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|image= Delta and the Bannermen.jpg | |image = Delta and the Bannermen.jpg | ||
|series=[[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | |novelisation = Delta and the Bannermen (novelisation) | ||
|season number= | |series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | ||
|season serial number = 3 | |season number = Season 24 | ||
|story number= 146 | |season serial number = 3 | ||
|doctor=Seventh Doctor | |story number = 146 | ||
|companions= [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|enemy= [[Gavrok]], [[Bannermen]], [[Keillor]] | |companions = [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | ||
|setting= {{il|[[Wales|South Wales]], [[1959]]|[[Toll port]] [[G715]], Post-1959}} | |enemy = [[Gavrok]], [[Bannermen]], [[Keillor]] | ||
|writer= [[Malcolm Kohll]] | |setting = {{il|[[Wales|South Wales]], [[1959]]|[[Toll port]] [[G715]], Post-1959}} | ||
|director= [[Chris Clough]] | |writer = [[Malcolm Kohll]] | ||
|producer= [[John Nathan-Turner]] | |director = [[Chris Clough]] | ||
|producer = [[John Nathan-Turner]] | |||
|epcount=3 | |epcount = 3 | ||
|broadcast date= [[2 November (releases)|2]] - [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] [[1987 (releases)|1987]] | |broadcast date = [[2 November (releases)|2]] - [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] [[1987 (releases)|1987]] | ||
|network=[[BBC1]] | |network = [[BBC1]] | ||
|format= 3x25-minute episodes | |format = 3x25-minute episodes | ||
|serial production code= [[List of production codes|7F]] | |serial production code = [[List of production codes|7F]] | ||
|prev= | |prev = Paradise Towers (TV story) | ||
|next= | |next = Dragonfire (TV story) | ||
|clip=TARDIS at the toll booth - Doctor Who - Delta and the Bannermen - BBC | |clip = TARDIS at the toll booth - Doctor Who - Delta and the Bannermen - BBC | ||
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'''''Delta and the Bannermen''''' was the third serial of [[season 24]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was the first [[serial]] since ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'' to use a three-part format. With ''Delta'', the three-parter would become a standard of the [[Sylvester McCoy|McCoy]] era. | '''''Delta and the Bannermen''''' was the third serial of [[season 24]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was the first [[serial]] since ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'' to use a three-part format. With ''Delta'', the three-parter would become a standard of the [[Sylvester McCoy|McCoy]] era. | ||
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Under the working title ''Flight of the Chimeron'', it was considered possible that the character of Ray in the story would become the new companion, replacing Mel. However, in the event the character of Ace from Ian Briggs's script, ''Dragonfire'', was chosen instead. | Under the working title ''Flight of the Chimeron'', it was considered possible that the character of Ray in the story would become the new companion, replacing Mel. However, in the event the character of Ace from Ian Briggs's script, ''Dragonfire'', was chosen instead. | ||
''Delta'' was originally to be set in 1957 to tie in with the launch of {{w|Sputnik 1}}; this was changed to '59 as it offered a more {{w|Rock and roll|rock 'n' roll}} theme. This allowed for a significantly larger [[Delta and the Bannermen#Music|array of music]] throughout. ([[INFO]]: ''Delta and the Bannermen'') | ''Delta'' was originally going to be set in 1957 to tie in with the launch of {{w|Sputnik 1}}; this was changed to '59 as it offered a more {{w|Rock and roll|rock 'n' roll}} theme. This allowed for a significantly larger [[Delta and the Bannermen#Music|array of music]] throughout. ([[INFO]]: ''Delta and the Bannermen'') | ||
''Delta and the Bannermen'' made use of underlying darkness, a theme that would become more prevalent in the following two seasons as the [[Cartmel Masterplan]] came to the fore. The persona of McCoy's Doctor began to develop, with many of his witticisms displayed here. This was the first appearance of the [[question mark]] umbrella, McCoy's alternative to the pullover. | ''Delta and the Bannermen'' made use of underlying darkness, a theme that would become more prevalent in the following two seasons as the [[Cartmel Masterplan]] came to the fore. The persona of McCoy's Doctor began to develop, with many of his witticisms displayed here. This was the first appearance of the [[question mark]] umbrella, McCoy's alternative to the pullover. | ||
