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{{retitle|''Roland Rat: The Series | {{retitle|''Roland Rat: The Series Series 1, Episode Two'' (TV story)}} | ||
{{real world}} | {{real world}} | ||
{{ImageLinkTV}} | {{ImageLinkTV}} | ||
{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|image | |name = ''Roland Rat: The Series'' | ||
|season number | |image = Roland Rat continuity announcement.jpg | ||
| | |season number = Series 1 (Roland Rat: The Series) | ||
| | |series episode number = 2 | ||
|setting | |main character = [[Roland Rat]] | ||
|writer | |featuring = Sixth Doctor | ||
|director | |featuring2 = Ron Rat{{!}}Ron Rat | ||
|producer | |setting = [[The Ratcave]], [[King's Cross station]] | ||
|broadcast date | |writer = [[Colin Bostock-Smith]] | ||
|format | |director = [[Marcus Mortimer]] | ||
|clip | |producer = [[Marcus Mortimer]] | ||
|broadcast date = [[13 September (releases)|13 September]] [[1986 (releases)|1986]] | |||
|format = 1x25 minute episode | |||
|genre = Comedy | |||
|clip = | |||
}} | }} | ||
The '''second episode''' of the first series of {{wi|Roland Rat#BBC|Roland Rat: The Series}} produced by the [[BBC]],<ref name="TVDB">[https://www.thetvdb.com/series/roland-rat-the-series/allseasons/official ''Roland Rat: The Series - Aired Order'' on TVDB]</ref> sometimes mistakenly identified as the third,<ref name="Qsulis">[http://www.qsulis.org.uk/Website_Louise_Gold/Roland_Rat.htm ''Roland Rat'' on Qsulis]</ref> was broadcast on [[13 September (releases)|13 September]] [[1986 (releases)|1986]].<ref name="TVDB"/> | The '''second episode'''{{note|Documentation of the series is scarce online, with the appearance of the Sixth Doctor not even being noted on many television listing pages. This Wiki has instead found that the performance of [[Curiosity Killed The Cat]] within this episode is attributed to episode 2 by several sources, so the Wiki has identified the episode as such.}} of the [[Series 1 (Roland Rat: The Series)|first series]] of {{wi|Roland Rat#BBC|Roland Rat: The Series}} produced by the [[BBC]],<ref name="bbcgenome">[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_one_london/1986-09-13 Programme Index 13/09/1986 on genome.ch.bbc.co.uk]</ref> | ||
<ref name="TVDB">[https://www.thetvdb.com/series/roland-rat-the-series/allseasons/official ''Roland Rat: The Series - Aired Order'' on TVDB]</ref> sometimes mistakenly identified as the third,<ref name="Qsulis">[http://www.qsulis.org.uk/Website_Louise_Gold/Roland_Rat.htm ''Roland Rat'' on Qsulis]</ref> was broadcast on [[13 September (releases)|13 September]] [[1986 (releases)|1986]].<ref name="bbcgenome"/><ref name="TVDB"/> | |||
It was a notable [[crossover]] with the world of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It starred [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]].<ref name="Qsulis"/> | It was a notable [[crossover]] with the world of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]''. It starred [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]].<ref name="Qsulis"/> | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Revision as of 15:53, 26 April 2023
The second episode[nb 1] of the first series of Roland Rat: The Series produced by the BBC,[1] [2] sometimes mistakenly identified as the third,[3] was broadcast on 13 September 1986.[1][2]
It was a notable crossover with the world of Doctor Who. It starred Colin Baker as the the Doctor.[3]
Plot
The Sixth Doctor disdainfully introduces an episode of BBC3's Roland Rat: The Series, and then proceeds to inanely cry out "Yeeeaaah!" — Roland Rat's catchphrase.
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After the episode finishes, the Doctor is awoken by the prodding of a pole. He recaps the audience on what they had been watching, and then excitedly tells them to switch over to BBC1 to watch Doctor Who, which he refers to as "the series". Ron Rat jumps up, calling Doctor Who "rubbish" — an act for which the Doctor attempts to murder Ron, using a ray-gun he just happens to have on his person. Fortunately for Ron, the Doctor is a lousy shot.
Cast
Crew
- Writer - Colin Bostock-Smith[source needed]
- Director - Marcus Mortimer[source needed]
- Producer - Marcus Mortimer[source needed]
- Music - Matt Aitken, Mike Stock, Pete Waterman[source needed]
References
- The Doctor compares the Dalek, Cybermen, and even "Wogan from the planet Shepherd's Bush" and green slimy things to Roland Rat: The Series.
Story notes
- Despite the series the special was featured in, Roland Rat himself did not appear.
- The Doctor is depicted trying to murder Ron Rat for insulting Doctor Who.
- The story was broadcast in conjunction with The Trial of a Time Lord, with the Doctor wearing his stripy waistcoat and yellow star-speckled necktie from Terror of the Vervoids.
Continuity
- The Eleventh Doctor later went on television and mentioned Doctor Who. (TV: The Doctor Drops In, The Doctor Appears)
Footnotes
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Category:Stories that crossover with non-DWU series
Category:1986 television stories
Category:Sixth Doctor television stories
Category:Stories about Doctor Who
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