5R. Full Circle

TRANSMISSION DETAILS:

534. Part One                      25.10.80   5.40pm - 6.05pm   5.9M/106th/---
535. Part Two                      01.11.80   5.40pm - 6.05pm   3.7M/170th/---
536. Part Three                    08.11.80   5.40pm - 6.05pm   5.9M/115th/---
537. Part Four                     15.11.80   5.40pm - 6.05pm   5.5M/127th/65%

     Part One                Mon   03.08.81   6.30pm - 6.55pm   4.9M/ 85th
     Part Two                Tue   04.08.81   6.20pm - 6.45pm   4.2M/101st
     Part Three              Wed   05.08.81   6.20pm - 6.45pm   4.6M/ 92nd
     Part Four               Thu   06.08.81   6.20pm - 6.45pm   6,4M/ 60th

DECIDER LOGIN: George Baker; DECIDER NEFRED: James Bree; DECIDER GARIF: Alan Rowe; VARSH: Richard Willis; KEARA: June Page; :TYLOS: Benard Padden; DEXETER: Tony Calvin (1-3); OMRIL: Andrew Forbes (1-3); DECIDER DRAITH: Leonard Maguire (1); RYSIK: Adrian Gibbs (1); MARSHMAN: Barney Lawrence (uncredited for 1); MARSHCHILD: Norman Bacon (2-3). UNCREDITED: MARSHMEN: Stephen Calcutt, Graham Cole, Keith Guest, James Jackson, Steve Kelly, Stephen Watson; OUTLERS: Nick Staverson (1), Terry John Wood (1)

STORY:

Romana has received a summons from Gallifrey, and no summons can be disobeyed. During the journey the TARDIS hits some turbulence and ends up in the wrong Universe. When the TARDIS lands at co-ordinates 10,0,11,00 by 02 the picture on the scanner is of Gallifrey but the location is not, it is the planet Alzarius.

There are two settlements on the planet: One is a group of people living on the stranded Starliner, and the second is a group of rebels. It is the time of the mistfall, and everyone is odered inside the Starliner. During the mistfall the air is said to be toxic and it is forbidden to go outside.

During the mistfall the Marshmen emerge from the lake, and spiders emerge from fruit. The Doctor finds that there is a startling connection, and evolution on the planet has turned full circle: The spiders turn into the Marshmen, and the Marshmen destroy the Terradonians, then evolve into a copy of the Terradonians. This happens every fifty years.

The Doctor also finds that the people are not repairing the ship - they are merely replacing good components with new components. The ship has been ready for centuries. The library on board held enough information to allow them to take the ship apart, but could not tell them how to fly the craft.

The Doctor manages to get the ship working and ready to fly. The ship leaves Alzaruis en route to Terradon, breaking the full circle.

STUDIOS: Television Centre Studio 3, Television Centre Studio 6

LOCATIONS: Black Park, nr. Iver B470, Bucks

WORKING TITLE: The Planet That Slept

NOTES: John Leeson's K-9 voice is not heard in Part Three
This was the first story in the E-Space Trilogy
Tom Baker announced his departure from the show on the same day as Part One was transmitted

NOVELISATION: Full Circle Andrew Smith

VIDEO: Full Circle /State of Decay/Warriors' Gate