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They learn they will be travelling on a [[bus]] that can fly. The Doctor and Mel greet [[Murray (Delta and the Bannermen)|Murray]], their pilot, but the Doctor elects to follow in the TARDIS, Mel to travel on the bus. On the Bannerman ship, Delta receives a transmission from Gavrok. Wherever she goes he will follow. He tells her she is the last of her kind. Delta lands at the toll port and boards the bus just as it takes off. | They learn they will be travelling on a [[bus]] that can fly. The Doctor and Mel greet [[Murray (Delta and the Bannermen)|Murray]], their pilot, but the Doctor elects to follow in the TARDIS, Mel to travel on the bus. On the Bannerman ship, Delta receives a transmission from Gavrok. Wherever she goes he will follow. He tells her she is the last of her kind. Delta lands at the toll port and boards the bus just as it takes off. | ||
In Wales, the two Americans are attempting to pick up signals from the satellite with no success. Meanwhile, in space, the satellite is released and the bus crashes into it. In Wales the two agents answer the phone and are told the satellite has gone haywire and it will hit Earth near their location. | In Wales, the two Americans are attempting to pick up signals from the satellite with no success. Meanwhile, in space, the satellite is released and the bus crashes into it. In Wales, the two agents answer the phone and are told the satellite has gone haywire and it will hit Earth near their location. | ||
The Doctor uses the TARDIS to control the bus' descent, encasing it in an [[anti-gravity spiral]]. He places it on Earth and lands nearby. The bus' passengers learn they are in Wales at the [[Shangri-La]] camp; they are greeted by the camp leader, [[Burton]], who mistakes them for a bus of people who intend to stay there. They decide to stay at the camp until the bus is fixed. | The Doctor uses the TARDIS to control the bus' descent, encasing it in an [[anti-gravity spiral]]. He places it on Earth and lands nearby. The bus' passengers learn they are in Wales at the [[Shangri-La]] camp; they are greeted by the camp leader, [[Burton]], who mistakes them for a bus of people who intend to stay there. They decide to stay at the camp until the bus is fixed. | ||
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Later, at the [[Get-to-know-you-dance]], the Doctor inspects Billy's stereo. Billy tells him he made it from spare parts from [[World War II|the war]]. Billy goes on stage and starts singing. Murray and Mel dance and the Doctor talks with Ray, who tells him she has had a crush on Billy since she was a child. Billy sings "[[Why Do Fools Fall in Love]]" for Delta; this saddens Ray, who dances with the Doctor instead, much to his confusion. | Later, at the [[Get-to-know-you-dance]], the Doctor inspects Billy's stereo. Billy tells him he made it from spare parts from [[World War II|the war]]. Billy goes on stage and starts singing. Murray and Mel dance and the Doctor talks with Ray, who tells him she has had a crush on Billy since she was a child. Billy sings "[[Why Do Fools Fall in Love]]" for Delta; this saddens Ray, who dances with the Doctor instead, much to his confusion. | ||
Outside, Weismuller and Hawk argue over who should leave the tent to blow out the fire. Eventually Hawk goes. The Doctor leaves the dance and Delta leaves soon after. The Doctor follows her. In a linen and blanket storage room, the Doctor finds Ray crying over Billy. A tour passenger and mercenary, [[Keillor]], enters and the Doctor and Ray hide. Keillor uses a radio to contact Gavrok and informs him of Delta's location. He asks for the reward, one million [[Unit (currency)|units]]. He uses the radio to give them a signal to follow. The Doctor sneezes, alerting the mercenary to their presence. | Outside, Weismuller and Hawk argue over who should leave the tent to blow out the fire. Eventually, Hawk goes. The Doctor leaves the dance and Delta leaves soon after. The Doctor follows her. In a linen and blanket storage room, the Doctor finds Ray crying over Billy. A tour passenger and mercenary, [[Keillor]], enters and the Doctor and Ray hide. Keillor uses a radio to contact Gavrok and informs him of Delta's location. He asks for the reward, one million [[Unit (currency)|units]]. He uses the radio to give them a signal to follow. The Doctor sneezes, alerting the mercenary to their presence. | ||
In their room, Delta thanks Mel for being kind to her and tells her that there is something she should know. They turn as the sphere breaks and a green alien emerges. Mel screams. In the storage room the mercenary finds the Doctor and Ray and prepares to kill them, declaring he kills for money ''and'' enjoyment; he knows who the Doctor is and takes joy in the prize he will get for taking out the legendary [[Time Lord]]. | In their room, Delta thanks Mel for being kind to her and tells her that there is something she should know. They turn as the sphere breaks and a green alien emerges. Mel screams. In the storage room the mercenary finds the Doctor and Ray and prepares to kill them, declaring he kills for money ''and'' enjoyment; he knows who the Doctor is and takes joy in the prize he will get for taking out the legendary [[Time Lord]]. | ||
