TT. The Dominators

TRANSMISSION DETAILS:

210. Episode 1                     10.08.68   5.15pm - 5.40pm   6.1M/54th/---
211. Episode 2                     17.08.68   5.15pm - 5.40pm   5.9M/61st/55%
212. Episode 3                     24.08.68   5.15pm - 5.40pm   5.4M/65th/55%
213. Episode 4                     31.08.68   5.15pm - 5.40pm   7.5M/33rd/51%
214. Episode 5                     07.09.68   5.15pm - 5.40pm   5.9M/64th/53%

PROBATIONER TOBA: Kenneth Ives; NAVIGATOR RAGO: Ronald Allen; CULLY: Arthur Cox; TEEL: Giles Block; KANDO: Felicity Gibson; QUARKS: John Hicks, Gary Smith, Freddie Wilson (2-5); QUARK VOICES: Sheila Grant; EDUCATOR BALAN: Johnson Bayly (1-4); WAHEN: Philip Voss (1); ETNIN: Malcolm Terris (1); TOLATA: Nicolette Pendrell (1); DIRECTOR SENEX: Walter Fitzgerald (2-4); BOVEM: Alan Gerrard (2-4); COUNCIL MEMBERS: John Cross (2-4), Ronald Mansell (2-4); CHAIRMAN TENSA: Brian Cant (3-4). UNCREDITED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Aubrey Danvers Walker, Malcolm Watson; DOUBLE FOR THE DOCTOR: Chris Jeffries; STATUES: Jean Callaghan, Eve Martin, Valerie Stanton, Valerie Wood; EXTRAS: Blair Stewart, John Tucker, Colin West

STORY:

The TARDIS materialises on an island on the planet of Dulkis. The islands was once a test ground for nuclear missiles, and should have been highly radioactive. Special groups from the mainland often visit the island to monitor the radiation.

The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find one of these parties, and they find that there is no wno radiation on the island. Somehow all radiation disappeared within very little time.

The Doctor discovers that Dominators are planning to invade the planet, assisted by their robotic slaves the Quarks, and it is they who have stored the radiation for their own use.

The Dominators plan is to turn the planet into a radiactive wasteland which could then be used to power their spacecraft. The Doctor manages to get hold of one of the explosive seed pods and plant it on board the Dominator's ship. When the Dominators explode it their ship goes also.

STUDIOS: Television Centre Studio 3, Television Centre Studio 4, Ealing Television Film Studios

LOCATIONS: Gerrards Cross and Trottiscliffe, Bucks; Wrotham Gravel Pits, Kent

WORKING TITLE: The Beautiful People

NOTES: The story has no incidental music
From this story onwards, Derrick Sherwin and his successors are credited as script editors instead of story editors
No audience appreciation figures are available for Episode 1

NOVELISATION: The Dominators Ian Marter

VIDEO: The Dominators