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| {{Infobox ClassicTV|
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| story name= The Moonbase|
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| image=[[Image:The_Moonbase.jpg|250px]] |
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| series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[TV stories|TV Stories]] |
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| number= [[Season 4]]|
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| story number= 33|
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| doctor=[[Second Doctor]] |
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| companions= [[Ben Jackson]]<br/>[[Polly]]<br/>[[Jamie McCrimmon]]|
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| enemy= [[Cybermen|The Cybermen]]|
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| year= [[The Moon]], [[2070]]|
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| writer= [[Kit Pedler]] |
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| director= [[Morris Barry]] |
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| producer= [[Innes Lloyd]] |
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| broadcast date= [[11th February]] - [[4th March]] [[1967]] |
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| format= 4 25-minute Episodes |
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| production code= [[List of production codes|HH]]|
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| previous story= [[The Underwater Menace]]|
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| next story= [[The Macra Terror]] }}
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| {{Quote|There are some corners of the Universe which have bred the most terrible things. Things which act against everything we believe in. They must be fought.|The Doctor}}
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| '''The Moonbase''' was the sixth story of [[Season 4]] of ''Doctor Who''. The return appearance of the [[Cybermen]] solidified their place as one of the series' key villains. This story was the first in ''Doctor Who'' history with sequences taking place on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon]].
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| ==Synopsis==
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| The TARDIS arrives in 2070 AD on the Moon, where a weather control station under the command of a man named Hobson is in the grip of a plague epidemic - in reality the result of an alien poison planted by the Cybermen. Jamie succumbs to the plague and is contained to the infirmary leaving the Doctor,Ben to fight off a mass Cyberman attack.
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| ==Plot==
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| Episode 1
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| The Tardis makes a bumpy landing on the Moon in the year 2070,and dressed in spacesuits the second doctor and his companions Jamie Polly and Ben venture outside and enjoy the low gravity enviroment.Jamie is injured when they fool around.
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| The only building on the moons surface is the moonbase a weather tracking station.
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| ==Cast==
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| * [[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Patrick Troughton]]
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| * [[Ben Jackson]] - [[Michael Craze]]
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| * [[Polly]] - [[Anneke Wills]]
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| * [[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]]
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| * [[Jack Hobson|Hobson]] - [[Patrick Barr]]
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| * [[Roger Benoit|Benoit]] - [[Andre Maranne]]
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| * [[Nils]] - [[Michael Wolf]]
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| * [[Sam Becket|Sam]] - [[John Rolfe]]
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| * Voice from [[Space Control]] - [[Alan Rowe]]
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| * [[Ralph]] - [[Mark Heath]]
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| * [[Evans|Dr. Evans]] - [[Alan Rowe]]
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| * Scientists - [[Barry Ashton]], [[Derek Calder]], [[Arnold Chazen]], [[Leon Maybank]], [[Victor Pemberton]], [[Edward Phillips]], [[Ron Pinnell]], [[Robin Scott]], [[Alan Wells]]
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| * Voice of Controller [[Rinberg]] - [[Denis McCarthy]]
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| * [[Cybermen]] - [[John Maxim|John Wills]], [[Sonnie Willis]], [[Peter Greene]], [[Keith Goodman]], [[Reg Whitehead]]
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| * Cybermen Voices - [[Peter Hawkins]]
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| ==Crew==
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| *[[Assistant Floor Manager]] - [[Lovett Bickford]]
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| *[[Costumes]] - [[Sandra Reid]], [[Mary Woods]], [[Daphne Dare]]
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| *[[Designer]] - [[Colin Shaw]]
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| *[[Film Cameraman]] - [[Peter Hamilton]]
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| *[[Film Editor]] - [[Ted Walter]]
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| *[[Make-Up]] - [[Gillian James]], [[Jeanne Richmond]]
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| *[[Producer]] - [[Innes Lloyd]]
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| *[[Production Assistant]] - [[Desmond McCarthy]]
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| *[[Script Editor]] - [[Gerry Davis]]
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| *[[Special Sounds]] - [[Brian Hodgson]]
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| *[[Studio Lighting]] - [[Dave Sydenham]]
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| *[[Studio Sound]] - [[Gordon Mackie]]
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| *[[Theme Arrangement]] - [[Delia Derbyshire]]
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| *[[Title Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]]
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| ==References==
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| ===[[:Category:Cybermen|Cybermen]]===
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| *[[Cybermat]]
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| ===[[:Category:Earth technology|Earth technology]]===
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| *The [[Moonbase]] was established around [[2050]] to control the [[Earth]]'s weather via the Gravitron.
