More actions
→Synopsis
| (48 intermediate revisions by 24 users not shown) | |||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
{{real world}} | {{real world}} | ||
{{ImageLinkTV}} | {{ImageLinkTV}} | ||
{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = The Space Museum.jpg | |image = The Space Museum.jpg | ||
|novelisation = The Space Museum (novelisation) | |novelisation = The Space Museum (novelisation) | ||
|series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | |series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | ||
|season number = Season 2 | |season number = Season 2 (Doctor Who 1963)| | ||
|season serial number = 7 | |season serial number = 7 | ||
|story number = 15 | |story number = 15 | ||
|doctor = First Doctor | |doctor = First Doctor | ||
|companions = [[ | |companions = [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = | ||
|enemy = [[Lobos (The Space Museum)|Lobos]] | |enemy = [[Governor]] [[Lobos (The Space Museum)|Lobos]] | ||
|setting = [[Xeros]] | |setting = [[Xeros]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Glyn Jones | ||
|director = [[Mervyn Pinfield]] | |director = [[Mervyn Pinfield]] | ||
|producer = [[Verity Lambert]] | |producer = [[Verity Lambert]] | ||
|epcount = 4 | |epcount = 4 | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 24 April - 15 May 1965 | ||
|network = | |network = BBC1 | ||
|format = 4x25-minute episodes | |format = 4x25-minute episodes | ||
|serial production code = [[List of production codes|Q]] | |serial production code = [[List of production codes|Q]] | ||
|prev = The Crusade (TV story) | |prev = The Crusade (TV story) | ||
|next = The Chase (TV story) | |next = The Chase (TV story) | ||
|thwr = 3 | |||
|thwr2 = 77|thwr3=182 | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Space Museum''''' was the seventh serial of [[season 2]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was the first story to deal with the dimensions of time as well as space and the first to feature [[alternate timeline]]s. While it presented many original science fiction elements, it still retained the elements of a typical story of the era. | '''''The Space Museum''''' was the seventh serial of [[Season 2 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 2]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was the first story to deal with the dimensions of time as well as space and the first to feature [[alternate timeline]]s. While it presented many original science fiction elements, it still retained the elements of a typical story of the era. | ||
The story's cliffhanger also presented fans with a preview of the [[Dalek]]s' [[The Chase (TV story)|third appearance]]. Their return was awaited impatiently, a fact that was baited by the appearance of a Dalek shell in part one. This shell was the final appearance of the original Dalek design until ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'' in [[2015 (releases)|2015]]. The Daleks at the end of "The Final Phase" do not have the metal band of their predecessors. | The story's cliffhanger also presented fans with a preview of the [[Dalek]]s' [[The Chase (TV story)|third appearance]]. Their return was awaited impatiently, a fact that was baited by the appearance of a Dalek shell in part one. This shell was the final appearance of the original Dalek design until ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'' in [[2015 (releases)|2015]]. The Daleks at the end of "The Final Phase" do not have the metal band of their predecessors. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
The TARDIS jumps a time track and the travellers arrive on the planet Xeros. There they discover their own future selves displayed as exhibits in a museum established as a monument to the galactic conquests of the warlike Morok invaders who now rule the planet. When time shifts back to normal, they realise that they must do everything they can to avert this potential future. | The TARDIS jumps a time track and the travellers arrive on the planet [[Xeros]]. There they discover their own future selves displayed as exhibits in a museum established as a monument to the galactic conquests of the warlike Morok invaders who now rule the planet. When time shifts back to normal, they realise that they must do everything they can to avert this potential future. | ||
Vicki helps the native Xerons obtain arms and revolt against the Moroks. The revolution succeeds and the travellers go on their way, confident that the future has been changed. | Vicki helps the native Xerons obtain arms and revolt against the Moroks. The revolution succeeds and the travellers go on their way, confident that the future has been changed. | ||
| Line 43: | Line 45: | ||
Once they leave the TARDIS, they find the planet has nothing living on it. Ian also notices that their footprints make no tracks in the dust. | Once they leave the TARDIS, they find the planet has nothing living on it. Ian also notices that their footprints make no tracks in the dust. | ||
