Galaxy 4 (TV story)

Galaxy 4
Doctor:	[[doctor::First Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Vicki Steven Taylor
Main enemy:	Drahvins
Main setting:	Unknown
Key crew
Writer:	William Emms
Director:	Derek Martinus Mervyn Pinfield (uncredited)
Producer:	Verity Lambert
Release details
Release number:	18
Premiere broadcast:	11th September - 2nd October 1965
Format:	4 25-minute Episodes Four Hundred Dawns Trap of Steel Air Lock The Exploding Planet
Production code:	T

Summary

The Doctor, Vicki, and Steven land on an unknown planet inhabited by the hideous Rills with their Chumbley robots and the beautiful Drahvins. The Drahvins try to enlist the Doctor's help to destroy the "evil" Rills, but who are the real villains? (For a more detailed summary click here)

Cast & Characters

• The Doctor - William Hartnell
• Steven Taylor - Peter Purves
• Vicki - Maureen O'Brien
• Maaga - Stephanie Bidmead
• Drahvin One - Marina Martin
• Drahvin Two - Susanna Carol
• Drahvin Three - Lyn Ashley
• Chumblies - Jimmy Kaye
• Chumblies - William Shearer
• Chumblies - Angelo Muscat
• Chumblies - Pepi Poupee
• Rill Voice - Robert Cartland
• Chumblies - Tommy Reynolds
• Garvey - Barry Jackson

Uncredited Cast

Crew

• Writer - William Emms
• Director - Derek Martinus
• Producer - Verity Lambert
• Script Editor - Donald Tosh
• Designer - Richard Hunt
• Assistant Floor Manager - Marjorie Yorke
• Assistant Floor Manager - Sue Willis
• Costumes - Daphne Dare
• Make-Up - Sonia Markham
• Production Assistant - Angela Gordon
• Special Sounds - Brian Hodgson
• Studio Lighting - Derek Hobday
• Studio Lighting - Ralph Walton
• Studio Sound - George Prince
• Theme Arrangement - Delia Derbyshire
• Title Music - Ron Grainer

Notes

• The working title for this story was The Chumblies
• All 4 episodes of this story have been lost, with only very limited material being held in the BBC archive
• 6 minutes worth of footage exists from Four Hundred Dawns.
• This story was nearly saved by negotiations for the story to be screened at a convention
• The surviving clips come from a number of sources including a "Lively Arts" documentary "Whose Doctor Who"
• The soundtrack for the serial is intact and has been released commercially, with linking narration provided by Peter Purves
• The BBC partly own the rights to the Drahvins as they were jointly credited to William Emms and Verity Lambert

Influences

• Morality plays
• Beauty and the Beast
• Brave New World
• Queen of Outer Space
• Journey into Space
• Lysistrata

More Info

• Story Synopsis
• Story Transcript
• Story Novelization
• Story Statistics
• Story in the Media

Public Releases

• DVD Release - This story has not yet been released on DVD.
• Video Release - This story has not been released on video due to the limited material which remains available

A reconstruction of this story has been made using the available images and audio by Loose Cannon Productions. For more information on this reconstruction and the material available click here