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story name= State of Decay|
story name= State of Decay|
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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]] |
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number= [[Season 18]]|
number= [[Season 18]]|
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==References==
==References==
===[[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]]===
*The Doctor tells Romana ''"There was once an old [[hermit]] from the mountains of [[South Gallifrey]]..."'' who used to tell him [[ghost]] stories, one of which was about the [[Great Vampire]].
===[[:Category:Gallifrey|Gallifrey]]===
*Romana used to work in the [[Bureau of Ancient Records]] and once saw a reference to the [[Record of Rassilon]].
*Romana used to work in the [[Bureau of Ancient Records]] and once saw a reference to the [[Record of Rassilon]].
*The Record of Rassilon is held on magnetic card in [[Type 40]] [[TARDIS]]es.
*The Record of Rassilon is held on magnetic card in [[Type 40]] [[TARDIS]]es.
:*It speaks of [[bowship]]s.
:*It speaks of [[bowship]]s.
*The [[Earth]] ship ''[[Hydrax]]'' was en route to [[Beta Two]] in the [[Perugellis sector]] when it was drawn through the [[CVE]] into [[E-space]] by the [[Great Vampire]], using the science officer [[Aukon|Anthony O'Connor]] as a conduit.
 
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]===
*The Great Vampire use the science officer [[Aukon|Anthony O'Connor]] as a conduit to draw the ''Hydrax'' through to E-Space.
 
===[[:Category:Spacecraft|Spacecraft]]===
*The [[Earth]] ship ''[[Hydrax]]'' was en route to [[Beta Two]] in the [[Perugellis sector]] when it was drawn through the [[CVE]] into [[E-space]] by the [[Great Vampire]].
*Rassilon created [[bow ship]]s which fired bolts of steel to kill the vampires.
 
===[[:Category:Vampires|Vampires]]===
*K-9's memory contains [[vampire]] legends from 17 inhabited [[planet]]s.
*A directive (of Rassilon) states that the vampires are ''"the enemy of [[Time Lord|our people]], and of all living things"''.
*Vampire [[cardiovascular system]]s are very complex and can only be killed by a direct blow to the [[heart]].
*During Rassilon's war against the vampires all by one was destroyed (the [[Great Vampire]]).


==Story Notes==
==Story Notes==
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*[[BBC Television Centre]] (TC3 & TC6), Shepherd's Bush, [[London]]
*[[BBC Television Centre]] (TC3 & TC6), Shepherd's Bush, [[London]]


===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
===Production errors===
{{discontinuity}}
{{discontinuity}}
*The Doctor says the Tower decor is rococo when actually it's late Saxon/early Romanesque.
*In part three, Tarak bursts into the Doctor's cell, catching him across the nose with the door (Tom Baker appears slightly stunned, and misses his next cue because he was really struck by the door).
*In part three, Tarak bursts into the Doctor's cell, catching him across the nose with the door (Tom Baker appears slightly stunned, and misses his next cue because he was really struck by the door).
*In the cliffhanger to part one there are hundreds if not thousands of bats - who seem to conveniently dissapear before the reprise in episode 2, of of these bats falls to the floor and does is still.


==Continuity==
==Continuity==
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==DVD and Video Releases==
==DVD and Video Releases==
* State of Decay was released by BBC Worldwide on video as part of a boxed set featuring; [[Full Circle]], State of Decay and [[Warriors' Gate]].
===DVD releases===
*State of Decay has been released as a box set alongside Full Circle and Warriors Gate. The box set in titled [[The E-Space Trilogy]].
*State of Decay has been released as a box set alongside ''Full Circle'' and ''Warriors' Gate''. The box set in titled [[The E-Space Trilogy]].
Notes:
Notes:
* Editing for DVD release completed by [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]].
* Editing for DVD release completed by [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]].
<gallery>
File:The E-Space Trilogy DVD UK cover.jpg|DVD UK box set cover
File:The E-Space Trilogy DVD Australian cover.jpg|DVD Australian box set cover
File:The E-Space Trilogy DVD US cover.jpg|DVD US box set cover
</gallery>
===Video releases===
* State of Decay was released by BBC Worldwide on video as part of a boxed set featuring; ''[[Full Circle]]'', ''State of Decay'' and ''[[Warriors' Gate]]''.
<gallery>
File:The E-Space Trilogy VHS UK cover.jpg|VHS UK box set cover
File:The E-Space Trilogy VHS Australian cover.jpg|VHS Australian box set cover
File:E-Space Trilogy VHS US cover.jpg|VHS US box set cover
</gallery>


