series [[Blake's 7]], created by [[Terry Nation]]. She was a last minute replacement for another actress, for whom Chessene's costume had already been made. | * Actress Jacqueline Pearce was well known to the science fiction community for playing the role of the treacherous Servalan in the series [[Blake's 7]], created by [[Terry Nation]]. She was a last minute replacement for another actress, for whom Chessene's costume had already been made. | ||
* "Warts" in the Androgum makeup were made from [[Rice Krispies]]. | * "Warts" in the Androgum makeup were made from [[Rice Krispies]]. | ||
* According to Nicola Bryant on the DVD audio commentary , part of the Top of the Pops set was used to construct of the bowels of Space Station | * According to Nicola Bryant on the DVD audio commentary, part of the Top of the Pops set was used to construct of the bowels of Space Station Camera. | ||
* After the sixth Doctor attempts to make contact with himself by telepathy to get a fix on the second doctor's location , he says it has 'something to do with getting my hair cut' and sings a few bars from the opera 'The Barber of Seville'. | * After the sixth Doctor attempts to make contact with himself by telepathy to get a fix on the second doctor's location , he says it has 'something to do with getting my hair cut' and sings a few bars from the opera 'The Barber of Seville'. | ||
* Director Peter Moffatt and costume designer Jan Wright can be spotted sitting outside the Restaurant in Seville. | * Director Peter Moffatt and costume designer Jan Wright can be spotted sitting outside the Restaurant in Seville. | ||