The travellers head towards a large building in the middle of the spacecraft. Once there, they find the doors shut, but they soon open to reveal two men. The travellers hide from the men, but as they pass Vicki | The travellers head towards a large building in the middle of the spacecraft. Once there, they find the doors shut, but they soon open to reveal two men. The travellers hide from the men, but as they pass, Vicki sneezes loudly. To the travellers' surprise, the two men do not seem to hear her. The Doctor says this is inexplicable and begins to explore the building. | ||
As they walk through the many corridors, they are startled by a Dalek, which they then realise is only a museum piece. As they discuss Daleks, about which Vicki has only read, they see two more men coming. They hide but are surprised to see that, although the men seem to be speaking to each other, they are inaudible to the travellers. Ian wonders if they speak at another frequency than humans. The Doctor doubts it but has no other explanations. | As they walk through the many corridors, they are startled by [[Dalek (The Space Museum)|a Dalek]], which they then realise is only a museum piece. As they discuss their previous experiences with Daleks, about which Vicki has only read about, they see two more men coming who are different to the ones they saw previously. They hide but are surprised to see that, although the men seem to be speaking to each other, they are inaudible to the travellers. Ian wonders if they speak at another frequency than humans. The Doctor doubts it but has no other explanations. | ||
As they continue to explore the museum, Vicki discovers that they cannot touch any of the pieces on display. Their hands simply pass through them. The Doctor suggests they are not actually where they think they are. Yet again, the travellers encounter three men who go about their business, unaware of the travellers. This supports the Doctor's theory. | As they continue to explore the museum, Vicki discovers that they cannot touch any of the pieces on display. Their hands simply pass through them. The Doctor suggests they are not actually where they think they are. Yet again, the travellers encounter three men who go about their business, unaware of the travellers. This supports the Doctor's theory. | ||
| Line 67: | Line 69: | ||
Barbara, Ian, and Vicki, now tired and cranky, decide to use yarn to ensure that they are not repeating their paths. They unravel Barbara's cardigan to do this. The rebels find the yarn and decide to follow it. Eventually, they find the exit. As they pull back the doors they see that the TARDIS has been captured. | Barbara, Ian, and Vicki, now tired and cranky, decide to use yarn to ensure that they are not repeating their paths. They unravel Barbara's cardigan to do this. The rebels find the yarn and decide to follow it. Eventually, they find the exit. As they pull back the doors they see that the TARDIS has been captured. | ||
The Doctor finds himself in a room with only a chair. As he sits on it, bars lock him in place. A wall slides up to reveal Lobos. He explains that the museum is a homage to the great history of the Moroks and it is silent because the Moroks are now peace-loving creatures. Lobos asks the Doctor with whom he came here. The Doctor refuses to say, but Lobos somehow knows anyway. He explains that the Doctor's chair allows his thoughts to be shown on a video screen on his desk. When Lobos continues to question the Doctor on how he came here and where he is from, the Doctor uses the strength of his brain to confuse and misdirect Lobos. Lobos tires of this and summons his guards to take the Doctor to the | The Doctor finds himself in a room with only a chair. As he sits on it, bars lock him in place. A wall slides up to reveal Lobos. He explains that the museum is a homage to the great history of the Moroks and it is silent because the Moroks are now peace-loving creatures. Lobos asks the Doctor with whom he came here. The Doctor refuses to say, but Lobos somehow knows anyway. He explains that the Doctor's chair allows his thoughts to be shown on a video screen on his desk. When Lobos continues to question the Doctor on how he came here and where he is from, the Doctor uses the strength of his brain to confuse and misdirect Lobos. Lobos tires of this and summons his guards to take the Doctor to the Preparation Room. He will become an exhibit, causing an image of the Doctor on display to appear. | ||
=== The Search (3) === | === The Search (3) === | ||
| Line 110: | Line 112: | ||
