QQQ. Frontier In Space
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
Directors: Paul Bernard and David Maloney (TARDIS scene at end of 6 only - uncredited)
Designer: Cynthia Klujco
Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson
TRANSMISSION DETAILS:
338. Episode One 24.02.1973 5.50pm - 6.15pm 9.1M/32nd
339. Episode Two 03.03.1973 5.50pm - 6.15pm 7.8M/53rd
340. Episode Three 10.03.1973 5.50pm - 6.15pm 7.5M/57th
341. Episode Four 17.03.1973 5.50pm - 6.15pm 7.1M/55th
342. Episode Five 24.03.1973 5.50pm - 6.15pm 7.7M/57th
343. Episode Six 31.03.1973 5.50pm - 6.15pm 8.9M/40th
CAST:
PRESIDENT OF EARTH: Vera Fusek (1-3,5-6); GENERAL WILLIAMS: Michael Hawkins (1-3,5-6);
DRACONIAN PRINCE: Peter Birrel (1,2,5,6); SECRETARY: Karol Hagar (1-3); CAPTAIN
GARDINER: Roy Lonnen (1-2); LT KEMP: Barry Ashton (1-2); HARDY: John Rees (1-2);
STEWART: James Culliford (1-2); FIRST NEWSCASTER: Louis Mahoney (1 - also credited for 2
but does not appear); DRACONIAN SPACE PILOT: Roy Pattison (1-2); THE MASTER: Roger
Delgado (3-6); PROFESSOR DALE: Harold Goldblatt (3-4); CROSS: Richard Shaw (3-4);
PRISON GOVERNOR: Dannis Bowen (3-4); PATEL: Madhav Sharma (3); SHEILA: Luan Peters
(3); TECHNICIAN: Caroline Hunt (3); LUNAR GUARD: Laurence Harrington (3); DRACONIAN
CAPTAIN: Bill Wilde (4-5); FIRST OGRON: Stephen Thorne (5-6); SECOND OGRON: Michael
Kilgarriff (5-6); THIRD OGRON: Rick Lester (5-6); DRACONIAN MESSENGER: Ian Frost (5);
DRACONIAN EMPEROR: John Woodnutt (5); EARTH CRUISER CAPTAIN: Clifford Elkin (5);
CONGRESSMAN BROOK: Ramsay Williams (6); PILOT OF SPACE SHIP: Stanley Price (6); SECOND
NEWSCASTER: Bill Mitchell (6); DALEKS: (all 6) Murphy Grumbar, John Scott Martin, Cy Town;
DALEK VOICES: Michael Wisher (6). UNCREDITED: DR WHO AS DRACONIAN: Bill Burridge (1);
BATTLE CRUISER GUARD: Dennis Plenty (1); DRACONIAN FIRST SECRETARY: Lawrence Davison (2);
CELL GUARD: Timothy Craven (2); EARTH PRISON GUARDS: (all 2) David Billa, Terry Denville,
Emmett Hennessey, Derek Hunt, Ray Millar, Kevin Moran, Brian Nolan, Dennis Plenty, George Ribitt,
Terry Sartain, Ken Wade, Geoff Witherick; DRACONIAN GUARDS AT EMBASSY: Bill Burridge (2),
Terry Sartain (2); LUNAR GUARDS AND PRISONERS: (all 3) John Hughman, David Layton, Fred Looker,
George McFarlane, John Moore, Clinton Morris, Michael Mulcaster, John St Louis, Steve Tierney, Wolf
Van Jurgen, Ian Yardley; FEMALE LUNAR PRISONERS: (all 3) Nancy Gabrielee, Nelly Griffiths,
Monika; LUNAR GUARDS: (all 3) Leslie Bates, Gary Dean, Laurence Held, Richard King;
DRACONIAN GUARDS: Andy Devine (4), Bill Matthews (4); SEA DEVIL: Pat Gorman (5); EARTH
GUARDS ON OGRON PLANET: (all 6) Leslie Bates, Richard King, Steve Tierney, David Waterman;
DOUBLE FOR THE DOCTOR: Terry Walsh; PRESENDENTIAL GUARDS: Terry Denville, Jamie Griffin,
Emmett Hennessey, Geoff Witherick; OGRONS: Maurice Bush, Steve Kelly, Maurice Purvis, Chris
Stevens, Geoff Todd, Bruce Wells. DRACONIANS AND EARTH GUARDS: Leslie Bates, Rodney Cardiff,
Jim Delaney, Pat Gorman, Jamie Griffin, Steve Ismay, Richard King, Clinton Morris, Stewart Myers,
Steve Tierney, Wolf Van Jurgen, Ken Wade
STORY:
The TARDIS arrives on an Earth ship in the year 2450 at a time when there are tensions between humans and Draconians. After they
have materialised the ship is attacked, and the humans on board perceive the Doctor and Jo as Draconians. The Doctor and Jo
see the attackers as Ogrons.
The Ogrons stun the crew and take all the cargo, including the TARDIS. The Doctor and Jo are accused, and the Doctor is sent to a
penal colony on the Moon whilst Jo is given over to the custody of the Commisioner of Sirius 4. Jo recognises the Commisioner as
the Master.
The Master rescues the Doctor, and puts him and Jo on board a stolen police ship. The ship is intercepted by the Draconians, where
the Doctor is able to tell the Draconians about the Master and the Ogrons, and that the Master has been using a hypnotic device
to make the crews of the ships see what they feared most.
Jo is recaptured by the Master and taken to the Ogron's home planet. Along with an emissary from Earth, Williams, and a Draconian Prince the
Doctor follows. Behind the plan are the Daleks who hope to start a space war, and in the aftermath take over. Williams and
the Draconian Prince warn their people of the Daleks' intentions, but the Doctor is injurec, and Jo manages to get him into the
TARDIS where he manages to send a signal to the Time Lords ...
BLOOPERS:
Episode ?: Jo seems to change her outfit between episodes - while being held in the in the
prison cell.
Episode ?: When the Doctor goes out to repair the spacecraft, look out for the very obvious
strings holding him up.
Episode ?: During the Doctor's spacewalk, he pulls an oxygen tube from his spacesuit. Not only
does his suit not depressurise, but the thrust from it only pushes him in one direction -
toward the spaceship hatch!
Episode ?: After the Doctor's spacewalk, you can see a production assistant waiting to help
Pertwee back into the hatch.
Episode ?: During the last of the kidnapping attempts, the Doctor and Jo are running
away from the Ogrons. Jon Pertwee dives behind a small wall, and Katy Manning comes behind him and
bends over to hide behind the wall. But while she does this, the seat of her pants rip apart quite
badly at the seam.
STUDIOS:
Television Centre Studio not known
LOCATIONS:
Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London; Fullers Earth Works, Reigate, Surrey
NOTES:
This story leads directly into the next, hence the David Maloney directed TARDIS scene at the end
Episode Two duplicates the end credits to Episode One, despite having a different cast
NOVELISATION:
The Space War
Malcolm Hulke
VIDEO:
The Frontier In Space
