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.
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 |
 |
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CC
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28
|
10
Sep 66 - 01 Oct 66
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4
|
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DD
|
29
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08
Oct 66 - 29 Oct 66
|
4
|
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EE
|
30
|
05
Nov 66- 10 Dec 66
|
6
|
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FF
|
31
|
17
Dec 66- 07 Jan 67
|
4
|
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GG
|
32
|
14
Jan 67 - 04 Feb 67
|
4
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|
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HH
|
33
|
11
Feb 67 - 04 Mar 67
|
4
|
|
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JJ
|
34
|
11
Mar 67 - 01 Apr 67
|
4
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|
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KK
|
35
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08
Apr 67 - 13 May 67
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6
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|
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LL
|
36
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20
May 67 - 01 Jul 67
|
7
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Episode
1.
|
11th
March 1967
|
5:51
p.m.
|
22.58
|
8.0
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37
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Episode
2.
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18th
March 1967
|
5:51
p.m.
|
23.21
|
7.9
|
42
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Episode
3.
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25th
March 1967
|
5:51
p.m.
|
23.24
|
8.5
|
45
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| Episode 4. |
1st
April 1967
|
5:51
p.m.
|
24.41
|
8.4
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39
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.
The
Doctor and his friends find themselves in the future on a planet run like
a gigantic holiday camp. A man called Medok tells the Doctor that
the Earth colony is being secretly infiltrated at night by crab-like creatures
called Macra. The Macra are in fact in control of this 'paradise' and
while the colony sleep, the Macra absorb the planet's natural gases deep
underground, which resemble the gases on their own planet.; They condition
the colonists to work for them, refining the deadly gases that the
Macra need to survive, and to ignore their presence - they even managed
to stop the colonists seeing the murder of their own controller.
The conditioning fails on some colonists, and the Doctor takes control
of the gas-pumping machine and manages to cut of the Macra's vital supply
of the gases. Ben clinches the victory and frees the colony by blowing
up the gas pumps, freeing the colony from domination by the Macra.
The Doctor: Patrick Troughton
Polly Wright: Anneke
Wills
Ben Jackson: Michael Craze
Jamie McCrimmon: Frazer
Hines
Guest Appearances:
Pilot: Peter Jeffrey
Barney: Graham
Armitage
Questa: Ian
Fairburn
Sunnae Jane
Enshawe
Chicki Sandra
Bryant, Karol Keys
Majorette: Maureen
Lane
Medok: Terence
Ledge
Ola: Gertan
Klauber
Controller: Graham
Leaman
Alvis: Anthony
Gardener
Control Voice: Dennis
Goacher
Broadcast Voice: Richard
Beale
Macra: Robert
Jewell
Official: John
Harvey
Guards: John
Caesar, Steve Emerson, Danny Rae
Cheerleaders: Roger
Jerome, Terry Wright, Ralph Carrigan
Pilot's Secretary: Linda
Reynolds
Scientist: Paul
Phillips
Girl: Nina
Huby
Producer: Innes
Lloyd.
Script Editor: Gerry
Davis.
Writer: Ian
Stuart Black
Director:
John Davis.
Designer: Kenneth
Sharp.
Costume: Daphne
Dare.
Make up: Gillian James.
Music : Dudley
Simpson. (Jingles arranged by Wilfred Johns).
Novelized as "Doctor Who - The Macra Terror" by
Ian Stuart Black (0 426 366826 0) first published by W.H. Allen
(now Virgin Publishing Ltd.) in 1987 with cover by Tony Masero.
Target library number 123.
a
Not
available on video due to loss of story.
Released as a double-cassette version'The Macra Terror" (catalogue number. ZBBC 1342, ISBN: 0563 3668626) presented by Colin Baker. First published in 1992 with photomontage cover. A new double-CD version was released by the BBC Radio Collection in 2000, with the same narration by Colin Baker.
.
.
"The
Macra Terror" introduced a brand-new opening title sequence with,
for the first time, the face of Patrick Troughton.
All four episodes are lost. Limited number of photographic images exist.
Ealing
Filming Stage 3 A/B. (17 February 1967)
Studio recording in Lime Grove D.
(4, 11, 18, 25 March 1967)
Associated Portland Cement Manufactures Quarry, Houghton Road, Dunstable,
Bedfordshire. (15 February 1967)
Episode 1-4 - Chicki is played by two different actresses in episodes 1 and 4.