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The crystal is ready and Murray installs it. Delta is feeding the child. She tells Billy she needs to get to the brood planet, where a case can be brought against Gavrok and the Bannermen. The Doctor and Ray find them and tell them of the Bannermen coming for her. They leave for the camp as Gavrok finds a high technology source. | The crystal is ready and Murray installs it. Delta is feeding the child. She tells Billy she needs to get to the brood planet, where a case can be brought against Gavrok and the Bannermen. The Doctor and Ray find them and tell them of the Bannermen coming for her. They leave for the camp as Gavrok finds a high technology source. | ||
Hawk gives up on finding the satellite and they watch the Bannermen landing their craft. The Bannermen take them prisoner. Gavrok leaves two men to guard them. Murray has fuelled up the bus and is ready to leave. He reluctantly agrees to leave Mel to wait for the Doctor. He boards the craft and is about to take off when the Bannermen arrive and shoot it. The passengers are all killed. Gavrok asks Mel if Delta was amongst them and she says yes. | Hawk gives up on finding the satellite and they watch the Bannermen landing their craft. The Bannermen take them as their prisoner. Gavrok leaves two men to guard them. Murray has fuelled up the bus and is ready to leave. He reluctantly agrees to leave Mel to wait for the Doctor. He boards the craft and is about to take off when the Bannermen arrive and shoot it. The passengers are all killed. Gavrok asks Mel if Delta was amongst them and she says yes. | ||
The Bannermen celebrate their victory but then watch as Delta passes by on a motorbike. They fire upon her to no avail. Burton tells Gavrok to keep Mel alive as a hostage; he will use her as bait. | The Bannermen celebrate their victory but then watch as Delta passes by on a motorbike. They fire upon her to no avail. Burton tells Gavrok to keep Mel alive as a hostage; he will use her as bait. | ||
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The Doctor, Mel and Burton leave on Billy's motorbike, the white flag flying from it. Gavrok fires a flare gun into the sky. The two Bannermen guarding the Americans use a metal bar to chain the pair together, then leave them. Ray arrives and frees them with an Allen key from her bag. The former guards fire a tracker dart at Billy's bike as the Doctor drives it past. | The Doctor, Mel and Burton leave on Billy's motorbike, the white flag flying from it. Gavrok fires a flare gun into the sky. The two Bannermen guarding the Americans use a metal bar to chain the pair together, then leave them. Ray arrives and frees them with an Allen key from her bag. The former guards fire a tracker dart at Billy's bike as the Doctor drives it past. | ||
At Goronwy's hives Billy is helping in their car. Goronwy shows them his honey store, containing thousands of jars. Delta tells Billy that soon the child will grow again. She is feeding her [[Chimeron jelly]] to speed her growth. | At Goronwy's hives, Billy is helping in their car. Goronwy shows them his honey store, containing thousands of jars. Delta tells Billy that soon the child will grow again. She is feeding her [[Chimeron jelly]] to speed her growth. | ||
Ray brings the two Americans to the house. When no one is looking, Billy takes a packet of the jelly. The Bannermen guards return to find the Americans gone. They report this and the successful tracking of the bike to Gavrok and are ordered to follow the signal. | Ray brings the two Americans to the house. When no one is looking, Billy takes a packet of the jelly. The Bannermen guards return to find the Americans gone. They report this and the successful tracking of the bike to Gavrok and are ordered to follow the signal. | ||
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[[File:Flying away.jpg|right|thumb|Delta, [[Billy (Delta and the Bannermen)|Billy]] and the [[Chimeron princess]] leave [[Earth]].]] | [[File:Flying away.jpg|right|thumb|Delta, [[Billy (Delta and the Bannermen)|Billy]] and the [[Chimeron princess]] leave [[Earth]].]] | ||
The Doctor and Billy install a speaker on the roof of the camp. The young Chimeron sings into the microphone. The Bannermen stumble around and Gavrok falls into the sonic cone to be atomised. Weismuller ties up the Bannermen. Meanwhile Billy has fully changed into a Chimeron. Billy explains that without him changing into a Chimeron the species can't survive. | The Doctor and Billy install a speaker on the roof of the camp. The young Chimeron sings into the microphone. The Bannermen stumble around and Gavrok falls into the sonic cone to be atomised. Weismuller ties up the Bannermen. Meanwhile, Billy has fully changed into a Chimeron. Billy explains that without him changing into a Chimeron the species can't survive. | ||
