The Moonbase (TV story)

The Moonbase
Doctor:	[[doctor::Second Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Ben Jackson Polly Jamie McCrimmon
Main enemy:	The Cybermen
Main setting:	The Moon, 2070
Key crew
Writer:	Kit Pedler
Director:	Morris Barry
Producer:	Innes Lloyd
Release details
Release number:	33
Premiere broadcast:	11th February - 4th March 1967
Format:	4 25-minute Episodes
Production code:	HH

Synopsis

A mysterious virus is wrecking havoc among the crew of the Earth's weather control station on the moon. While investigations into the strange disease are in progress, International Space Headquarters Earth puts the entire Moonbase into strict quarantine - the Doctor, Ben, Polly and Jamie included!

To take matters worse, the personnel of the Moonbase inexplicably vanish, and vital weather control equipment is sabotaged. Who is responsible? The Director of the base suspects the time-travellers. But the Doctor fears a ruthless enemy from his own past responsible... that the evil Cybermen have returned...

References

1888, acetone, crater, cybermat, flying saucer, Earth, Glasgow, gravity, Gravitron, Hawaii, hurricane, International Space Control, Joseph Lister, Mars, oxygen, Pacific Ocean, Phantom Piper, plastic, spacesuit, sugar, virus

Cast

• The Doctor - Patrick Troughton
• Ben Jackson - Michael Craze
• Polly - Anneke Wills
• Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines
• Hobson - Patrick Barr
• Benoit - Andre Maranne
• Nils - Michael Wolf
• Sam - John Rolfe
• Voice from Space Control - Alan Rowe
• Ralph - Mark Heath
• Dr. Evans - Alan Rowe
• Scientists - Barry Ashton, Derek Calder, Arnold Chazen, Leon Maybank, Victor Pemberton, Edward Phillips, Ron Pinnell, Robin Scott, Alan Wells
• Voice of Controller Rinberg - Denis McCarthy
• Cybermen - John Wills, Sonnie Willis, Peter Greene, Keith Goodman, Reg Whitehead
• Cybermen Voices - Peter Hawkins

Crew

• Assistant Floor Manager - Lovett Bickford
• Costumes - Sandra Reid, Mary Woods, Daphne Dare
• Designer - Colin Shaw
• Film Cameraman - Peter Hamilton
• Film Editor - Ted Walter
• Make-Up - Gillian James, Jeanne Richmond
• Producer - Innes Lloyd
• Production Assistant - Desmond McCarthy
• Script Editor - Gerry Davis
• Special Sounds - Brian Hodgson
• Studio Lighting - Dave Sydenham
• Studio Sound - Gordon Mackie
• Theme Arrangement - Delia Derbyshire
• Title Music - Ron Grainer

External links

• Outpost Gallifrey The Moonbase page
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of The Moonbase
• The Moonbase transcripts
• Photonovel of The Moonbase on the BBC website
• The Moonbase' BBC episode guide
• A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to The Moonbase