Later, reunited with his TARDIS, the Doctor explains to Ian and Barbara the problem he had with his TARDIS was all down to a small part that hadn't quite clicked into place — this meant that they had been wandering around Xeron for a while before it clicked back into place and re-landed again, resetting time. | Later, reunited with his TARDIS, the Doctor explains to Ian and Barbara the problem he had with his TARDIS was all down to a small part that hadn't quite clicked into place — this meant that they had been wandering around Xeron for a while before it clicked back into place and re-landed again, resetting time. | ||
The Xerons have given the Doctor a [[Time-Space Visualiser]] as a souvenir before they dismantle the museum. He | The Xerons have given the Doctor a [[Time-Space Visualiser]] as a souvenir before they dismantle the museum. He tells his friends that he will be able to get it working again but leaves its actual use a mystery to them. Vicki bids goodbye to Tor and enters the TARDIS, which dematerialises. | ||
On a distant planet, a Dalek enters a control room in response to an alarm call. It informs another Dalek via a communications panel that their "greatest enemies" have left Xeros. The response from the Dalek at the other end is that the Daleks' own time machine will soon be [[The Chase (TV story)|in pursuit]] and their enemies will soon be exterminated... | On a distant planet (whether this is [[Skaro]] or not is unclear), a Dalek enters a control room in response to an alarm call. It informs another Dalek via a communications panel that their "greatest enemies" have left Xeros. The response from the Dalek at the other end is that the Daleks' own time machine will soon be [[The Chase (TV story)|in pursuit]] and their enemies will soon be exterminated... | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
| Line 121: | Line 123: | ||
* [[Sita]] - [[Peter Sanders]] | * [[Sita]] - [[Peter Sanders]] | ||
* [[Dako]] - [[Peter Craze]] | * [[Dako]] - [[Peter Craze]] | ||
* [[Lobos (The Space Museum)|Lobos]] - [[Richard Shaw]] | * [[Lobos (The Space Museum)|Lobos]] - [[Richard Shaw]] | ||
* [[Tor (The Space Museum)|Tor]] - [[Jeremy Bulloch]] | * [[Tor (The Space Museum)|Tor]] - [[Jeremy Bulloch]] | ||
* [[Morok messenger|Morok Messenger]] - [[Salvin Stewart]] | * [[Morok messenger|Morok Messenger]] - [[Salvin Stewart]] | ||
* [[Morok technician|Morok Technician]] - [[Peter Diamond]] | * [[Morok technician|Morok Technician]] - [[Peter Diamond]] | ||
* [[Morok guard 1|Morok Guard]] - [[Lawrence Dean]] | * [[Morok guard 1|Morok Guard]] - [[Lawrence Dean]] ''(not credited in ''Radio Times'')'' | ||
* [[Morok guard 2|Morok Guard]] - [[Peter Diamond]] | * [[Morok guard 2|Morok Guard]] - [[Peter Diamond]] | ||
* [[Morok guard 3|Morok Guard]] - [[Ken Norris]] | * [[Morok guard 3|Morok Guard]] - [[Ken Norris]] ''(not credited in ''Radio Times'')'' | ||
* [[Morok guard 4|Morok Guard]] - [[Salvin Stewart]] | * [[Morok guard 4|Morok Guard]] - [[Salvin Stewart]] | ||
* [[Morok commander|Morok Commander]] - [[Ivor Salter]] | * [[Morok commander|Morok Commander]] - [[Ivor Salter]] | ||
* [[Xeron]] - [[Michael Gordon]] | * [[Xeron]] - [[Michael Gordon]] ''(not credited in ''Radio Times'')'' | ||
* [[Xeron]] - [[Edward Granville]] | * [[Xeron]] - [[Edward Granville]] ''(not credited in ''Radio Times'')'' | ||
* [[Xeron]] - [[Bill Starkey]] | * [[Xeron]] - [[Bill Starkey]] ''(not credited in ''Radio Times'')'' | ||
* [[Xeron]] - [[David Wolliscroft]] | * [[Xeron]] - [[David Wolliscroft]] ''(not credited in ''Radio Times'')'' | ||
* [[Morok guard 5|Morok Guard]] - [[Billy Cornelius]] | * [[Morok guard 5|Morok Guard]] - [[Billy Cornelius]] | ||
* [[Dalek|Dalek Voice]] - [[Peter Hawkins]] | * [[Dalek|Dalek Voice]] - [[Peter Hawkins]] | ||
| Line 140: | Line 141: | ||
=== Uncredited cast === | === Uncredited cast === | ||
* Double for Dr Who - [[Brian Proudfoot]] ([[DWM 316]]) | * Double for Dr. Who - [[Brian Proudfoot]] ([[DWM 316]]) | ||
* Armoury Computer voice / Relief Guard voice / B Division Commander voice / K Division Commander voice - [[Salvin Stewart]] (DWM 316) | * Armoury Computer voice / Relief Guard voice / B Division Commander voice / K Division Commander voice - [[Salvin Stewart]] (DWM 316) | ||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
* [[Writer]] - [[Glyn Jones]] | * [[Writer]] - [[Glyn Jones]] | ||
* [[Director]] - [[Mervyn Pinfield]] | * [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[Mervyn Pinfield]] | ||
* [[Producer]] - [[Verity Lambert]] | * [[Producer]] - [[Verity Lambert]] | ||
* [[Script Editor]] - [[Dennis Spooner]] | * [[Script Editor]] - [[Dennis Spooner]] | ||
| Line 159: | Line 160: | ||
* [[Doctor Who theme|Title Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]] | * [[Doctor Who theme|Title Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]] | ||
=== Uncredited | === Uncredited crew === | ||
* [[Assistant Floor Manager]] - [[Caroline Walmsley]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Space Museum'') | * [[Assistant Floor Manager]] - [[Caroline Walmsley]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Space Museum'') | ||