The three Chimerons leave in their ship with the Bannermen prisoners onboard. The Doctor says that Gavrok absorbed so much energy from the sonic cone it is now out of power. He then thanks Burton for saving Mel's life. Goronwy gives the Doctor a jar of [[1928]] [[hibiscus blossom]] as a parting gift. | The three Chimerons leave in their ship with the Bannermen prisoners onboard. The Doctor says that Gavrok absorbed so much energy from the sonic cone it is now out of power. He then thanks Burton for saving Mel's life. Goronwy gives the Doctor a jar of [[1928]] [[hibiscus blossom]] as a parting gift. | ||
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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* Working titles for this story were ''The Flight of the Chimeron'' and ''Flight of the Chimeron''. This was the title in place when the story was filmed; the final title wasn't decided upon until the autumn of 1987. The title was a play on the name of a popular musical group of the 1980s, [[Echo & the Bunnymen]]. | * Working titles for this story were ''The Flight of the Chimeron'' and ''Flight of the Chimeron''. This was the title in place when the story was filmed; the final title wasn't decided upon until the autumn of 1987. The title was a play on the name of a popular musical group of the 1980s, [[Echo & the Bunnymen]]. | ||
* The Doctor's question mark umbrella makes its first appearance. McCoy | * The Doctor's question mark umbrella makes its first appearance. McCoy preferred it to the question mark pullover. | ||
* Some long shots of Sylvester McCoy riding a [[motorbike]] show him wearing his glasses, which he normally removed before filming took place. | * Some long shots of Sylvester McCoy riding a [[motorbike]] show him wearing his glasses, which he normally removed before filming took place. | ||
* Keillor, the alien bounty hunter, is never referred to by name in the story's dialogue; his name is given only in the closing credits. | * Keillor, the alien bounty hunter, is never referred to by name in the story's dialogue; his name is given only in the closing credits. | ||
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* Jessica McGough (Young Chimeron) is credited as 'Baby Chimeron' in ''Radio Times''. | * Jessica McGough (Young Chimeron) is credited as 'Baby Chimeron' in ''Radio Times''. | ||
* Laura Collins (Chimeron Princess) is credited as 'Young Chimeron' in ''Radio Times''. | * Laura Collins (Chimeron Princess) is credited as 'Young Chimeron' in ''Radio Times''. | ||
* At the time the episode was produced, Bonnie Langford was considering leaving the series midway through the season and Ray was intended to be her replacement. Langford ultimately chose to stay for the complete season and the idea of having Ray join the TARDIS crew was dropped; elements of the character, however, later inspired the creation of [[Ace]], who became Mel's replacement at the end of the series. Coincidentally, [[Sophie Aldred]] auditioned for the role of Ray. She did not get the part | * At the time the episode was produced, Bonnie Langford was considering leaving the series midway through the season and Ray was intended to be her replacement. Langford ultimately chose to stay for the complete season and the idea of having Ray join the TARDIS crew was dropped; elements of the character, however, later inspired the creation of [[Ace]], who became Mel's replacement at the end of the series. Coincidentally, [[Sophie Aldred]] auditioned for the role of Ray. She did not get the part but was eventually cast as Ace instead. | ||
* This was the first three-episode story (in the traditional twenty-five-minute episode format) since ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'' in 1964. Each of McCoy's seasons would have two serials of this length. | * This was the first three-episode story (in the traditional twenty-five-minute episode format) since ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'' in 1964. Each of McCoy's seasons would have two serials of this length. | ||
* This was the first and only classic series story to be extensively produced in Wales. Although ''[[The Green Death]]'' and ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' had scenes filmed in Wales, in the case of ''The Green Death'', it was set in Wales as well. When the [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|series]] returned in 2005, it would be primarily produced in Wales, with a number of its earth-based stories also set there, as well as its spinoffs, ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. ''Torchwood'' had only a very small number of episodes not at least partially set in Wales. As noted below, the revived series even used some of the same locations as this story. | * This was the first and only classic series story to be extensively produced in Wales. Although ''[[The Green Death]]'' and ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' had scenes filmed in Wales, in the case of ''The Green Death'', it was set in Wales as well. When the [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|series]] returned in 2005, it would be primarily produced in Wales, with a number of its earth-based stories also set there, as well as its spinoffs, ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. ''Torchwood'' had only a very small number of episodes not at least partially set in Wales. As noted below, the revived series even used some of the same locations as this story. | ||
