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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Episode one === | === Episode one === | ||
[[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] watches from the beach as the Doctor and Jamie row back to the floating TARDIS. The police box shoots up into the sky like a rocket, leaving her behind to start her new life with [[Frank Harris|Frank]] and [[Maggie Harris]] in England, 1968. | [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] watches from the beach as [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] row back to the floating [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]. The police box shoots up into the sky like a rocket, leaving her behind to start her new life with [[Frank Harris|Frank]] and [[Maggie Harris]] in England, 1968. | ||
The TARDIS is landing, but the scanners show nothing. The Doctor's readings show that air and temperature is OK but they are surrounded by metal. The scanner begins to work. Jamie is delighted to see a lake, which soon turns into a scene with birds then into a waterfall and then a beach. Jamie is confused, but the Doctor explains that this is the TARDIS' defence mechanism and that there is danger. Before they can take off again, there is a power overload which triggers a [[Mercury (element)|mercury]] vapour in the [[console room]]. The Doctor and Jamie have to leave. The Doctor opens a panel near the TARDIS door and removes a rod. The TARDIS begins to shake and tremble, and the Doctor and Jamie exit. The Doctor explains he has disengaged the [[Time Vector Generator]] — the TARDIS is no longer bigger on the inside. They begin to search their surroundings. They appear to be on a stationary rocket. The Doctor feels in his pocket and offers Jamie a [[sherbet lemon]]. He ruminates over what the danger could be. He notices on the floor a trail of oil. Jamie absent-mindedly presses a button. A door opens. The Doctor and Jamie see a trail leading to another door at the end of the corridor. They carefully make their way down the corridors, observing the compact equipment to their sides. The Doctor listens at the door at the corridors end. It all seems safe — but what is the danger? Where is the crew? What has produced this track? The Doctor presses buttons on a console as Jamie wanders off. They wander back down the corridor checking hatchway doors to the side. They enter the living quarters and close the door. Jamie finds some water — not satiated by the sherbet lemon. | The TARDIS is landing, but the scanners show nothing. The Doctor's readings show that air and temperature is OK but they are surrounded by metal. The scanner begins to work. Jamie is delighted to see a lake, which soon turns into a scene with birds then into a waterfall and then a beach. Jamie is confused, but the Doctor explains that this is the TARDIS' defence mechanism and that there is danger. Before they can take off again, there is a power overload which triggers a [[Mercury (element)|mercury]] vapour in the [[console room]]. The Doctor and Jamie have to leave. The Doctor opens a panel near the TARDIS door and removes a rod. The TARDIS begins to shake and tremble, and the Doctor and Jamie exit. The Doctor explains he has disengaged the [[Time Vector Generator]] — the TARDIS is no longer bigger on the inside. They begin to search their surroundings. They appear to be on a stationary rocket. The Doctor feels in his pocket and offers Jamie a [[sherbet lemon]]. He ruminates over what the danger could be. He notices on the floor a trail of oil. Jamie absent-mindedly presses a button. A door opens. The Doctor and Jamie see a trail leading to another door at the end of the corridor. They carefully make their way down the corridors, observing the compact equipment to their sides. The Doctor listens at the door at the corridors end. It all seems safe — but what is the danger? Where is the crew? What has produced this track? The Doctor presses buttons on a console as Jamie wanders off. They wander back down the corridor checking hatchway doors to the side. They enter the living quarters and close the door. Jamie finds some water — not satiated by the sherbet lemon. | ||
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=== Production notes === | === Production notes === | ||
* The story that was originally planned for this spot in the production schedule was to have portrayed a [[Dalek]]/[[Cyberman | * The story that was originally planned for this spot in the production schedule was to have portrayed a [[Dalek]]/[[Cyberman|Cybermen]] confrontation. Although this was disallowed by [[Terry Nation]], he did give an important concession in return. He allowed for future Dalek stories — something that was not seen as certain at the time. His precondition for this permission would remain in effect the rest of his life: he had to be given the first right of refusal to write the script on any proposed Dalek storyline.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/ss.html Shannon Sullivan's exploration] of ''The Wheel in Space''</ref> Meanwhile, [[Kit Pedler]], whose involvement with the original idea for a Cyber/Dalek war is uncertain, brought an entirely different Cybermen story to the table in the form of ''The Space Wheel''. He was teamed with David Whitaker to bring this idea to script form. The idea of a Cyber/Dalek war festered in the minds of both ''Doctor Who'' fans and production staff alike. It would not be realised on-screen until the 2006 episode ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]''. | ||
* The spacesuits worn by Jamie and Zoe, previously seen in ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', later turned up as costumes in ''[[Star Wars]] Episode IV: A New Hope'' and ''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' (most famously worn by Bossk the Bounty Hunter). | * The spacesuits worn by Jamie and Zoe, previously seen in ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', later turned up as costumes in ''[[Star Wars]] Episode IV: A New Hope'' and ''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' (most famously worn by Bossk the Bounty Hunter). | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* To show Zoe what she may face if she travels with him, the Doctor telepathically recounts to her the events of his most recent encounter with the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') | * To show Zoe what she may face if she travels with him, the Doctor telepathically recounts to her the events of his most recent encounter with the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The Time Vector Generator also plays a part in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People]]'', ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'' and ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]''. | * The Time Vector Generator also plays a part in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)|Invasion of the Cat-People]]'', ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'' and ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]''. | ||
* The need for mercury to fix the TARDIS was also the reasoning used by the [[First Doctor]] to explore the Dalek city on [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') | * The need for mercury to fix the TARDIS was also the reasoning used by the [[First Doctor]] to explore the Dalek city on [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') | ||
* [[Stoyn|Quaddriger Stoyn]] tracked the TARDIS to the Wheel in 2079. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dying Light (audio story)|The Dying Light]]'') | * [[Stoyn|Quaddriger Stoyn]] tracked the TARDIS to the Wheel in 2079. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dying Light (audio story)|The Dying Light]]'') | ||