The Mysterious Planet (TV story)

The Mysterious Planet
Doctor:	[[doctor::Sixth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Peri
Main enemy:	Drathro, The Valeyard
Main setting:	Time Lord space station; Rassilon Era vicinity of London, c. 2,000,000
Key crew
Writer:	Robert Holmes
Director:	Nicholas Mallett
Producer:	John Nathan-Turner
Release details
Release number:	144
Premiere broadcast:	6th September - 27th September 1986
Format:	4 25-minute episodes
Production code:	7A

Synopsis

The Doctor is put on trial by the Time Lords.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Colin Baker
• Peri - Nicola Bryant
• The Valeyard - Michael Jayston
• The Inquisitor - Lynda Bellingham
• Katryca - Joan Sims
• Glitz - Tony Selby
• Dibber - Glen Murphy
• Merdeen - Tom Chadbon
• Drathro - Roger Brierley
• Broken Tooth - David Rodigan
• Balazar - Adam Blackwood
• Grell - Timothy Walker
• Humker - Billy McColl
• Tandrell - Sion Tuder Owen

Crew

• Assistant Floor Manager - Stephen Jeffrey-Poulter, Sally Newman
• Costumes - Ken Trew
• Designer - John Anderson
• Incidental Music - Dominic Glynn
• Make-Up - Denise Baron
• Producer - John Nathan-Turner
• Production Assistant - Joy Sinclair
• Production Associate - Angela Smith
• Script Editor - Eric Saward
• Special Sounds - Dick Mills
• Studio Lighting - Mike Jefferies
• Studio Sound - Brian Clark
• Theme Arrangement - Dominic Glynn
• Title Music - Ron Grainer
• Visual Effects - Mike Kelt

References

• Sabalom Glitz
• The Matrix

Story Notes

This story reverts back to 4-25 minute episodes.

Ratings

to be added

Myths

• The unnamed character "The Inquisitor" is Flavia, last seen in The Five Doctors and presumably regenerated. This remains ambiguous, although spin-off media have given the Inquisitor the name Darkel.

Location Filming

to be added

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

to be added

Continuity

• The War Games
• Genesis of the Daleks
• Dragonfire

DVD and Video Releases

DVD release

• Due for release in The Trial of a Time Lord boxset on the 18th August.

Video Releases

Released as Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

Released:

• UK October 1993 (Released with the other Trial of the Timelord stories in a Tardis-shaped tin with a random picture of one of the (then) seven Doctors on the base)
• US October 1993 (Same as the UK release except packed in a cardboard box in honor of Doctor Who's 30th anniversary)
• Australia October 1993

Target Novelisations

to be added

External Links

• The Tardis Library: Video release information for The Mysterious Planet

Television

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All Media

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