The Underwater Menace (TV story)

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The Underwater Menace was the fifth story of Season 4 of Doctor Who. The third episode of this story is currently the earliest surviving Second Doctor episode.

Synopsis

The TARDIS arrives on a extinct volcanic island. Before long, the travellers are captured and taken into the depths of the Earth, where they find a hidden civilisation - the lost city of Atlantis.WOOHOO!

The Atlanteans worship a goddess named Apple and use Fin Pans - men and men and men and men (1 year later) and men and men (1 decade later) and men (1 century later) and men and men and men (one millennia later) and men and men and men and men are NOT men The travellers meet up with two sharks ,the sharks try to kill them they fight for years and they win but with only 2 people left they had 9999080077 men the sharks had 9999999999900000 now they had 2 men and the sharks had 13 but they all retreated then they had a party to celebrate victory sadly only the 2 remaining men could come but luckily they found 7899999999999 more hiding in a matchbox. Then they played pin the tail on the doctor.

Plot

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Cast

Crew

References

  • As they land, Polly hopes it is 1966 Chelsea, Ben wants to avoid the Daleks, and the Doctor wishes to see prehistoric monsters.

Story notes

  • This story had the working titles of; The Fish People, Doctor Who Under the Sea, Under the Sea, Atlanta.
  • Professor Zaroff utters the timeless line "Nothing in ze world can stop me now!". Davros would say a similar line in Journey's End.
  • In the opening TARDIS scene, Polly, Ben and the Doctor are each heard 'thinking' about where they would like to land next. (Polly hopes for Chelsea in 1966, Ben wants not to meet the Daleks and the Doctor relishes the idea of encountering prehistoric monsters.) This was achieved by pre-recording the actors' voices and playing them back during the making of the episode.
  • The name of the mad scientist, Zaroff, is similar to that of Dr. Zarkoff, a scientist featured in the classic Flash Gordon adventures.

Ratings

  • Episode 1 - 8.3 million viewers
  • Episode 2 - 7.5 million viewers
  • Episode 3 - 7.1 million viewers
  • Episode 4 - 7.0 million viewers

Myths

  • Joseph Furst adopted an outrageous East European accent in his portrayal of Zaroff. (Furst spoke in his own normal accent.)

Filming locations

Production errors

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.
  • At the start of episode three the director can be heard.
  • During the underwater scenes in episode 3, the Kirby wires holding up the fish people are clearly visible
  • Polly hits Zaroff with an enormous boulder and he goes 'Ooh!'.
  • When Zaroff fires his pistol (an ordinary, non-futuristic 9mm) at the end of episode three, he quite clearly does not: there is a sound effect, but no smoke, recoil, or discharged cartridge.

Continuity

Timeline

Home video and audio releases

  • Lost in Time Region 2

    Lost in Time Region 2

  • Lost in Time Region 4

    Lost in Time Region 4

  • Lost in Time Region 1

    Lost in Time Region 1

  • Lost in Time Region 1 (Disc 2)

    Lost in Time Region 1 (Disc 2)

Novelisation and its audiobook

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Main article: The Underwater Menace (novelisation)

See also

to be added

External links

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