Animal Magic (TV story)

Animal Magic
Doctor:	Fourth Doctor
Main setting:	Chloris
Key crew
Writer:	David Fisher
Director:	Robin Hellier
Producer:	Jeffery Boswall
Release details
Premiere broadcast:	November 1979
Premiere network:	BBC One
Production code:	5G (with The Creature from the Pit)

The Animal Magic special of Doctor Who was broadcast in 1979. It featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and was filmed during The Creature from the Pit, leading the story to be set in the same place.

Synopsis

The Doctor will tell you about the many so called "animals".

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker

Crew

• Writer - David Fisher
• Director - Robin Hellier
• Producer - Jeffery Boswall

References

• The Doctor mentions the Shrivenzale, the Krynoid, the Wirrn and the Fendahl.
• The Doctor referenced the titles of the serials in which the monsters he mentioned appeared in. He asked the viewers if he remembered both The Ribos Operation and The Ark in Space.

Story notes

The title card before the special.

• No major details about the crew were ever released, but a partial amount of the crew were involved in the story The Creature from the Pit.
• This story was broadcast during the BBC One children's series Animal Magic.
• The story was filmed and set during The Creature from the Pit.
• It was released on DVD with The Creature from the Pit.