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=== Production errors === | === Production errors === | ||
{{discontinuity}} | {{discontinuity}} | ||
* In the long shots of the Doctor driving the Vincent he is wearing his glasses but in the close ups he is not. [[Sylvester McCoy]] normally wore glasses and removed them before recording or filming, but on this occasion he had forgotten to do so. | * In the long shots of the Doctor driving the Vincent he is wearing his glasses but in the close-ups, he is not. [[Sylvester McCoy]] normally wore glasses and removed them before recording or filming, but on this occasion, he had forgotten to do so. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* In a [[Inferno Earth|parallel universe]] in which Britain was a fascist state known as the [[Republic of Great Britain]], the [[Republican Security Forces]] battled the Bannermen, from whom they obtained [[artificial gravity]] and [[faster-than-light travel|fast drive technology]], in Wales in [[1959]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'') | * In a [[Inferno Earth|parallel universe]] in which Britain was a fascist state known as the [[Republic of Great Britain]], the [[Republican Security Forces]] battled the Bannermen, from whom they obtained [[artificial gravity]] and [[faster-than-light travel|fast drive technology]], in Wales in [[1959]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'') | ||
* In his investigation of reports of a series of ''agent provocateurs'' known as "the Doctor" who had been involved in numerous unusual incidents, the journalist [[James Stevens]] found evidence of the Doctor and Mel's presence in Shangri-La during this incident. The records indicated that the Doctor was "a short, quirkily dressed man, with a slight [[Scotland|Scottish]] accent and immense intelligence." He noted that this was the same Doctor who was involved in the [[ULTIMA|ULTIMA Incident]] at [[Maiden's Point]] in [[1943]] and the [[Shoreditch Incident]] in [[November]] [[1963]] but, on those occasions, he was accompanied by a teenage girl named [[Ace]] and that neither of them seemed to have aged in the intervening 20 years. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | * In his investigation of reports of a series of ''agent provocateurs'' known as "the Doctor" who had been involved in numerous unusual incidents, the journalist [[James Stevens]] found evidence of the Doctor and Mel's presence in Shangri-La during this incident. The records indicated that the Doctor was "a short, quirkily dressed man, with a slight [[Scotland|Scottish]] accent and immense intelligence." He noted that this was the same Doctor who was involved in the [[ULTIMA|ULTIMA Incident]] at [[Maiden's Point]] in [[1943]] and the [[Shoreditch Incident]] in [[November]] [[1963]] but, on those occasions, he was accompanied by a teenage girl named [[Ace]] and that neither of them seemed to have aged in the intervening 20 years. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | ||
* [[Fenric]] would later tell the Doctor that he had Ray in mind as a | * [[Fenric]] would later tell the Doctor that he had Ray in mind as a backup companion for him in the event that his plans with respect to Ace were unsuccessful. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'') | ||
* The Doctor was forced to acquire a new umbrella after his previous one was damaged during his visit to the [[Warehouse (The Warehouse)|Warehouse]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Warehouse (audio story)|The Warehouse]]'') | * The Doctor was forced to acquire a new umbrella after his previous one was damaged during his visit to the [[Warehouse (The Warehouse)|Warehouse]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Warehouse (audio story)|The Warehouse]]'') | ||
* Mel left a menu from Shangri-La in her room when she left the TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Loving the Alien (novel)|Loving the Alien]]'') | * Mel left a menu from Shangri-La in her room when she left the TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Loving the Alien (novel)|Loving the Alien]]'') | ||
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