* [[Assistant Floor Manager]] - [[John Tait]]<ref name="BBC Official Site">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/spacemuseum/detail.shtml BBC Official Site]</ref> | * [[Assistant Floor Manager]] - [[John Tait]]<ref name="BBC Official Site">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/spacemuseum/detail.shtml BBC Official Site]</ref> | ||
* [[Costumes]] - [[Tony Pearce]]<ref name="BBC Official Site">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/spacemuseum/detail.shtml BBC Official Site]</ref> | * [[Costumes]] - [[Tony Pearce]]<ref name="BBC Official Site">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/spacemuseum/detail.shtml BBC Official Site]</ref> | ||
* [[Production Assistant]] - [[Snowy White]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Space Museum'') | * [[Production Assistant]] - [[Snowy White]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Space Museum'') | ||
* [[Studio Sound]] - [[George Prince]] (Prince provided the sound for episode | * [[Studio Sound]] - [[George Prince]] (Prince provided the sound for the first episode, "The Space Museum"; while Ray Angel worked on the remaining three episodes<ref>[[TCH 5]]</ref>) | ||
* [[Theme Arrangement]] - [[Delia Derbyshire]]<ref name="BBC Official Site">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/spacemuseum/detail.shtml BBC Official Site]</ref> | * [[Theme Arrangement]] - [[Delia Derbyshire]]<ref name="BBC Official Site">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/spacemuseum/detail.shtml BBC Official Site]</ref> | ||
* [[Floor assistant]] - [[Trevor Beckett]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Space Museum'') | * [[Floor assistant]] - [[Trevor Beckett]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Space Museum'') | ||
* [[Vision mixer]] - [[Clive Doig]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Space Museum'') | |||
* [[Grams operator|Grams]] - [[Clive Gifford]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Space Museum'') | * [[Grams operator|Grams]] - [[Clive Gifford]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Space Museum'') | ||
* [[Studio lighting assistant|Lighting Assistant]] - [[Dickie Ashman]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Space Museum'') | * [[Studio lighting assistant|Lighting Assistant]] - [[Dickie Ashman]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Space Museum'') | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor claims he was with [[James Watt]] when he discovered steam power. | * The Doctor claims he was with [[James Watt]] when he discovered steam power. | ||
* The Moroks were from [[Morok (planet)|Morok]]. | |||
* The Moroks used a paralytic called [[Zaphra gas]] during the creation of their empire. | * The Moroks used a paralytic called [[Zaphra gas]] during the creation of their empire. | ||
* The [[Space Museum|museum]] has a [[Dalek]] | * The [[Space Museum|museum]] has a [[Dalek]] as an exhibit, with a sign confirming it comes from [[Skaro]]. | ||
* Vicki states that "[[time]], like [[space]], although a [[dimension]] in itself, also has dimensions of its own". | * Vicki states that "[[time]], like [[space]], although a [[dimension]] in itself, also has dimensions of its own". | ||
* The Doctor calls up | * The Doctor calls up images of a [[penny-farthing]], [[walrus]]es and himself in a [[Victorian era]] bathing suit. | ||
* The Doctor claims his brain works "at the speed of a mechanical [[computer]]." | |||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* All episodes exist as [[16mm telerecordings]]. | * All episodes exist as [[16mm telerecordings]]. | ||
* | * Only the third episode, "The Search", was found to be retained as a positive film print by the [[BBC Film and Videotape Library]] when it was audited in 1978. | ||
* Negative film prints of all four episodes have been found. | * Negative film prints of all four episodes have been found. | ||
* A better quality print of the first episode, "The Space Museum", was returned to the BBC in 1981. | * A better quality print of the first episode, "The Space Museum", was returned to the BBC in 1981. | ||
* The working titles of the first | * The working titles of the first and fourth episodes, "The Space Museum" and "The Final Phase", were "The Four Dimensions of Time" and "Zone Seven" respectively. | ||
* [[William Hartnell]] does not appear in "The Search" except in the reprise from the previous episode, "The Dimensions of Time", as he was on holiday during the week it was recorded. | * [[William Hartnell]] does not appear in "The Search" except in the reprise from the previous episode, "The Dimensions of Time", as he was on holiday during the week it was recorded. | ||
