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{{Infobox TV|
{{Infobox ClassicTV|
story name= Four to Doomsday |
story name= Four to Doomsday |
image= [[Image:Fourtodoomsday_title.jpg|250px]] |
image= [[Image:Fourtodoomsday_title.jpg|250px]] |
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]] <br> [[Season 19]] |
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]]|
number= 118 |
number= [[Season 19]]|
story number= 118|
doctor=[[Fifth Doctor]] |
doctor=[[Fifth Doctor]] |
companions= [[Adric]], [[Tegan]], [[Nyssa]] |
companions= [[Adric]], [[Tegan]], [[Nyssa]] |
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*[[Urbanka]] is in the solar system [[Inokshi]] in [[Galaxy 1489]].
*[[Urbanka]] is in the solar system [[Inokshi]] in [[Galaxy 1489]].
*The Doctor was a friend of [[Francis Drake]].
*The Doctor was a friend of [[Francis Drake]].
*The Doctor demonstrates that he can survive (for a short time) exposed to the vacuum of [[space]].
*The Doctor states that only his Professor at the [[Time Lord Academy|Academy]] really understood [[artron energy]], which powers the [[TARDIS]].
*Nyssa is skilled in [[bioengineering]] and [[cybernetics]].


==Story Notes==
==Story Notes==
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===Filming Locations===
===Filming Locations===
''to be added''
*[[BBC Television Centre]] ([[List of stories recorded at BBC Television Centre|TC6]]), Shepherd's Bush, [[London]]


===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
*Tegan is able to draw very quickly and incredibly detailed sketches in less than a minute.
*Tegan is able to draw very quickly and incredibly detailed sketches in less than a minute.
*Tegan is able to speak one of 3000 Aboriginal languages...but also one over 35,000 years old. ''Maybe she had the use of oral tradition and she was Aborigine-descended''
*Tegan is able to speak one of 3000 Aboriginal languages...but also one over 35,000 years old. ''Maybe she had the use of oral tradition and she was Aborigine-descended''
*The TARDIS is unable to translate Aboriginese; it is generally assumed that the TARDIS translates all languages for the Doctor and his companions.
*The TARDIS is unable to translate Aborigine's language; it is generally assumed that the TARDIS translates all languages for the Doctor and his companions.


==Continuity==
==Continuity==
*[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]] mimics the Doctor's amazing abilities with a cricket ball.
*[[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' mimics the Doctor's amazing abilities with a cricket ball.
*This story demonstrated The Doctor's never before seen ablility to survive unprotected in the vacuum of space.
*The Doctor previous displayed an ability to survive exposure to a vacuum in space in [[DW]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden]]''.


==DVD and Video Releases==
==DVD and Video Releases==
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* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=5w Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide: '''Four to Doomsday''']
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=5w Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide: '''Four to Doomsday''']
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_5w.htm  Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - '''Four to Doomsday''']
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_5w.htm  Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - '''Four to Doomsday''']
*[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5w.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) entry for '''Four to Doomsday''']
*[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5w.html A Brief History of Time (Travel): '''Four to Doomsday''']


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Revision as of 13:19, 11 September 2008


Synopsis

The TARDIS arrives on board a huge spaceship where the Doctor and his companions encounter the frog-like Urbankans and a population of human androids. The androids are drawn from four different ethnic groups - Greek (led by Bigon), Chinese (led by Lin Futu), Mayan (led by Villagra) and Aboriginal Australian (led by Kurkutji) - and perform regular displays of dance and other rituals termed 'recreationals'.

The Urbankans' leader, Monarch, aided by his ministers Persuasion and Enlightenment, is engaged in a complex scheme to plunder from Earth the raw materials needed to enable him to travel back in time and thereby confirm his belief in his own status as the universe's divine creator.

Monarch has a poison that he intends to use to conquer humanity so that Earth can be repopulated with his androids. The Doctor, however, throws a canister of the poison at Monarch, causing him to shrink away to virtually nothing.

Plot

to be added

Cast

Crew

References

Story Notes

  • This was the first Fifth Doctor story to be filmed.
  • Working title for this story was Day of Wrath.

Ratings

  • Part 1 - 8.4 million viewers
  • Part 2 - 8.8 million viewers
  • Part 3 - 8.9 million viewers
  • Part 4 - 9.4 million viewers

Myths

to be added

Filming Locations

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

  • Tegan is able to draw very quickly and incredibly detailed sketches in less than a minute.
  • Tegan is able to speak one of 3000 Aboriginal languages...but also one over 35,000 years old. Maybe she had the use of oral tradition and she was Aborigine-descended
  • The TARDIS is unable to translate Aborigine's language; it is generally assumed that the TARDIS translates all languages for the Doctor and his companions.

Continuity

  • DW: Human Nature mimics the Doctor's amazing abilities with a cricket ball.
  • The Doctor previous displayed an ability to survive exposure to a vacuum in space in DW: Nightmare of Eden.

DVD and Video Releases

Four to Doomsday is due to be released on the 15th September 2008.

Region 2 cover

Novelisation

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Main article: Four to Doomsday (novelisation)


External Links

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