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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|name= Time-Flight | |name = Time-Flight | ||
|image= FiveAndKalid.jpg | |image = FiveAndKalid.jpg | ||
|series=[[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | |series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | ||
|season number= [[Season 19]] | |season number = [[Season 19]] | ||
|story number=122 | |story number = 122 | ||
|doctor=Fifth Doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] | |companions = [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] | ||
|enemy= {{Ainley|c}}, [[Plasmaton]]s | |enemy = {{Ainley|c}}, [[Plasmaton]]s | ||
|setting= [[Heathrow Airport]], [[1982]] and [[Distant past|140,000,000 BC]] | |setting = [[Heathrow Airport]], [[1982]] and [[Distant past|140,000,000 BC]] | ||
|writer= [[Peter Grimwade]] | |writer = [[Peter Grimwade]] | ||
|director= [[Ron Jones]] | |director = [[Ron Jones]] | ||
|producer= [[John Nathan-Turner]] | |producer = [[John Nathan-Turner]] | ||
|novelisation= Time-Flight (novelisation) | |novelisation = Time-Flight (novelisation) | ||
|epcount=4 | |epcount = 4 | ||
|broadcast date= [[22 March (releases)|22]] - [[30 March (releases)|30 March]] [[1982 (releases)|1982]] | |broadcast date = [[22 March (releases)|22]] - [[30 March (releases)|30 March]] [[1982 (releases)|1982]] | ||
|network=[[BBC1]] | |network = [[BBC1]] | ||
|format= 4x25-minute episodes | |format = 4x25-minute episodes | ||
|production code= [[List of production codes|6C]] | |production code = [[List of production codes|6C]] | ||
|prev= Earthshock (TV story) | |prev = Earthshock (TV story) | ||
|next= Arc of Infinity (TV story) | |next = Arc of Infinity (TV story) | ||
|made prev= Earthshock (TV story) | |made prev = Earthshock (TV story) | ||
|made next= Snakedance (TV story)|featuring = [[Adric]]}} | |made next = Snakedance (TV story) | ||
|featuring = [[Adric]] | |||
}} | |||
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'''''Time-Flight''''' was the seventh and final story of [[season 19]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | '''''Time-Flight''''' was the seventh and final story of [[season 19]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
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Fan opinion — which, of course, is never the subject of truly valid statistical investigation — has changed dramatically over the years. Those who responded to [[DWM 69]]'s season 19 poll held it in reasonably high regard, placing it as the fourth-best serial of the year, ahead of ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'' and ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]''. Decades later, those fans responding to [[DWM 413]]'s "Mighty 200" poll in 2009 cited it as the 196th of the 200 stories that were then produced. Similarly, fan response to the "first 50 years" poll in [[DWM 474]] in 2014 cited it as the 237th out of the 241 stories up to that point in time. A part of the explanation for this massive shift in negative momentum may be that fan leaders such as [[Paul Cornell]] and [[David J. Howe]] savaged the story in references works like ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'' and ''[[The Television Companion]]'', whose influence multiplied when [[BBCi]], and later [[BBC Online]], incorporated those opinions into the [[Doctor Who website|official ''Doctor Who'' website]]. Thus people skimming the official site in the 2000s and 2010s could well believe that opinion of the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] runs along the lines of, "Somebody, somewhere should have thrown this script in the bin the moment it had [[Concorde]] crash landing in [[Jurassic]] [[England]]..." | Fan opinion — which, of course, is never the subject of truly valid statistical investigation — has changed dramatically over the years. Those who responded to [[DWM 69]]'s season 19 poll held it in reasonably high regard, placing it as the fourth-best serial of the year, ahead of ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'' and ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]''. Decades later, those fans responding to [[DWM 413]]'s "Mighty 200" poll in 2009 cited it as the 196th of the 200 stories that were then produced. Similarly, fan response to the "first 50 years" poll in [[DWM 474]] in 2014 cited it as the 237th out of the 241 stories up to that point in time. A part of the explanation for this massive shift in negative momentum may be that fan leaders such as [[Paul Cornell]] and [[David J. Howe]] savaged the story in references works like ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'' and ''[[The Television Companion]]'', whose influence multiplied when [[BBCi]], and later [[BBC Online]], incorporated those opinions into the [[Doctor Who website|official ''Doctor Who'' website]]. Thus people skimming the official site in the 2000s and 2010s could well believe that opinion of the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] runs along the lines of, "Somebody, somewhere should have thrown this script in the bin the moment it had [[Concorde]] crash landing in [[Jurassic]] [[England]]..." | ||
Narratively, the story contained what appeared, at the time of transmission, to be the final appearance of [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]. Tegan was left behind at [[Heathrow Airport]] at the conclusion of the episode. This appeared to end her story, since many stories that year had begun with an on-going attempt to get her back to Heathrow. She would later return at the beginning of the next season. It also serves as [[Adric]]'s last regular appearance (albeit only as a hallucination), after his death in the previous serial ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]] | Narratively, the story contained what appeared, at the time of transmission, to be the final appearance of [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]. Tegan was left behind at [[Heathrow Airport]] at the conclusion of the episode. This appeared to end her story, since many stories that year had begun with an on-going attempt to get her back to Heathrow. She would later return at the beginning of the next season. It also serves as [[Adric]]'s last regular appearance (albeit only as a hallucination), after his death in the previous serial ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''. This episode followed directly after the death of Adric and attempted to show the TARDIS crew coping with his loss, but noticeably downplayed their reactions, coming off a story that ended on the highly emotional bombshell that Adric was killed. The Doctor hastened Tegan and [[Nyssa]] to move straight from their grief to acceptance, seeing as how Adric would not want the group to mourn him. He also noted Adric's life wasn't wasted; Adric died trying to save others, just like his brother, [[Varsh]], and had made a choice in sacrificing himself, this being what he wanted. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