* Of all the William Hartnell stories with individual episode titles, this is the only one for which only one overall story title has ever been used. See also [[Disputed story titles]]. | * Of all the [[William Hartnell]] stories with individual episode titles, this is the only one for which only one overall story title has ever been used. See also [[Disputed story titles]]. | ||
* It was during the production of this story that [[Jacqueline Hill]] decided that she was leaving the series. | * It was during the production of this story that [[Jacqueline Hill]] decided that she was leaving the series. | ||
* This is the only story [[Mervyn Pinfield]] directed entirely by himself. | * This is the only story [[Mervyn Pinfield]] directed entirely by himself. | ||
* [[Glyn Jones]] was later dismayed by [[Dennis Spooner]]'s editing of his scripts, which excised much of the humorous content. Spooner felt that such material was inappropriate in what he envisioned as a high-concept science-fiction story. | * [[Glyn Jones]] was later dismayed by [[Dennis Spooner]]'s editing of his scripts, which excised much of the humorous content. Spooner felt that such material was inappropriate in what he envisioned as a high-concept science-fiction story. | ||
* The first episode, "The Space Museum", begins with a brief reprise of the final scene of ''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]''. This clip is currently the only surviving 16mm black | * The first episode, "The Space Museum", begins with a brief reprise of the final scene of ''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]''. This clip is currently the only surviving 16mm black-and-white film footage from that story's final episode, "The Warlords". | ||
* [[Richard Shaw]], who spoke with a Cockney accent, was cast as Governor [[Lobos (The Space Museum)|Lobos]] but was asked to deliver his lines in BBC English. His accent slips only once when he bellows at | * [[Richard Shaw]], who spoke with a Cockney accent, was cast as Governor [[Lobos (The Space Museum)|Lobos]] but was asked to deliver his lines in "BBC English". His accent slips only once when he bellows at a Morok underling to use "maximum securi'ee!" | ||
* The incidental music was all from stock recordings rather than being specially composed for the story. | * The incidental music was all from stock recordings rather than being specially composed for the story. | ||
* In a nice piece of internal continuity, William Russell starts gently banging his fists together as he leaves the TARDIS interior set and carries this through to the next scene, following a recording break, as he emerges from the police box onto the Xeros surface set; this gives the effect of a continuous piece of action and helps maintain the illusion that the TARDIS interior really is inside the police box shell. | * In a nice piece of internal continuity, [[William Russell]] starts gently banging his fists together as he leaves the TARDIS interior set and carries this through to the next scene, following a recording break, as he emerges from the police box onto the Xeros surface set; this gives the effect of a continuous piece of action and helps maintain the illusion that the TARDIS interior really is inside the police box shell. | ||
* Salvin Stewart (Morok Messenger/Morok Guard) also provided the voice of the computer | * [[Salvin Stewart]] (Morok Messenger/Morok Guard) also provided the voice of the armoury computer in "The Final Phase", for which he remained uncredited both on-screen and in ''Radio Times''. | ||
* This was one of the stories selected to be shown as part of [[BSB's Doctor Who Weekend]] in September 1990. | * This was one of the stories selected to be shown as part of [[BSB's Doctor Who Weekend]] in September 1990. | ||
* [[Glyn Jones]] later starred in ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]'' nearly a decade later, making him one of five individuals to have both written for and acted in ''Doctor Who'' (the others being [[Victor Pemberton]], [[Derrick Sherwin]], [[Mark Gatiss]], and [[Toby Whithouse]]). | * [[Glyn Jones]] later starred as [[Krans]] in ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]'' nearly a decade later, making him one of five individuals to have both written for and acted in ''Doctor Who'' (the others being [[Victor Pemberton]], [[Derrick Sherwin]], [[Mark Gatiss]], and [[Toby Whithouse]]). | ||
* The first episode, "The Space Museum", features a rare use (for the 1960s) of a filmed insert of an interior location, specifically a room in the TARDIS, due to the need to show a special effect | * The first episode, "The Space Museum", features a rare use (for the 1960s) of a filmed insert of an interior location, specifically a room in the TARDIS, due to the need to show a special effect — namely Vicki dropping a glass and the glass reassembling itself — that at the time could not be rendered on videotape. The switch from video to film was rendered unnoticeable in the filmed recordings of the serial that were circulated after its UK broadcast and when the story was recovered in the 1980s but is once again quite noticeable following the serial's vidFIRE remastering for DVD release in 2010. | ||