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| *The [[Gravitron]] runs on [[thermonuclear]] power and manipulates [[gravity]].
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| ===[[:Category:Food and Beverages|Food and Beverages]]===
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| *The [[virus]] is in the [[sugar]].
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| *Polly serves much [[Coffee]] and [[Tea]].
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| ===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]]===
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| *The Moonbase is on [[the Moon]].
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| ===[[:Category:Science|Science]]===
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| *The Cybermen shoot a hole in the Moonbase, suddenly making it lose [[oxygen]].
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| *The Cybermen's chest unit appears to be made of a kind of [[plastic]].
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| ===[[:Category:Timeline|Timeline]]===
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| *The Doctor mentions that he studied under [[Joseph Lister|Lister]] in [[Glasgow]] in [[1888]].
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| ==Story Notes==
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| *Working title; '''The Return of the Cybermen'''.
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| *This is the first story in which [[John Levene]] (who later played Sergeant Benton) appears.
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| *In an early edit of the script the Cybermen had names.
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| *Talkback from the headphones of the crew on the studio floor is clearly audible at times during episode four (the same problem as had earlier caused the opening episode of the first Dalek story to have to be remounted) - for example, a voice can be clearly heard saying 'cue' at the start of the scene where the controlled scientists are first activated by the Cybermen.
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| ===Ratings===
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| *Episode 1 - 8.1 million viewers
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| *Episode 2 - 8.9 million viewers
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| *Episode 3 - 8.2 million viewers
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| *Episode 4 - 8.1 million viewers
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| ===Myths===
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| ''to be added''
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| ===Filming Locations===
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| *[[Ealing Television Film Studios]], Ealing Green, Ealing
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| *[[Riverside Studios]], Hammersmith, [[London]]
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| *[[Lime Grove Studio D|Lime Grove Studios (Studio D)]]
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| ===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
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| *The Cybermen's spaceships look like paper plates held up by string.
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| *In episode four, when Evans sneaks into the Gravitron control room, he puts the cloth helmet on back to front (in the next scene it's the right way round).
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| ==Continuity==
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| *The final clip of the episode leads into [[DW]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]''.
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| *The Cybermen shoot energy from their hands, this style is later repeated in [[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]''.
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| *There are various references to [[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]''.
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| ==Timeline==
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| *This story occurs after [[The Underwater Menace]]
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| *This story occurs before [[The Macra Terror]]
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| ==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
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| *The two surviving episodes (2 and 4) were released on the [[Cybermen: The Early Years]] video.
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| *The surviving episodes were also released on the [[Lost in Time]] DVD, along with full audio of the two missing episodes.
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| ==Novelisation==
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| [[Image:Cybermen novel.jpg|right|75px]]
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| : ''Main article: [[Doctor Who and the Cybermen]]''
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| *Novelised as ''[[Doctor Who and the Cybermen]]'' by [[Gerry Davis]] in [[1975]].
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| ==See also==
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| *[[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]''
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| *[[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]''
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| *[[NA]]: ''[[Iceberg]]''
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/moonbase/ Official BBC Episode Guide for '''The Moonbase''']
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| * [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=hh Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide: '''The Moonbase''']
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| * [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_2h.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - '''The Moonbase''']
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| * [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/hh.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to '''The Moonbase''']
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| *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/moonbase/ Photonovel of '''The Moonbase''' on the BBC website]
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| *[http://homepages.bw.edu/~jcurtis/Scripts/Moonbase/intro.html '''The Moonbase''' transcripts]
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| {{Cyberman stories}}
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| {{season 4}}
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| {{TV stub}}
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| [[Category:Second Doctor episodes|Moonbase, The]]
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| [[Category:Cybermen episodes|Moonbase, The]]
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| [[Category:1967 television stories|Moonbase]]
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| [[Category:Stories set in 2070|Moonbase]]
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| [[Category:Stories set on the Moon|Moonbase]]
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| [[Category:Missing episodes|Moonbase]]
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