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{{Infobox Story SMW | |||
|image = Prime Computer ad.jpg | |||
|doctor = Fourth Doctor | |||
|companions = [[Romana II]] | |||
|writer = Tom Baker | |||
|release date = 1979 | |||
|format = 2x2 minute adverts | |||
|series = Prime Computer ads | |||
|next = On Through the 80's! (TV story){{!}}On Through the 80’s! | |||
}} | |||
'''''Step Into the 80’s!''''' was a two-part [[mini-episode]] released in [[1979 (releases)|1979]] as part of a marketing campaign to sell [[Prime Computer]]s. Although licensed by the [[BBC]], the adverts were broadcast only in [[Australia]] and never shown in the [[UK]]. | |||
== Synopsis == | |||
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== Plot == | |||
''Note:'' The titles given here are those as shown on the adverts themselves. | |||
=== ''Step into the 80's!'' [Part 1] === | |||
The Doctor and Romana use their [[Prime Computer]] to calculate the orbital [[coordinate]]s of [[900 (number)|nine hundred]] planets in the constellation of [[Kasterborous]] to stop the [[end of the universe]]. | |||
=== ''Step into the 80's!'' [Part 2] === | |||
The Doctor enters [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to discover that Romana redecorated the interior and added a Prime Computer. The Doctor says that he has already seen one on [[Gallifrey]] in the constellation of Kasterborous. The sentient computer answers the Doctor's question as to how long his scarf is: "7.013 meters long excluding loose threads." When the Doctor tells the computer ''"You're going to be all right, kid"'', an angry message appears on the monitor: ''"Don't patronise me, Doctor. I'm a Prime Computer." | |||
== Cast == | |||
* [[Fourth Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | |||
* [[Romana II|Romana]] - [[Lalla Ward]] | |||
== Crew == | |||
* [[Writer]] - [[Tom Baker]]<ref>[[DWM 501]]</ref> | |||
== Story notes == | |||
* ''to be added'' | |||
== Home video releases == | |||
* The advertisements were released commercially as an extra on the [[DVD]] release of ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'' as well as on ''The Collection'' boxset of Season 18''.'' | |||
== External links == | |||
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== Footnotes == | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Promotional videos]] | |||
[[Category:1979 television stories]] | |||
[[Category:Fourth Doctor television stories]] | |||
[[Category:Romana II television stories]] | |||
[[Category:Doctor Who mini-episodes]] | |||