* The four episodes were produced at the same time that the feature film ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' was in production. | * Several of the story's guest cast members are credited on-screen but not in ''Radio Times'', presumably due to lack of space for those particular issues: Bill Starkey (Third Xeron) for the first episode, "The Space Museum"; Lawrence Dean and Ken Norris (Morok Guards) for all four episodes; and Michael Gordon, Edward Granville, David Wolliscroft and Bill Starkey (Xerons) for "The Search" and "The Final Phase". | ||
* The four episodes were produced at the same time that the feature film ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' was in production. | |||
* This story was ranked as ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' readers' least favourite [[First Doctor]] story in their [[2009]] and [[2014]] polls. In the other two polls, it was voted second-last. ([[DWM 589]]) | |||
* Moroks was a play on “moronic”, with Lobos' name suggested by the word “lobotomy”. | |||
* The Xerons were originally called Tharls, drawing on an archaic term for a slave or servant from which the modern “thrall” was derived. | |||
* The cause of the time distortion was originally a machine in the Morok processing room, rather than an issue with a TARDIS component. | |||
* It was decided early on that the serial would be a budget-saving exercise since ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'' had proved very costly. [[Mervyn Pinfield]] was brought in to direct, as his knowledge and expertise would help bring costs down. | |||
* Just before filming began, [[Dennis Spooner]] carried out further rewrites to the last episode, including ending it with a lead-in to ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]''. | |||
* The actors playing the Moroks wore fake eyebrows, as well as having their own eyebrows hidden by makeup. The fake eyebrows were not easy to work with, as they kept falling off. | |||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
| Line 205: | Line 217: | ||
=== Myths === | === Myths === | ||
* This was a low budget story due to the high cost of some of the other stories this season. ''(The story had a similar budget and cost about the same to make as the other | * This was a low budget story due to the high cost of some of the other stories this season. ''(The story had a similar budget and cost about the same to make as the other four-part stories at the time.)'' | ||
=== Filming locations === | === Filming locations === | ||
| Line 212: | Line 224: | ||
=== Production errors === | === Production errors === | ||
{{discontinuity}} | {{discontinuity}} | ||
* When | * When the main characters exit the TARDIS, their shadows can be seen across the mountains in the distance. | ||
* After | * After the travellers establish that they can't touch any of the exhibits, they hide behind a statue; as they do so, they bump into it and cause it to wobble. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor fixes the [[Time-Space Visualiser]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') and uses it again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fourth Wall (audio story)|The Fourth Wall]]'', ''[[The One Doctor (audio story)|The One Doctor]]'') The [[Faction Paradox]] use a similar device to show [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]] his future. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') | * The Doctor fixes the [[Time-Space Visualiser]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') and uses it again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fourth Wall (audio story)|The Fourth Wall]]'', ''[[The One Doctor (audio story)|The One Doctor]]'') The [[Faction Paradox]] use a similar device to show [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]] his future. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') | ||
* The TARDIS will jump its own [[time track]] again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Festival of Death (novel)|Festival of Death]]'', ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] also thinks at first that this may have occurred again when he, Amy and Rory start switching between two dreams that each seem real, but is | * The TARDIS will jump its own [[time track]] again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Festival of Death (novel)|Festival of Death]]'', ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] also thinks at first that this may have occurred again when he, Amy and Rory start switching between two dreams that each seem real, but is proven incorrect. ([[TV]]: ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'') | ||
