.
.
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 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
CC
|
28
|
10
Sep 66 - 01 Oct 66
|
4
|
 |
DD
|
29
|
08
Oct 66 - 29 Oct 66
|
4
|
 |
EE
|
30
|
05
Nov 66 - 10 Dec 66
|
6
|
 |
FF
|
31
|
17
Dec 66 - 07 Jan 67
|
4
|
|
GG
|
32
|
14
Jan 67 - 04 Feb 67
|
4
|
|
|
HH
|
33
|
11
Feb 67 - 04 Mar 67
|
4
|
|
|
JJ
|
34
|
11
Mar 67 - 01 Apr 67
|
4
|
|
|
KK
|
35
|
08
Apr 67 - 13 May 67
|
6
|
|
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LL
|
36
|
20
May 67 - 01 Jul 67
|
7
|
|
Episode
1.
|
14th
January 1967
|
5:50
p.m.
|
24.18
|
8.3
|
43
|
|
Episode
2.
|
21th
January 1967
|
5:51
p.m.
|
25.00
|
7.5
|
64
|
|
Episode
3.
|
28th
January 1967
|
5:51
p.m.
|
24.09
|
7.1
|
59
|
| Episode 4. |
4th
February 1967
|
5:51
p.m.
|
23.20
|
7.0
|
65
|
.
The
TARDIS lands on an extinct volcanic rock surrounded by sea. On
leaving the ship the Doctor and his companions are kidnapped by primitive
Atlanteans and taken below to the sea city of Atlantis. There
its inhabitants plan to sacrifice the travelers to their Goddess Arndo,
by suspending them over a pool of hungry sharks. They are rescued by
the scientist Professor Zaroff, who has a plan to destroy the world
by draining the ocean into its white hot core - so the super heated
steam will explode the planet in two. Zaroff takes the Doctor with him,
and sends Ben and Jamie to the mines, and orders that Polly undergo
an operation to become a fishworker, collecting food from the sea. The
TARDIS crew escape and persuade the fishman to revolt but Zaroff is
unperturbed; he is confident that within 12 hours the world will be
destroyed. He becomes the victim of his own scheme when the Doctor enters
the generating plant and accelerates the fission to break down the sea
walls. Zaroff is drowned by the flood waters; the others escape.
n
The Doctor: Patrick Troughton
Polly Wright: Anneke
Wills
Ben Jackson: Michael Craze
Jamie McCrimmon: Frazer
Hines
Guest Appearances:
Professor Zaroff: Joseph
Furst
Ara: Catherine
Howe
Ramo: Tom
Watson
Lolem: Peter
Stephens
Damon: Colin
Jeavons
Assistant: Gerald
Taylor
Overseer: Graham
Ashley
Guards: Tony
Handy, Alex Donald,Tony Douglas
Jacko: Paul
Anil
Sean: P.
G. Stephens
Thous: Noel
Johnson
Nola: Roma
Woodnutt
Executioner: Bill
Burridge
Refugee Priest: Jimmy
Mack
.
Producer: Innes
Lloyd.
Script Editor: Gerry
Davis.
Writer: Geoffrey
Orme.
Director:
Julia Smith.
Designer: Jack
Robinson.
Costume:
Sandra Reid, Juanita Waterson.
Make up: Gillian James.
Music : Dudley
Simpson.
.
Novelised
as "Doctor Who - The Underwater Menace"
by Nigel Robinson (0 426 20326 7) first
published by W. H. Allen (now Virgin Publishing Ltd.) in 1988 with
cover by Alister Pearson. Target library number 129.
a
Limited
availabilty on Video: The only existing episode (3) was released on "The
Missing Years" video release as a double set with "The
Ice Warriors" in the UK in November 1998, and Australia and New
Zealand (BBC catalogue #6755). Released as a double set with "The
Edge of Destruction & The Original Pilot" US and Canada in
October 2000 (Warner Video catalog #E1497).
.
.
A choir,
'The Cliff Adam Singers', were used for the background music in the temple.
This story was in development for over a year due to scheduling conflicts.
Only episode 3 of this serial exists as a 16mm telerecording, as held by the Film & TV Library when it was audited in 1978.
Ealing
filming on Stage 3 A/B.
(14-16 December 1966)
Studio recording in Riverside 1.
(7, 14, 21, 28 January 1967)
Winspit Quarry, Worth Matravers, Dorset. (13 December
1966)
Episode 3 - At the start of this episode, you can hear the director (possibly the PA) calling the shots very audibly.