==Novelisation==
==Novelisation==

Revision as of 08:27, 27 April 2010


Synopsis

The Doctor, Romana, K9 and Adric - an Outler from Alzarius who has stowed away aboard the TARDIS - arrive on a planet where the native villagers live in fear of 'the Wasting' and of three Lords named Zargo, Camilla and Aukon who rule from an imposing Tower. The Lords are soon revealed to be vampire servants of the last of the Great Vampires, a race referred to in Time Lord mythology.

The Great Vampire is about to be revived from its resting place beneath the Tower - in fact the spaceship in which the Lords, in their original human forms, came to E-Space - but the Doctor launches one of the ship's three shuttle craft and it pierces the heart of the creature, killing it. The Lords, deprived of their master, crumble to dust.

Plot

to be added

Cast

Crew

References

The Doctor

Gallifrey

Individuals

  • The Great Vampire use the science officer Anthony O'Connor as a conduit to draw the Hydrax through to E-Space.

Spacecraft

Vampires

  • K-9's memory contains vampire legends from 17 inhabited planets.
  • A directive (of Rassilon) states that the vampires are "the enemy of our people, and of all living things".
  • Vampire cardiovascular systems are very complex and can only be killed by a direct blow to the heart.
  • During Rassilon's war against the vampires all by one was destroyed (the Great Vampire).

Story Notes

  • The story was originally entitled The Witch Lords and was written by Dicks to open Season 15. At that time (mid-1977) the BBC was preparing to mount a major production of Dracula and so cancelled the story. Dicks' replacement script was Horror of Fang Rock. The script was kept and then put into production. Dicks struggled however to add Adric into it.
  • This is the second story in the 'E-Space Trilogy'.
  • Working titles for this story included; The Wasting, The Vampire Mutations and The Witch Lords.
  • For the only time during his era as the Doctor, Tom Baker had to have his hair permed before filming commenced. It had lost its natural curl due to the actor being in ill health.

Ratings

  • Part 1 - 5.8 million viewers
  • Part 2 - 5.3 million viewers
  • Part 3 - 4.4 million viewers
  • Part 4 - 5.4 million viewers

Myths

  • This story's location scenes were shot at Black Park near Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire. (They were shot at Burnham Beeches near Amersham, also in Buckinghamshire - it was Full Circle's location scenes that were shot at Black Park.)

Filming Locations

  • Burnham Beeches, Burnham, Buckinghamshire
  • Lucas CAV, Acton, London
  • KJP Trading, 250 Western Avenue, Acton, London
  • BBC Television Centre (TC3 & TC6), Shepherd's Bush, London

Production errors

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.
  • In part three, Tarak bursts into the Doctor's cell, catching him across the nose with the door (Tom Baker appears slightly stunned, and misses his next cue because he was really struck by the door).

Continuity

DVD and Video Releases

DVD releases

  • State of Decay has been released as a box set alongside Full Circle and Warriors' Gate. The box set in titled The E-Space Trilogy.

Notes:

  • DVD UK box set cover

    DVD UK box set cover

  • DVD Australian box set cover

    DVD Australian box set cover

  • DVD US box set cover

    DVD US box set cover

Video releases

  • State of Decay was released by BBC Worldwide on video as part of a boxed set featuring; Full Circle, State of Decay and Warriors' Gate.
  • VHS UK box set cover

    VHS UK box set cover

  • VHS Australian box set cover

    VHS Australian box set cover

  • VHS US box set cover

    VHS US box set cover

Novelisation

State of Decay novel.jpg
Main article: Doctor Who and the State of Decay

See also

Vampire stories

External Links

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