* {{Champion}} was once an adviser to the [[Morok]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') | * {{Champion}} was once an adviser to the [[Morok]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') | ||
* The Doctor would later visit other "space museums". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'') | * The Doctor would later visit other "space museums". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'') | ||
| Line 223: | Line 235: | ||
== Home video and audio releases == | == Home video and audio releases == | ||
=== DVD releases === | === DVD releases === | ||
This story was first released on DVD in the [[UK]] on [[1 March (releases)|1 March]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] as part of a boxset with ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]''. The one disc set includes a [http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/SpaceMuseumChaseDVD.htm restored version] of the story, as well as the following special features: | |||
* Commentary by [[William Russell]] ([[Ian Chesterton|Ian]]), [[Maureen O'Brien]] ([[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]]), and writer [[Glyn Jones]], moderated by [[Peter Purves]] | |||
* ''[[Defending the Museum (documentary)|Defending the Museum]]'' - New series ''[[Doctor Who]]'' writer [[Robert Shearman]] provides a personal and robust defense of this often overlooked story | |||
* ''[[My Grandfather, the Doctor (documentary)|My Grandfather, the Doctor]]'' - [[Jessica Carney]] talks about the career of her grandfather, [[William Hartnell]] | |||
* ''A Holiday For The Doctor'' - Spoof comedy recreation of 1960s ''Doctor Who'', starring Christopher Green as actress Ida Barr | |||
* ''[[Radio Times]]'' Billings (PDF DVD-ROM - PC/Mac) | |||
* Production Information Subtitles | |||
* Photo Gallery | |||
* Coming Soon Trailer - ''[[Myths and Legends (DVD box set)|Myths and Legends]]'' | |||
Editing for the DVD release was completed by the [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]]. | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | ||
File:Bbcdvd-thespacemuseum.jpg|UK | File:Bbcdvd-thespacemuseum.jpg|Region 2 UK cover | ||
File:Bbcdvd-thespacemuseumthechase.jpg| | File:The-space-museum-AUS.jpg|Region 4 Australia cover | ||
The Space Museum and The Chase.jpg| | File:Bbcdvd-thespacemuseumthechase.jpg|The Space Museum/The Chase Region 2 Boxset | ||
The Space Museum and The Chase.jpg|The Space Museum/The Chase Region 4 Boxset | |||
Space museum chase us dvd.jpg|The Space Museum/The Chase Region 1 US cover | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== Blu-ray releases === | |||
The story was released on Blu-ray in the UK on [[5 December (releases)|5 December]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]], as part of the box set ''[[The Collection]]: [[Season 2 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season Two]]''. | |||
=== Digital releases === | === Digital releases === | ||
| Line 252: | Line 269: | ||
::NTSC - [[CBS/FOX Video]] 2000020 | ::NTSC - [[CBS/FOX Video]] 2000020 | ||
::NTSC - [[Warner Video]] E1399 | ::NTSC - [[Warner Video]] E1399 | ||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
928-Doctor-Who-The-Crusade-and-The-Space-Museum-UK-VHS.jpg|VHS box set cover | |||
The chase the space museum vhs.jpg|UK VHS Cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Audio releases === | |||
* This story was released on CD by BBC Audio in [[May (releases)|May]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] with linking narration and a bonus interview with [[Maureen O'Brien]]. | |||
* This story was re-released in September 2013 as part of the box set ''[[The TV Episodes - Collection Six]]''. | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
The Space Museum CD Soundtrack.jpg|CD release | |||
Lost TV Eps coll6 cover.jpg|The TV Episodes - Collection Six | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
| Line 264: | Line 295: | ||
* [http://www.eofftv.com/episodes/d/doctor_who/1st_doctor/space_museum_main.htm '''The Space Museum''' entry in Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film and Television] | * [http://www.eofftv.com/episodes/d/doctor_who/1st_doctor/space_museum_main.htm '''The Space Museum''' entry in Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film and Television] | ||
{{DWTV}} | {{DWTV}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who (1963) television stories]] | [[Category:Doctor Who (1963) television stories]] | ||
[[Category:1965 television stories]] | [[Category:1965 television stories]] | ||
| Line 276: | Line 304: | ||
[[Category:Morok stories]] | [[Category:Morok stories]] | ||
[[Category:Dalek television stories]] | [[Category:Dalek television stories]] | ||
[[he:מוזיאון החלל]] | |||
[[ru:Космический музей]] | |||