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|image = Animal Magic special.jpg | |image = Animal Magic special.jpg | ||
|setting = [[Chloris]] | |setting = [[Chloris]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = | ||
|director = [[Robin Hellier]] | |director = [[Robin Hellier]] | ||
|producer = [[Jeffery Boswall]] | |producer = [[Jeffery Boswall]] | ||
|broadcast date = [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] [[1979 (releases)|1979]] | |broadcast date = [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] [[1979 (releases)|1979]] | ||
|season number = 17 | |season number = Season 17 tie in | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
|format = 2 minute minisode | |||
|network = BBC One | |network = BBC One | ||
|production code = 5G (with ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'') | |production code = 5G (with ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'') | ||
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Baker was explicitly playing the Doctor rather than appearing as himself (with the script going as far as to establish that the Doctor was hosting from [[Chloris|the alien setting]] of the then-upcoming TV serial ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]''. However, the story freely broke the fourth wall, with the Doctor addressing the viewers and ending on the note of telling them to watch out "next time I'm on". | Baker was explicitly playing the Doctor rather than appearing as himself (with the script going as far as to establish that the Doctor was hosting from [[Chloris|the alien setting]] of the then-upcoming TV serial ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]''. However, the story freely broke the fourth wall, with the Doctor addressing the viewers and ending on the note of telling them to watch out "next time I'm on". | ||
The aim of the mini-episode was to educate an audience on various species the Doctor has met both from the real world and the monsters from series. The fourth wall breaking however was framed through the narrative device of the Doctor making a broadcast. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
[[The Doctor]] is walking through a jungle and notices a live broadcast. He then states that he’s on [[Chloris]] and has escaped some bandits that think they’ve got the upper hand. Then he goes onto elaborate that that’s a story for another time. | |||
The Doctor states that he happened to be on [[Earth]] and was talking to a friend of his who said that Earth had some ferocious animals. The friend started getting a little competitive about the animals on Earth saying which are the largest and the deadliest citing the [[Elephant|elephant]] as the largest and the [[Puff adder|puff adder]] as the deadliest. | |||
Naturally, the Doctor countered with a list of "some of the things ''I''<nowiki>'</nowiki>d bumped into during my travels", such as the voracious [[Shrivenzale]], the tree-sized [[Krynoid]], or the deadly [[Wirrn]] or [[Fendahl]]. He sees that the audience isn't taking his claims seriously, but ends his spiel by telling them to watch out "next time [[Doctor Who (in-universe)|I'm on]]" before walking off. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Fourth Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | * [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | ||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
* [[Director]] - [[Robin Hellier]] | * [[Director]] - [[Robin Hellier]] | ||
* [[Producer]] - [[Jeffery Boswall]] | * [[Producer]] - [[Jeffery Boswall]] | ||
