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{{Infobox TV|
{{Infobox ClassicTV|
story name= Colony in Space |
story name= Colony in Space |
image= [[Image:Colonyinspace_title.jpg|250px]]|
image= [[Image:Colonyinspace_title.jpg|250px]]|
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]] |
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]] |
number= 58 |
number= [[Season 8]]|
story number= 58|
doctor=[[Third Doctor]] |
doctor=[[Third Doctor]] |
companions= [[Jo Grant]] <br/>[[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]|
companions= [[Jo Grant]] <br/>[[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]|
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==References==
==References==
*[[The Master]] pretends to be an [[Adjudicator]].
*[[The Master]] pretends to be an [[Adjudicator]].
*[[The Master's TARDIS]] is a more advanced model than [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor's]].
*The [[Time Lord]]s secretly send the Doctor to [[Uxarieus]], since they're aware that the Master has stolen the [[Doomsday Weapon]] report and the file on the planet.
* The Uxariens have mutated into three varieties, all [[psychic]], the highest of which can communicate and [[teleport]] small items.


===[[:Category:Organizations|Organizations]]===
===[[:Category:Organizations|Organizations]]===
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===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]]===
===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]]===
*The Doctor recognises the planet [[Uxarieus]].
*The Doctor recognises the planet [[Uxarieus]].
*[[Earth]] during this period is home to 100 billion people, and is polluted, with a repressive government.


==Story Notes==
==Story Notes==
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===Myths===
===Myths===
''to be added''
*The main action of this story takes place on the planet Exarius. ''(The name given to the planet in Malcolm Hulke's script for Episode One is '''Uxarieus'''.)''


===Location Filming===
===Filming Locations===
*Cornwall, St Austell
*Old Baal Clay Pit, Carclaze, Cornwall
*[[BBC Television Centre]] (Studio 3 & 4), Shepherd's Bush, [[London]]


===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
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==Continuity==
==Continuity==
* The Adjundicators are expanded upon in ''[[NA]]:'' [[Lucifer Rising]] and [[Original Sin]].
* The Adjundicators are expanded upon in [[NA]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'' and ''[[Original Sin]]''.
*This is the first time since [[The War Games]] that the TARDIS has been to another planet.
*This is the first time since [[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'' that the TARDIS has been to another planet.


==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
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==Target Novelisations==
==Target Novelisations==
*This story was novelised as [[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]] in [[1974]] by [[Malcolm Hulke]].  
*This story was novelised as ''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]'' in [[1974]] by [[Malcolm Hulke]].  


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/colonyinspace/ Official BBC Episode Guide for'''Colony in Space''']
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=3h Outpost Gallifrey '''Colony in Space''' page]
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=3h Outpost Gallifrey '''Colony in Space''' page]
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_3h.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Colony in Space''']
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_3h.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Colony in Space''']
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/colonyinspace/ BBC '''Colony in Space''' page]
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/hhh.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to '''Colony in Space''']
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/hhh.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to '''Colony in Space''']
*[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/stories/colonyinspace The Locations Guide to Doctor Who - '''Colony in Space''']


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Revision as of 13:56, 29 April 2008


Synopsis

The Time Lords discover that the Master has stolen their secret file on the Doomsday Weapon and decide to send the Doctor to retrieve it for them.

The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Jo to the desolate planet Uxarieus in the year 2472. There they become involved in a dispute between some beleaguered colonists and the crew of an Interplanetary Mining Corporation (IMC) spaceship over the ownership rights to the planet. The Doctor learns that the indigenous Primitives and their High Priests worship a large machine tended by a creature called the Guardian.

The Master meanwhile arrives in the guise of an Adjudicator sent from Earth to decide the fate of the planet. He forces the Doctor to take him to the Primitives' underground city, where they learn that the machine is in fact the Doomsday Weapon, capable of destroying entire planets. Its radiation emissions have brought about the decline of the Guardian's race and are also responsible for the crop failures that the colonists have been experiencing.

The Doctor persuades the Guardian to destroy the Weapon rather than let it fall into the Master's hands. The two Time Lords get clear just in time as the machine explodes, and the Master then escapes in his TARDIS. The colonists, meanwhile, attack the IMC men and force them to surrender.

Plot

to be added

Cast

Crew

References

Organizations

  • IMC has a mining contract for Uxarieus.

Planets

  • The Doctor recognises the planet Uxarieus.
  • Earth during this period is home to 100 billion people, and is polluted, with a repressive government.

Story Notes

  • The TARDIS pops in and out rather than fading in and out. (It has been suggested this is because it was under the Time Lord's control)

Ratings

  • Episode 1 - 7.6 million viewers
  • Episode 2 - 8.5 million viewers
  • Episode 3 - 9.5 million viewers
  • Episode 4 - 8.1 million viewers
  • Episode 5 - 8.8 million viewers
  • Episode 6 - 8.7 million viewers

Myths

  • The main action of this story takes place on the planet Exarius. (The name given to the planet in Malcolm Hulke's script for Episode One is Uxarieus.)

Filming Locations

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

to be added

Continuity

DVD, Video and Other Releases

to be added

Target Novelisations

External Links

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