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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
A sixth Doctors regeneration is going wrong, causing the Doctor to become a hermit and go into insolation. But instead he lands of a planet where twins have been kidnapped by a giant slug creature, in order for the slug to be able to rise up and spread his kind throughout the known universe.
A race of giant gastropods has taken over the planet Jaconda. Their leader, Mestor, now intends to cause an enormous explosion in order to spread his people's eggs throughout the galaxy, and he kidnaps juvenile twin geniuses from Earth to work out the necessary mathematical equations. Space fighters led by Lieutenant Hugo Lang are dispatched to get the twins back, but they come under attack and Lang is the sole survivor when his ship crashes on the asteroid Titan 3.


<<A bit vague, but better than the last one. Can someone please write a better one soon)
A newly regenerated Doctor and Peri become involved and help Jaconda's elderly former ruler Professor Edgeworth, who is really a Time Lord named Azmael, to defeat Mestor and free the planet's bird-like indigenous people from the gastropods' reign of terror. Azmael, however, sacrifices his life in the process.


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==References==
==References==
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*[[Fiesta 95]] is a holiday planet.


==Story Notes==
==Story Notes==
* A new more colourful title sequence debuts in this story.
*New opening and closing title sequences make their debut a more colourful version than the previous one, incorporating Colin Baker's face rather than Peter Davison's designed by [[Sid Sutton]] and [[Terry Handley]].
*The cat badge worn by the Doctor in his lapel for this story was hand-made and painted by [[Suzie Trevor]], and purchased for the programme from a specialist badge shop in central London.
*Fabian was originally envisaged as a male character, and the Jocondan Chamberlain as a female one.


===Ratings===
===Ratings===
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*Part 1 - 7.6 million viewers
*Part 2 - 7.4 million viewers
*Part 3 - 7.0 million viewers
*Part 4 - 6.3 million viewers


===Myths===
===Myths===
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*The Edgeworth character was originally intended to be the first Doctor. ''(He wasn't.)''


===Location Filming===
===Filming Locations===
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''to be added''


===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
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*The altered revitaliser machine sends Peri 10 seconds back in time, and thus... back to the TARDIS?


==Continuity==
==Continuity==
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==Target Novelisations==
==Target Novelisations==
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*Novelised as ''[[The Twin Dilemma (novelisation)|The Twin Dilemma]]'' in [[1985]] by [[Eric Saward]].


==External Links==
==External Links==
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/twindilemma/ Official BBC Episode Guide for '''The Twin Dilemma''']
*[http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=6s Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide: '''The Twin Dilemma''']
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_6s.htm  Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - '''The Twin Dilemma''']
*[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/6s.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) entry for '''The Twin Dilemma''']




Revision as of 02:48, 6 February 2008


Synopsis

A race of giant gastropods has taken over the planet Jaconda. Their leader, Mestor, now intends to cause an enormous explosion in order to spread his people's eggs throughout the galaxy, and he kidnaps juvenile twin geniuses from Earth to work out the necessary mathematical equations. Space fighters led by Lieutenant Hugo Lang are dispatched to get the twins back, but they come under attack and Lang is the sole survivor when his ship crashes on the asteroid Titan 3.

A newly regenerated Doctor and Peri become involved and help Jaconda's elderly former ruler Professor Edgeworth, who is really a Time Lord named Azmael, to defeat Mestor and free the planet's bird-like indigenous people from the gastropods' reign of terror. Azmael, however, sacrifices his life in the process.

Plot

to be added

Cast

Crew

References

Story Notes

  • New opening and closing title sequences make their debut a more colourful version than the previous one, incorporating Colin Baker's face rather than Peter Davison's designed by Sid Sutton and Terry Handley.
  • The cat badge worn by the Doctor in his lapel for this story was hand-made and painted by Suzie Trevor, and purchased for the programme from a specialist badge shop in central London.
  • Fabian was originally envisaged as a male character, and the Jocondan Chamberlain as a female one.

Ratings

  • Part 1 - 7.6 million viewers
  • Part 2 - 7.4 million viewers
  • Part 3 - 7.0 million viewers
  • Part 4 - 6.3 million viewers

Myths

  • The Edgeworth character was originally intended to be the first Doctor. (He wasn't.)

Filming Locations

to be added

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

  • The altered revitaliser machine sends Peri 10 seconds back in time, and thus... back to the TARDIS?

Continuity

to be added

DVD and Video Releases

to be added

Target Novelisations

External Links


Television

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