5E. The Power of Kroll

TRANSMISSION DETAILS:

496. Part One                      23.12.78   6.15pm - 6.40pm   6.5M/85th/---
497. Part Two                      30.12.78   6.30pm - 6.55pm  12.4M/26th/---
498. Part Three                    06.01.79   6.25pm - 6.50pm   8.9M/51st/---
499. Part Four                     13.01.79   6.25pm - 6.50pm   9.9M/31st/63%

THAWN: Neil McCarthy; RANQUIN: John Abineri; FENNER: Philip Madoc; SKART: Frank Jarvis; DUGEEN: John Leeson; VARLIK: Carl Rigg; ROHM DUTT: Glyn Owen (1-3); HARG: Grahame Mallard (1-2+reprise3); MENSCH: Terry Walsh (1-2). UNCREDITED: SWAMPIE WALK-ONS: (all 1) Philip Bird, Curtis dabek, Richard Edmunds, Mark Hardy; SWAMPIE EXTRAS: (all 1-2) Michael Atherton, David Babin, Graham Baker, Norman Clive-Fisher, Peter Crutchley, John Hodges, Paul Mann, Julian Mark, Steve Palmer, Steven Pleasance, Steve Sandis, David Sinclair, Paul Smith, Barry Stearn, Steve Vickers, Mike Wilson; STUNTMAN: Terry Walsh (2-3)

STORY:

The trail for the Key To Time leads the TARDIS to Delta Magna's third moon. The Doctor and Romana get caught in a feud between the native Swampies and a group of Methane refiners.

Niether side take to the newcomers, and Romana is very nearly sacrificed by the Swampies to their God, Kroll. The Swampies are being armed by a gun smuggler Rohm Dutt. It is supposed that he is doing it on behalf of the Sons of Earth.

Dutt has in fact been hired by Thwan, one of the refinery workers. The idea was to have the armed swampies provoked into an attack, thereby any killing of the Swampies would be justified.

The Doctor discovers that Kroll is not in fact a God, but is very large giant squid. Apart from just being a giant squid, it is also the fifth segment of the Key to Time.

STUDIOS: Television Centre Studio 6

LOCATIONS: Boat landing at the Maltings, Snape, Suffolk; The Wetlands, River Alde, Suffolk; Iken Cliff, Suffolk

WORKING TITLES: The Shield of Time, The Horror of the Swamp

NOTES: K-9 does not appear in the story; John Leeson actually appears as Dugeen

NOVELISATION: The Power of Kroll Terrance Dicks

VIDEO: The Power of Kroll