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== Cast ==
==Synopsis==
*[[The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
The tracer detects the second segment on the planet Calufrax. The TARDIS makes a bumpy landing, and the Doctor and Romana soon discover that they are not on Calufrax at all. They are in fact on Zanak, a planet that has been hollowed out and fitted with engines so that it can transmat through space and materialise around others - such as Calufrax - to plunder their mineral wealth, leaving them as shrunken husks held by gravitational forces in a 'trophy room'.
*[[Romana]] - [[Mary Tamm]] 
*Voice of [[K9]] - [[John Leeson]]
*[[Bruce Purchase]] - [[The Captain]]
*[[Rosalind Lloyd]] - [[Nurse]]/[[Queen Xanxia]]
*[[David Sibley]] - [[Pralix]]
*[[Andrew Robertson]] - [[Mr. Fibuli]]
*[[David Warwick]] - [[Kimus]]
*[[Primi Townsend]] - [[Mula]]
*[[Ralph Michael]] - [[Balaton]]
*[[Vi Delmar]] - Old [[Queen Xanxia]]
*[[Clive Bennett]] - [[Citizen]]
*[[Bernard Finch]] - [[Mentiad]]
*[[Adam Kurakin]] - [[Guard]]
*[[Brychan Powell]] - [[Mentiad]]
*[[John Cannon]] - [[Technician]]
*[[Ray Knight]] - [[Mentiad]]
*[[James Muir]] - [[Technician]]
*[[Peter Whitaker]] - [[Mentiad]]


== Crew ==
Ostensibly in charge is the Captain, whose body has been partially replaced with robotic parts following a near-fatal crash, but he is merely a puppet controlled by his nurse - a projection of Zanak's original ruler, the aged Queen Xanxia.


Xanxia is using time dams, powered by the forces generated in the trophy room, to keep her body alive until this new, younger form has stabilised. The Captain prepares Zanak to 'jump' again - this time with Earth as its target.


The Doctor attempts to thwart his plans, calling on the assistance of the Mentiads - a gestalt of telepaths amongst Zanak's indigenous population - to sabotage the engines.


The Captain rebels against the nurse, but she kills him. The nurse herself is then destroyed by one of the Zanak natives whom the Doctor, Romana and K9 have befriended.


== Bad Guys ==
The Doctor realises that the second segment comprises the whole of the planet Calufrax. He contrives to drop the compressed husks from the trophy room into a space-time vortex created by the TARDIS in the centre of Zanak, and is then able to pick up and convert the segment at his leisure.
[[The Captain]],
[[Queen Xanxia]],
[[Mr. Fibuli]]
 
== Story Notes ==
 
 
 
=== Myths ===
 
== Statistics ==
 
 
 
=== Broadcast Dates ===
 
 
 
 
=== Duration ===
 
 
 
=== [[Ratings]] ===
 
 
 
 
== Continuity ==
 
 
 
 
== Cultural References ==
 
 
 
 
=== Influences ===
 
 
 
 
== Location Filming ==
 
 
 
== Quotes ==
 
 
 
== Story Arcs ==


==Plot==
''to be added''


==Cast==
*[[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
*[[Romana I]] - [[Mary Tamm]] 
*Voice of [[K9]] - [[John Leeson]]
*Balaton - [[Ralph Michael]]
*Captain - [[Bruce Purchase]]
*Citizen - [[Clive Bennett]]
*Guard - [[Adam Kurakin]]
*Kimus - [[David Warwick]]
*Mentiad - [[Bernard Finch]]
*Mr. Fibuli - [[Andrew Robertson]]
*Mula - [[Primi Townsend]]
*Nurse - [[Rosalind Lloyd]]
*Pralix - [[David Sibley]]
*Queen Xanxia - [[Vi Delmar]]


==Crew==
''to be added''


== Errors and Plot Holes ==
==References==
*Romana was given an [[air car]] for her 70th birthday.
*Romana studied the life cycle of the [[Gallifreyan flutterwing]].
*The Doctor has been operating [[TARDIS]]es for 523 years.
*[[Oolion]] can only be found on Bandranginus Five and Qualactin.
*[[Earth]] is rich in PJX18 ([[Quartz]]).
*Calufrax (the planet) was the second piece of the Key to Time.
*The [[synchronic feedback circuit]] or the [[multi-loop stabiliser]] are both essential for a smooth rematerialisation of the TARDIS (according to Romana), the Doctor uses neither.


