Galaxy 4 (TV story)
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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
- Rills - David Brewster, Peter Holmes, Brian Madge, Bill McAllister (all uncredited)
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
Ratings
- Four Hundred Dawns - 9.0m viewers
- Trap of Steel - 9.5m viewers
- Air Lock - 11.3m viewers
- The Exploding Planet - 9.9m viewers
Myths
- A late change to the casting of the voice actor meant that Anthony Paul was credited in the Radio Times as providing the voice of the Rills for episode 3 (Robert Cartland was correctly named in the Radio Times)
- William Emms was a school teacher who wrote in his spare time (Although he had been a school teacher he had been working as a full time writer for the 4 years before writing Doctor Who)
Location Filming
All epsiodes were filmed at BBC Television Centre TC4, London, UK
Continuity
- Vicki refers to their trip to Xeros (The Space Museum)
Discontinuity
To be added
Quotes
Rill - "It is easy to help others when they are so willing to help you. Though we are beings of separate planets, you from the solar system and we from another space, our ways of thought, at times, do not seem all that different. It has been an honour to know you and serve you."
Story Arcs
None
Similar stories
References
To be added
More Info
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
External Links
- BBC Episode Guide Page for Galaxy 4, with video clips
- Detailed synopsis for Galaxy 4 at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- A Brief History of Time (Travel) entry for Galaxy 4
- Transcript of Galaxy 4
- Outpost Gallifrey entry for Galaxy 4'
- Galaxy 4 entry at Encylopedia of Fantastic Film and Television
- Loose Canon Productions reconstruction of Galaxy 4
