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.
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 |
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CC
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28
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10
Sep 66 - 01 Oct 66
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4
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DD
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29
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08
Oct 66 - 29 Oct 66
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4
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EE
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30
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05
Nov 66 - 10 Dec 66
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6
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FF
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31
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17
Dec 66 - 07 Jan 67
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4
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GG
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32
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14
Jan 67 - 04 Feb 67
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4
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HH
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33
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11
Feb 67 - 04 Mar 67
|
4
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JJ
|
34
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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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LL
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36
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20
May 67 - 01 Jul 67
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7
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Episode
1.
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8th
October 1966
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5:52
p.m.
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23.08
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5.5
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77
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Episode
2.
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15th
October 1966
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5:50
p.m.
|
23.15
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6.4
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57
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Episode
3.
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22nd
October 1966
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5:54
p.m.
|
23.31
|
7.6
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46
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| Episode 4. |
29th
October 1966
|
5:51
p.m.
|
24.02
|
7.5
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48
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In
the late 1980's the TARDIS materializes at a South Pole Space Tracking
Station, where General Cutler battles with invaders from the Tenth Planet,
Mondas - Earth's missing sister planet - which is draining away Earth's
energy. The planet's inhabitants, called Cybermen,
are ruthless and logical; their original bodies have been replaced with
plastic to make them invulnerable and immune to disease. The Cybermen
take control of the Earth; they plan to use the powerful Z-Bomb at the
South Pole base to destroy Earth before it destroys Mondas. They
want to take Earth people to Mondas to turn them into Cybermen. Ben
outwits them and before the Cybermen can again infiltrate the base Mondas
absorbs too much energy and is destroyed. Without energy from Mondas
to sustain them the Cybermen die. Worn out by the strain of recent
events the Doctor seems to grow very old and when he returns to the TARDIS
he collapses on the floor and begins to change. . . .
The Doctor: William Hartnell
Polly Wright: Anneke
Wills
Ben Jackson: Michael Craze
Guest Appearances:
General Cutler: Robert Beatty
Dyson: Dudley
Jones
Barclay: David
Dodimead
Schultz: Alan
White
Williams: Earl
Cameron
Tito: Shane
Shelton
Sergeant: John Brandon
Wigner: Steve
Plytas
Rader Technician: Christopher
Matthews
Technician: Ellen
Cullen
Announcer: Glen
Beck
Terry Cutler: Callen
Angelo
R/T Technicians: Christopher
Dunham, Nicholas Edwards
Krang, Talon: Harry
Brooks
Jarl, Krail: Reg
Whitehead
Gern, Shav: Gregg
Palmer
Cyberman Voices: Peter
Hawkins, Roy Skelton
Cybermen: Bruce
Wells, John Haines, John Knott
Secretary: Shelia
Knight
Corporal: Alec
Coleman
Producer: Innes
Lloyd.
Script Editor: Gerry
Davis.
Writer:
Kit Pedler (with Pat Dunlop and Gerry Davis uncredited).
Director:
Derek Martinus.
Designer:
Peter Kindred.
Costume: Sandra
Reid.
Make up: Gillian James.
Music: Stock. (various tracks and composers)
Novelised
as "Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet" by
Gerry Davis (0 426 11068 4) first published by Tandem (became W.H. Allen)
as Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet in 1976 with cover by Chris
Achilleos. New edition by Virgin Publishing Ltd.) in 1993
with cover by Alister Pearson. Target library number 62.
a
Limited
availabilty on Video: Released on video as "The Cybermen Early
Years" containing Episode 1 plus their first words from Episode
2.
Also Released on video as "The Cybermen Box Set: The Tenth Planet
and Attack of the Cybermen" in UK (November 2000) , with the
first three episodes and a full reconstruction of episode 4 by the Doctor
Who Restoration Team.
.
.
This marks
the first appearance of the Cybermen, and it is also the first regeneration
story.
William Hartnell was ill and did not appear in episode 3.
Michael Craze met his wife on this story, a production assistant.
The first three episodes of this story exist as 16mm telerecordings, all held by the Film & TV Library when audited in 1978.
Ealing
filming. (30 August - 2 September 1966)
Studio recording in Riverside 1. (17, 24 September;
1, 8 October 1966)
Episode 1-4 - During every outdoor scene in Antarctica, heavy blizzards are shown raging constantly. In reality, such blizzards are extremely rare at the South Pole, thanks to the almost total absence of precipitation.