6L. Warriors of the Deep
Writer: Johnny Byrne
Director: Pennant Roberts
Designer: Tony Burrough
Incidental Music: Jonathon Gibbs
TRANSMISSION DETAILS:
603. Part One Thu 05.01.84 6.40pm - 7.05pm 7.6M/51st/65%
604. Part Two Fri 06.04.84 6.40pm - 7.05pm 7.5M/52nd/64%
605. Part Three 12.01.84 6.40pm - 7.05pm 7.3M/74th/62%
606. Part Four 13.01.84 6.40pm - 7.05pm 6.6M/87th/65%
CAST:
COMMANDER VORSHAK: Tom Adams; LT. BULIC: Nigel Humphreys; LT. PRESTON: Tara Ward; ICTHAR: Norman
Comer; SCIBUS: Stuart Blake; TARPOK: Vincent Brimble; SAUVIX: Christopher Farries; PAROLI: James
Coombes (1-3); DR SOLOW: Ingrid Pitt (1-3); CONTROLLER NILSON: Ian McCulloch (1-3); LT. MADDOX: Martin
Neil (1-3); LT. KARINA: Nitza Saul (1-2). UNCREDITED: DOUBLE FOR THE DOCTOR: Gareth Milne (1-2);
THE MYRKA: John Asquith (2-3), William Perrie (2-3); SEA DEVILS: Mike Braben, Steve Kelly, Dave Ould, Jules
Walters, Chris Wolfe; MARINE GUARDS: Peter Caton, Ridgewell Hawkes, Julian Hudson, Julian Larousse, Barney Lawrence,
Dana Miche, Dorothy Ottey, Rose Pridmore, Trevor Steedman; BASE PERSONNEL: Russell Brook, Joanna Garcia, Joyce Goburn,
Arnold Lee, Ling Tai
STORY:
The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough arrive on an underwater sea base in 2084 where they are accussed of being spies and sabateurs.
The sea base is set to monitor a rival power bloc, and the crew regularly test their missiles to ensure they will be ready if
they are called upon.
Underneath the sea a silurian triad has survived, and they revive a colony of sea devils to attack the base. Icthar, the leader
of the Silurians, aims to fire the base's missiles at the rival power bloc which would provoke a global nuclear war and kill
all life on Earth. The Silurians would then emerge as the rightful inhabitants.
The base has in storage canisters of hexachromite gas which is lethal to all reptiles. Reluctantly the Doctor agrees to
the use of the gas to kill the Sea Devils and Silurians while he disables the sea base's missiles.
BLOOPERS:
Episode 4: Watch the scene where Doctor is standing on the Bridge, as some Sea-Devils exit behind him. Two of them
manage to walk straight into each other!
Episode ?: Apparently you can see some special effects people standing about in one scene. You can also see a production
person run across the set at one point.
Episode ?: The Silurian costumes come apart in places, and white T-shirts can be seen through the holes! (This story
apparently fell more behind production schedule than any other. Apparently some takes were, as far as the actors knew, just
full-dress rehearsal.)
STUDIOS:
Television Centre Studio 6, Shepperton Stage A
LOCATIONS:
Royal Engineers Diving Establishment, McMullen Barracks, Marchwood, nr. Southampton, Hants
NOVELISATION:
Warriors of the Deep
Terrance Dicks
VIDEO:
Warriors of the Deep
