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'''''The Moonbase''''' was the sixth serial of[[ season 4]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It saw the reappearance and first redesign of the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]], solidifying their place as one of the series' key villains. | '''''The Moonbase''''' was the sixth serial of[[ season 4]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It saw the reappearance and first redesign of the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]], solidifying their place as one of the series' key villains. | ||
This story was the first in ''Doctor Who'' history with sequences taking place on [[Earth | This story was the first in ''Doctor Who'' history with sequences taking place on [[Earth]]'s [[The Moon|Moon]]. Jamie is incapacitated for most of the story, and as a result, his appearance in the story is limited. | ||
Currently, episodes one and three are missing from the BBC film archive. However, they were animated for the DVD release in 2014. | Currently, episodes one and three are missing from the BBC film archive. However, they were animated for the DVD release in 2014. | ||
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[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] makes a bumpy landing after the [[Second Doctor|Doctor]] manages to control its descent. The travellers observe the scanner, and [[Polly Wright|Polly]] says that they have landed on [[Mars]] after all. [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] disagrees and says that it must be the [[Moon]]. The Doctor agrees. Annoyed that he failed to control the ship, he wants to move on straight away but is overruled by Ben and Polly, who want to explore. The Doctor reluctantly agrees and decks them out in [[space suit]]s. | [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] makes a bumpy landing after the [[Second Doctor|Doctor]] manages to control its descent. The travellers observe the scanner, and [[Polly Wright|Polly]] says that they have landed on [[Mars]] after all. [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] disagrees and says that it must be the [[Moon]]. The Doctor agrees. Annoyed that he failed to control the ship, he wants to move on straight away but is overruled by Ben and Polly, who want to explore. The Doctor reluctantly agrees and decks them out in [[space suit]]s. | ||
The travellers explore the surface of the Moon. They begin to lark about in the lower gravity, but Jamie | The travellers explore the surface of the Moon. They begin to lark about in the lower gravity, but Jamie overstretches himself and knocks himself out. As the others go to save him they discover his unconscious body being carried away into a [[Moonbase (The Moonbase)|Moonbase]]. They follow and the door opens, welcoming them. | ||
Inside the Moonbase a staff of workers are operating a series of consoles. One of the workers collapses, leaving marks on his face. [[Jack Hobson|Hobson]], the controller, sends the man to the [[medical bay|sick bay]] to join the others who have come down with this [[virus]] — who include the base's doctor. Ben, Polly and the Doctor are led in. Hobson allows Polly to look after [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] in the sick bay but keeps the Doctor and Ben with him. Hobson explains that the Moonbase is a weather control station that keeps [[Earth]]'s [[weather]] in check. They are using a [[gravity]] machine called the [[gravitron]] to control the weather. As this is being explained, another worker falls ill. The Doctor offers his services. The Moonbase contacts [[Space Control]] to inform them; Space Control reacts by quarantining the Moonbase. One of the crew informs Hobson that their latest communication with Space Control was listened in on by someone close to the base. | Inside the Moonbase, a staff of workers are operating a series of consoles. One of the workers collapses, leaving marks on his face. [[Jack Hobson|Hobson]], the controller, sends the man to the [[medical bay|sick bay]] to join the others who have come down with this [[virus]] — who include the base's doctor. Ben, Polly and the Doctor are led in. Hobson allows Polly to look after [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] in the sick bay but keeps the Doctor and Ben with him. Hobson explains that the Moonbase is a weather control station that keeps [[Earth]]'s [[weather]] in check. They are using a [[gravity]] machine called the [[gravitron]] to control the weather. As this is being explained, another worker falls ill. The Doctor offers his services. The Moonbase contacts [[Space Control]] to inform them; Space Control reacts by quarantining the Moonbase. One of the crew informs Hobson that their latest communication with Space Control was listened in on by someone close to the base. | ||
Down in the sick bay Polly is looking after Jamie, who is hallucinating about the [[Phantom Piper]], his clan's variant of the [[Grim Reaper]]. The Doctor sends Ben back up to the control room as he needs someone to be keeping an eye on the goings on up there. He does so and is allocated to work with [[Ralph Adebayo|Ralph]] in the storeroom. Once he gets there, he discovers that someone has been stealing food. He is sent to do a job and while he is away Ralph is attacked by a metal hand. By the time Ben returns Ralph's body is gone. | Down in the sick bay, Polly is looking after Jamie, who is hallucinating about the [[Phantom Piper]], his clan's variant of the [[Grim Reaper]]. The Doctor sends Ben back up to the control room as he needs someone to be keeping an eye on the goings on up there. He does so and is allocated to work with [[Ralph Adebayo|Ralph]] in the storeroom. Once he gets there, he discovers that someone has been stealing food. He is sent to do a job and while he is away Ralph is attacked by a metal hand. By the time Ben returns Ralph's body is gone. | ||
Back in the sick bay, Polly discovers the Doctor investigating some [[silver]] [[paper]]. They are interrupted by Dr [[Evans (The Moonbase)|Evans]], the base's previous doctor, who wakes up and screams something about the silver hand before collapsing dead. The Doctor wonders what he might have meant and goes to report the death to Hobson. | Back in the sick bay, Polly discovers the Doctor investigating some [[silver]] [[paper]]. They are interrupted by Dr [[Evans (The Moonbase)|Evans]], the base's previous doctor, who wakes up and screams something about the silver hand before collapsing dead. The Doctor wonders what he might have meant and goes to report the death to Hobson. | ||
