6H. Enlightement
Writer: Barbara Clegg
Director: Fiona Cumming
Designer: Colin Green
Incidental Music: Malcolm Clarke
TRANSMISSION DETAILS:
596. Part One 01.03.83 6.55pm - 7.20pm 6.6M/89th/67%
597. Part Two 02.03.83 6.45pm - 7.10pm 7.2M/76th/65%
598. Part Three 08.03.83 6.55pm - 7.20pm 6.2M/99th/68%
599. Part Four 09.03.83 6.45pm - 7.10pm 7.3M/68th/70%
CAST:
THE BLACK GUARDIAN: Valentine Dyall; CAPTAIN STRIKER: Keith Barron; MARINER: Christopher Brown;
JACKSON: Tony Caunter (1-3); THE WHITE GUARDIAN: Cyril Luckham (1,4); FIRST OFFICER ON THE SHADOW: James
McClure (1-2); COLLIER: Clive Kneller (1); CAPTAIN WRACK: Lynda Baron (3-4); MANSELL: Lee John (3-4).
UNCREDITED: GROGAN: Pat Gorman (1); CRITAS THE GREEK: Byron Sotiris (2); HELMSMAN ON THE SHADOW: John
Cannon; FIRST OFFICERS ON THE SHADOW: Richard Bonehill, Tim Olroyd; SAILORS ON THE SHADOW: Michael Bauer, Alan
Crisp, Terence Duran, Laurie Goode, Kevin Goss, John Holland, Peter Jessup, Barney Lawrence, Greg Marlowe, Doug Roe, Steve
Roxton, Pat Shepherd, Reg Woods; FIRST OFFICERS ON THE BUCCANEER: Jerry Judge, Lloyd Williams; BUCCANEER GUARDS:
Alan Riches, David Rogue; PARTY GUESTS: Joseph Anderson, Paul Baden, Raymond Chan, Robert Goodman, James Jackson,
Laurie James, Chua Kahjoo, Arnold Lee, Tony Liotti, Dennis Masuki, Mick McKenny, Stuart Myers, Robert Pearson, Kenneth Sedd,
Graham Stagg, Ray Sumby, Cy Town, Arturo Venegas, Lusan Wong, Vincent Wong; ETERNALS ON THE DECK OF THE BUCCANEER: Mike
Handley, Miles Ross; STUNTMAN: Chua Kahjoo
STORY:
The Doctor receives a warning from the White Guardian and materialises the TARDIS on an an Edwardian racing yacht - although
instead of being a seafaring craft it is space-faring.
The yacht is part of a space race, and there are many other ships racing for the ultimate prize - Enlightenment - on offer from
the Guardians.
The Bucanner commander Captain Wrack seriously covets the prize, and using power from the Black Guardian destroys other ships
in the race.
Captain Wrack, with the aid of Turlough, is thrown overboard, and the Edwardian yacht wins the race. The Guardians banish the
Eternals who were crewing all the ships, and Enlightenment is offered to the Doctor, who declines. Turlough hurls the prize at
the Black Guardian, severing his contract.
BLOOPERS:
Episode 1?: Not too major, but early on in the story, when the sailors in Striker's ship are running up the stairs, one
of them stumbles slightly.
Episode 3?: A fairly blatant one here: When Tegan enters Wrack's cabin, she's talking (with her eyes open) when she's
frozen by Wrack. Then cut to another shot of Tegan, with her eyes closed this time. But if she was totally frozen, how did her
eyes close?
STUDIOS:
Television Centre Studio not known, Ealing Film Studios
WORKING TITLE:
The Enlighteners
NOTES:
This story concludes the Black Guardian trilogy that began with Mawdryn Undead
NOVELISATION:
Enlightenment
Barbara Clegg
VIDEO:
Enlightenment
