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== Cast ==
==Synopsis==
 
The TARDIS arrives in the future on the planet Pluto where there are now six suns, a breathable atmosphere and a large industrial community. The Company controls the planet and exploits the workers, pays them a pittance and then taxes them on everything imaginable. The Doctor and Leela join forces with an underground band of rebels led by a man named Mandrel.
 
 
 
== Crew ==
 
 
 
 
== Bad Guys ==
 
 
 
 
== Story Notes ==
 
 
 
=== Myths ===
 
== Statistics ==
 
 
 
=== Broadcast Dates ===
 
 
 
 
=== Duration ===
 
 
 
=== [[Ratings]] ===
 
 
 
 
== Continuity ==
[[Droge of Gabrielides]]
 
== Cultural References ==
 
 
 
 
=== Influences ===
 
 
 
 
== Location Filming ==
 
 
 
== Quotes ==
 
 
 
== Story Arcs ==


They learn that the head of the Company's operations on Pluto, represented by the human official Gatherer Hade, is an Usurian known as the Collector. The Usurians enslave planets through economic means and then fleece the inhabitants with exorbitant taxes. The Company keeps the citizens in line by diffusing a calming gas, PCM, through the air conditioning system.


The Doctor manages to stop this, and the workers then rise up against the Company and hurl Gatherer Hade to his death from the roof of a tall building. The Doctor meanwhile gains access to the Company computer and programs it to apply a two per cent growth tax. The Collector, unable to cope with the loss of his profits, reverts to his natural form - a type of poisonous fungus - and is rendered harmless.


==Plot==
''to be added''


== Errors and Plot Holes ==
==Cast==
*[[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
*[[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]]
*Voice of K9 - [[John Leeson]]
*Bisham - [[David Rowlands]]
*Collector - [[Henry Woolf]]
*Commander - [[Colin McCormack]]
*Cordo - [[Roy Macready]]
*Goudry - [[Michael Keating]]
*Guard - [[Tom Kelly]]
*Hade - [[Richard Leech]]
*Mandrel - [[William Simons]]
*Marn - [[Jonina Scott]]
*Nurse - [[Carole Hopkin]]
*Synge - [[Derek Crewe]]
*Veet - [[Adrienne Burgess]]


==Crew==
''to be added''


==References==
*[[Droge of Gabrielides]] once offered a star system for the Doctor's head.
*The [[Usurian]]s have a file on [[Gallifrey]].
*Usarians are listed in [[Gustous R Thripsted|Professor Thripsted's]] ''[[Flora and Fauna of the Universe]]''.


==Story Notes==
*Michael Keating (here playing Goudry) would later be cast as Vila in [[Blake's 7]] based partially on this performance.
*Most of the corridors were named after UK tax forms.


== More Info ==
===Ratings===
*Part 1 - 8.5 million
*Part 2 - 9.5 million
*Part 3 - 8.9 million
*Part 4 - 8.4 million


===Myths===
''to be added''


* [[The Sun Makers Synopsis | Story Synopsis]]
===Location Filming===
''to be added''


* [[The Sun Makers Transcript | Story Transcript]]
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
''to be added''


* [[The Sun Makers Novelization | Story Novelization]]
==Continuity==
''to be added''


* [[The Sun Makers DVD | DVD Release]]
==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
''to be added''


* [[The Sun Makers Video | Video Release]]
==Target Novelisations==
''to be added''


==See Also==
''to be added''


== External Links ==
==External Links==
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=4w Outpost Gallifrey '''The Sun Makers''' page]
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=4w Outpost Gallifrey '''The Sun Makers''' page]
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_4w.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Sun Makers''']
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_4w.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Sun Makers''']

Revision as of 08:18, 2 June 2007


Synopsis

The TARDIS arrives in the future on the planet Pluto where there are now six suns, a breathable atmosphere and a large industrial community. The Company controls the planet and exploits the workers, pays them a pittance and then taxes them on everything imaginable. The Doctor and Leela join forces with an underground band of rebels led by a man named Mandrel.

They learn that the head of the Company's operations on Pluto, represented by the human official Gatherer Hade, is an Usurian known as the Collector. The Usurians enslave planets through economic means and then fleece the inhabitants with exorbitant taxes. The Company keeps the citizens in line by diffusing a calming gas, PCM, through the air conditioning system.

The Doctor manages to stop this, and the workers then rise up against the Company and hurl Gatherer Hade to his death from the roof of a tall building. The Doctor meanwhile gains access to the Company computer and programs it to apply a two per cent growth tax. The Collector, unable to cope with the loss of his profits, reverts to his natural form - a type of poisonous fungus - and is rendered harmless.

Plot

to be added

Cast

Crew

to be added

References

Story Notes

  • Michael Keating (here playing Goudry) would later be cast as Vila in Blake's 7 based partially on this performance.
  • Most of the corridors were named after UK tax forms.

Ratings

  • Part 1 - 8.5 million
  • Part 2 - 9.5 million
  • Part 3 - 8.9 million
  • Part 4 - 8.4 million

Myths

to be added

Location Filming

to be added

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

to be added

Continuity

to be added

DVD, Video and Other Releases

to be added

Target Novelisations

to be added

See Also

to be added

External Links

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