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'''''Colony in Space''''' was the fourth and penultimate serial of [[season 8]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was narratively significant for being the first off-[[Earth]] story recorded in colour. It | '''''Colony in Space''''' was the fourth and penultimate serial of [[season 8]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was narratively significant for being the first off-[[Earth]] story recorded in colour. It wthas the first time any [[companion]] had travelled in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] with [[the Doctor]] since ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'' and therefore, [[Jo Grant]]'s first visit to another [[planet]]. It introduced the [[Interplanetary Mining Corporation]] (IMC), which reappeared in several stories in other media. The story also introduced a new model of the [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] unique to the Third Doctor. He had mentioned having one in ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'', but this was the model's first physical appearance within a serial. Its debut here preluded the more frequent, conventional use of the sonic screwdriver as the Doctor's preferred gadget. | ||
The [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] novel ''[[The Menagerie (novel)|The Menagerie]]'' [[retroactive continuity|retconned]] a link between ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' and ''Colony'' through the IMC. Subtextually, the script was [[Malcolm Hulke]]'s intentional [[science fiction]]al comment on the struggle between European settlers and [[Native American]]s.<ref name="Sullivan">[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/hhh.html Shannon Sullivan on ''Colony in Space'']</ref> | The [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] novel ''[[The Menagerie (novel)|The Menagerie]]'' [[retroactive continuity|retconned]] a link between ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' and ''Colony'' through the IMC. Subtextually, the script was [[Malcolm Hulke]]'s intentional [[science fiction]]al comment on the struggle between European settlers and [[Native American]]s.<ref name="Sullivan">[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/hhh.html Shannon Sullivan on ''Colony in Space'']</ref> | ||
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* Director [[Michael E. Briant]] voiced the commentary accompanying a propaganda film watched by the Doctor on the IMC spaceship in episode two. This part was originally intended for [[Pat Gorman]], and was a late cast change; Gorman was subsequently still credited on episodes one and two as "Primitive and Voice". | * Director [[Michael E. Briant]] voiced the commentary accompanying a propaganda film watched by the Doctor on the IMC spaceship in episode two. This part was originally intended for [[Pat Gorman]], and was a late cast change; Gorman was subsequently still credited on episodes one and two as "Primitive and Voice". | ||
* The ''[[Radio Times]]'' programme listing for episode one was accompanied by a continuation of the comic strip adaptation (see ''Comic Strip Adaptation'' below) in the form of three additional black-and-white illustrations not included in the strip itself: the first showed the Doctor looking over a rise, with Jo in the background asking "What is it?"; the second depicted the colonists' dome and spaceship; and the third was the shadow of a mysterious humanoid figure behind the Doctor and Jo. The accompanying caption read "A new adventure for Dr. Who: 6.10". | * The ''[[Radio Times]]'' programme listing for episode one was accompanied by a continuation of the comic strip adaptation (see ''Comic Strip Adaptation'' below) in the form of three additional black-and-white illustrations not included in the strip itself: the first showed the Doctor looking over a rise, with Jo in the background asking "What is it?"; the second depicted the colonists' dome and spaceship; and the third was the shadow of a mysterious humanoid figure behind the Doctor and Jo. The accompanying caption read "A new adventure for Dr. Who: 6.10". | ||
* Michael E. Briant had intended that the role of [[Morgan (Colony in Space)|Morgan]] be played by [[Susan Jameson]]. However, he was overruled by [[Head of Serials|Head of Drama Serials]] [[Ronnie Marsh]], who believed that a woman in that role wouldn't be appropriate for a family audience, ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor]]'') as it might impart an unintended [[sexuality]] to some scenes. Because she was already signed to a contract when Marsh got involved, she was still paid her full salary. Briant | * Michael E. Briant had intended that the role of [[Morgan (Colony in Space)|Morgan]] be played by [[Susan Jameson]]. However, he was overruled by [[Head of Serials|Head of Drama Serials]] [[Ronnie Marsh]], who believed that a woman in that role wouldn't be appropriate for a family audience, ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor]]'') as it might impart an unintended [[sexuality]] to some scenes. Because she was already signed to a contract when Marsh got involved, she was still paid her full salary. Briant thought the decision was "unenlightened and sexist". <ref name="Sullivan" /> | ||
* Right after the lights to the colony go out following Norton's attack on Jim Holden and a Primitive, Mary Ashe says to her father, "Don't worry, Jim'll fix it!" By coincidence, this line unintentionally name drops the title of the BBC show ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'', which did not premiere until 1975. However, it later featured [[Tom Baker]] and [[Peter Cushing]], who played the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]] respectively, and also devised the fourth-wall-breaking short ''[[A Fix with Sontarans]]''. | * Right after the lights to the colony go out following Norton's attack on Jim Holden and a Primitive, Mary Ashe says to her father, "Don't worry, Jim'll fix it!" By coincidence, this line unintentionally name drops the title of the BBC show ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'', which did not premiere until 1975. However, it later featured [[Tom Baker]] and [[Peter Cushing]], who played the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]] respectively, and also devised the fourth-wall-breaking short ''[[A Fix with Sontarans]]''. | ||
* [[Pat Gorman]] was credited as "Primitive and Voice" on episodes one and two, but did not provide the voice; and as "Primitive" on episodes four and six. In ''Radio Times'' for episodes one and two, he was billed only as "Primitive". | * [[Pat Gorman]] was credited as "Primitive and Voice" on episodes one and two, but did not provide the voice; and as "Primitive" on episodes four and six. In ''Radio Times'' for episodes one and two, he was billed only as "Primitive". | ||