===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]]===
*[[Bandranginus Five]]
*[[Calufrax]] was rich in [[voolium]] and [[madranite one-five]].
*[[Collactin]]
*[[Granados]]
*[[Qualactin]]
*[[Zanak]]


==Story Notes==
*This is Douglas Adams' first contribution to Doctor Who.
*Vi Delmar (who played the aged Queen Xanxia) demanded an extra fee before she would remove her false teeth for filming.


===Ratings===
*Part 1 - 9.1 million
*Part 2 - 7.4 million
*Part 3 - 8.2 million
*Part 4 - 8.4 million


== More Info ==
===Myths===
''to be added''


===Location Filming===
*Dan-yr-Ogof caves in Powys, [[Wales]].


* [[The Pirate Planet Synopsis | Story Synopsis]]
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
''to be added''


* [[The Pirate Planet Transcript | Story Transcript]]
==Continuity==
''to be added''


* [[The Pirate Planet Novelization | Story Novelization]]
==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
''to be added''


* [[The Pirate Planet DVD | DVD Release]]
==Target Novelisations==
''to be added''


* [[The Pirate Planet Video | Video Release]]
==See Also==
*[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]


==External Links==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/pirateplanet/ BBC Episode Guide for '''The Pirate Planet''',]
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_5b.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Pirate Planet''']
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5b.html '''The Invasion of Time''' entry at A Brief History of Time (Travel)]
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=5b Outpost Gallifrey entry for '''The Pirate Planet''']


== External Links ==




Revision as of 07:54, 3 June 2007


Synopsis

The tracer detects the second segment on the planet Calufrax. The TARDIS makes a bumpy landing, and the Doctor and Romana soon discover that they are not on Calufrax at all. They are in fact on Zanak, a planet that has been hollowed out and fitted with engines so that it can transmat through space and materialise around others - such as Calufrax - to plunder their mineral wealth, leaving them as shrunken husks held by gravitational forces in a 'trophy room'.

Ostensibly in charge is the Captain, whose body has been partially replaced with robotic parts following a near-fatal crash, but he is merely a puppet controlled by his nurse - a projection of Zanak's original ruler, the aged Queen Xanxia.

Xanxia is using time dams, powered by the forces generated in the trophy room, to keep her body alive until this new, younger form has stabilised. The Captain prepares Zanak to 'jump' again - this time with Earth as its target.

The Doctor attempts to thwart his plans, calling on the assistance of the Mentiads - a gestalt of telepaths amongst Zanak's indigenous population - to sabotage the engines.

The Captain rebels against the nurse, but she kills him. The nurse herself is then destroyed by one of the Zanak natives whom the Doctor, Romana and K9 have befriended.

The Doctor realises that the second segment comprises the whole of the planet Calufrax. He contrives to drop the compressed husks from the trophy room into a space-time vortex created by the TARDIS in the centre of Zanak, and is then able to pick up and convert the segment at his leisure.

Plot

to be added

Cast

Crew

to be added

References

Planets

Story Notes

  • This is Douglas Adams' first contribution to Doctor Who.
  • Vi Delmar (who played the aged Queen Xanxia) demanded an extra fee before she would remove her false teeth for filming.

Ratings

  • Part 1 - 9.1 million
  • Part 2 - 7.4 million
  • Part 3 - 8.2 million
  • Part 4 - 8.4 million

Myths

to be added

Location Filming

  • Dan-yr-Ogof caves in Powys, Wales.

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

to be added

Continuity

to be added

DVD, Video and Other Releases

to be added

Target Novelisations

to be added

See Also

External Links


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