HHH. Colony In Space
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
Director: Michael Briant
Designer: Tim Gleeson
Incidental Music by: Dudley Simpson
TRANSMISSION DETAILS:
293. Episode One 10.04.1971 6.10pm - 6.35pm 7.6M/41st
294. Episode Two 17.04.1971 6.10pm - 6.35pm 8.5M/28th
295. Episode Three 24.04.1971 6.10pm - 6.35pm 9.5M/26th
296. Episode Four 01.05.1971 6.10pm - 6.35pm 8.1M/28th
297. Episode Five 08.05.1971 6.10pm - 6.35pm 8.8M/23rd
298. Episode Six 15.05.1971 6.10pm - 6.35pm 8.7M/23rd
CAST:
DAVID WINTON: Nicholas Pennell; ROBERT ASHE: John Ringham; MARY ASHE: Helen Worth; ROBOT: John Scott Martin (1-3); WILFRED NORTON: Roy Skelton (1-3); BRIGADIER LETHBRIDGE-STEWART: Nicholas Courtney (1,6); PRIMITIVE: Pat Gorman (1-2,4,6); PRIMITIVE VOICE: Pat Gorman (1-2); ERIC LEESON: David Webb (1); JANE LEESON: Sheila Grant (1); MARTIN: John Line (1); MRS MARTIN: Mitzi Webster (1); TIME LORDS: (all 1) John Baker, Peter Forbes-Robertson, Graham Leaman; CALDWELL: Bernard Kay (2-6); CAPTAIN DENT: Morris Perry (2-6); FIRST OFFICER MORGAN: Tony Caunter (2-6); JIM HOLDEN: John Herrington (2); ALLEN: Stanley McGReagn (3); LONG: Pat Gorman (3); THE MASTER: Roger Delgado (4-6); GUARDIAN: Norman Atkyns (4,6); ALIEN PRIEST: Roy Heymann (4,6); ALEC LEESON: John Tordoff (4); COLONIST: Pat Gorman (5). UNCREDITED: PRIMITIVES: Stewart Anderson, Derek Chafer, Les Clarke, Emmet Henessy, John McGrath, Alan Peters, Greg Powell; ALIEN PRIESTS: Stanley Mason, Antonia Moss; COLONISTS: Bob Blaine, Monique Briant, John Caeser, Les Conrad, Ian Elliott, Charles Finch, Brian Gilmar, Ken Halliwell, Clay Hunter, Jay McGrath, Alan Peters, Charles Pickess; IMC GUARDS: Bob Blaine, Les Clarke, Brian Gilmar, Brian Justice, Keith Simon, Mike Stephens, Stewart Stephens, Terry Walsh; EXTRAS: LW Clark, Max Diamond, Billy Horrigan, Mike Horsburgh, Alf Joint, Valentino Musetti, Jay Neill, Dinny Powell, Barry Stephens, Walter Turner, Terry Walsh
STORY:
The Master has stolen a file from the Time Lords, and in an attempt to retrieve it the Time Lords send the Doctor and Jo in the TARDIS to the planet Uxarieus in the year 2472.
During their time on the planet they become involved in a dispute between colonists and the Interplanetary Mining Corporation over the ownership rights of the planet. The Master arrives in the guise of the Adjudicator sent from Earth to take charge of the situation.
The Doctor learns that the natives worship a machine tended to by the Guardian. The machine is in fact the doomsday machine, responsible for recent crop failures, and the decline of the Guardian's race.
The Master plans to sieze the doomsday machine, which is capable of destroying whole planets. The Doctor managed to persuade the Guardian to destroy the weapon rather than let it fall into the hands of the Master.
BLOOPERS:
Episode 2: Watch the scene where Dent is interrogating Caldwell, just after he first brought the Doctor back to the IMC mining ship. Watch the monitor screen on the bridge. In some shots it's in place, but in others (especially close-ups on Caldwell), the CSO is missing and there's just a bright blue light!
Episode ?: There's one scene where a bunch of the colonists are standing around, listening to a speech, and abruptly as you're watching, two of the colonists in the group suddenly switch places!
Episode 3?: There's a scene where the Doctor and Jo sneak into the Master's TARDIS to have a look around. There is an alarm beam across the door at about knee level, so they have to wiggle under the beam on their backs. A couple of times they accidentally bump into the massive internal doors of the TARDIS and the doors wobble.
STUDIOS:
Television Centre Studio 3, Television Centre Studio 4
LOCATIONS:
The Old Baal Pit China Clay Quarry, Plymoth, Devon
NOTES:
All six episodes only survive as film prints and NTSC recordings
NOVELISATION:
The Doomsday Weapon
Malcolm Hulke
VIDEO:
Colony In Space
