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|image = Colony in space main.jpg | |image = Colony in space main.jpg | ||
|series=[[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | |series=[[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | ||
|season number = Season 8 | |season number = Season 8 (Doctor Who 1963)| | ||
|season serial number = 4 | |season serial number = 4 | ||
|story number = 58 | |story number = 58 | ||
|doctor = Third Doctor | |doctor = Third Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Jo Grant|Jo]] | |companions= [[Jo Grant|Jo]] | ||
|featuring = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}The Brigadier | |featuring= Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}The Brigadier | ||
|enemy= | |featuring2= Pandad IV{{!}}Pandad IV | ||
|featuring3= Adelphi | |||
|featuring4= Socra | |||
|enemy= {{Delgado|c}}, [[Captain]] [[Dent (Colony in Space)|Dent]] | |||
|setting = [[Uxarieus]], [[March]] [[2472]] | |setting = [[Uxarieus]], [[March]] [[2472]] | ||
|writer = Malcolm Hulke | |writer = Malcolm Hulke | ||
|director= [[Michael E. Briant|Michael Briant]] | |director= [[Michael E. Briant|Michael Briant]] | ||
|producer = [[Barry Letts]] | |producer = [[Barry Letts]] | ||
|novelisation= Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation) | |novelisation= Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation) | ||
|adapted into = Doctor Who in "Colony in Space" (comic story) | |adapted into = Doctor Who in "Colony in Space" (comic story) | ||
|epcount = 6 | |epcount = 6 | ||
|broadcast date= 10 April - 15 May 1971 | |broadcast date= 10 April - 15 May 1971 | ||
|network = | |network = BBC1 | ||
|format = 6x25-minute episodes | |format = 6x25-minute episodes | ||
|serial production code= [[List of production codes|HHH]] | |serial production code= [[List of production codes|HHH]] | ||
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|thwr3 = 140 | |thwr3 = 140 | ||
|thwr4 = 177 | |thwr4 = 177 | ||
|thwr5 = 193 | |thwr5 = 193}} | ||
'''''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 was 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. | '''''Colony in Space''''' was the fourth and penultimate serial of [[Season 8 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 8]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was narratively significant for being the first off-[[Earth]] story recorded in colour. It was 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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Ashe presents the facts to the Master. The Master asks if there is any evidence but David has to admit that it has been destroyed. Ashe does not tell the Master about the killings. The Master calls the IMC to make their claim. | Ashe presents the facts to the Master. The Master asks if there is any evidence but David has to admit that it has been destroyed. Ashe does not tell the Master about the killings. The Master calls the IMC to make their claim. | ||
{{video|Trapped Underground - Doctor Who - Colony in Space - BBC|thumb|left|The Doctor and Jo attempt to escape, and meet the [[Guardian (Colony in Space)|Guardian]].}} | |||
A Primitive enters. The Doctor distracts him with a magic trick before knocking him out. They escape and sneak past the Primitive leader. They discover there is a number of these white half-blind Primitives operating alongside the taller green ones. The white Primitives find the green Primitive unconscious and send the guards after the Doctor and Jo. | A Primitive enters. The Doctor distracts him with a magic trick before knocking him out. They escape and sneak past the Primitive leader. They discover there is a number of these white half-blind Primitives operating alongside the taller green ones. The white Primitives find the green Primitive unconscious and send the guards after the Doctor and Jo. | ||
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* Being a former child actor, [[Michael E. Briant]] decided to provide various voice-overs throughout the serial. However, because he was no longer a member of the British actors' union Equity, his performance was credited to [[Pat Gorman]]. | * Being a former child actor, [[Michael E. Briant]] decided to provide various voice-overs throughout the serial. However, because he was no longer a member of the British actors' union Equity, his performance was credited to [[Pat Gorman]]. | ||
* [[Michael E. Briant]]'s wife [[Monique Briant]] made a cameo appearance as one of the colonists. | * [[Michael E. Briant]]'s wife [[Monique Briant]] made a cameo appearance as one of the colonists. | ||
* A special lens was originally going to be used to represent the Robot's POV when advancing on the Doctor inside the Leeson's dom, but these plans were subsequently dropped. | |||
* The footage showing on the IMC entertainment console was reportedly recorded during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War Nigerian Civil War]. | |||
* To get as much use out of the IMC Robot as possible, it was intended that the robot should act as a sort of servant, carrying trays on one of its arms, but these shots were kept to an absolute minimum when the robot was in the studio. | |||
* To play the Guardian, [[Roy Heymann]] laid on the floor whilst wearing a mask which made up the Guardian's head. He placed his head through a hole in the throne set piece and then moved the rest of the body with his mouth. All his dialogue had been pre-recorded. | |||
* To conceal the reveal of the Master, [[Roger Delgado]]'s voice was distorted when he spoke to the colonists over the radio. | |||
* [[Malcolm Hulke]] hoped that the Master's reveal would occur later in the story, with the Doctor and Jo entering the dome at the end of episode four and discovering him. | |||
* The pictograms which showcased the history of the Primitive's history were painted on transparent Perspex material, allowing [[Michael E. Briant]] to capture shots of the Doctor and Jo from the other side of the panels. | |||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
