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Doctor Who: Colony in Space

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6.7/10 • 6

1971-05-152h 30m

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When the Master steals the Time Lords' secret file on the Doomsday Weapon, they grant the Doctor a temporary reprieve from his exile on Earth to deal with the crisis. He and Jo arrive on the planet Uxarieus and become enmeshed in a struggle between an agrarian colony and a powerful mining corporation.

Directors
Michael E. Briant
Writters
Malcolm Hulke
Editors
Malcolm Hulke, William Symon

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Jon Pertwee

    Jon Pertwee

    The Doctor

  2. Katy Manning

    Katy Manning

    Jo Grant

  3. Nicholas Courtney

    Nicholas Courtney

    Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

  4. Roger Delgado

    Roger Delgado

    The Master

  5. Nicholas Pennell

    Nicholas Pennell

    Winton

  6. John Ringham

    John Ringham

    Ashe

  7. David Webb

    David Webb

    Leeson

  8. Sheila Grant

    Sheila Grant

    Jane Leeson

  9. Roy Skelton

    Roy Skelton

    Norton

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CinemaSerf

Sep 6, 2024

6/10

The "Brigadier" (Nicholas Courtney) walks into the lab just as the TARDIS takes an unexpected trip that sees the "Doctor" (Jon Pertwee) and "Jo" (Katy Manning) travel forward in time to the remote planet "Uxarieus" that's only recently been colonised by "Ashe" (John Ringham) and his team. No sooner have they arrived, though, than a more militaristic bunch from a mining company land and decide that the place is much too rich in minerals to be left to these folks. An arbiter is sent for, but it's "The Master" (Roger Delgado) who assumes that role and it's soon fairly clear that he has an altogether different agenda on this planet with a technologically advanced past buried deep beneath it's rocks - and that his fellow Time Lords have sent the "Doctor" to thwart his latest megalomanic plans! There's a little bit of the "Forbidden Planet" (1956) to the philosophy of this six-parter coupled with some good old-fashioned human greed, ambition and betrayal. There's also some fun to be had with a robot with giant hands and the domesticated UNIT theme is left behind as we spend much of these episodes on an alien world with plenty going on. There's a decent enough dynamic going on between Pertwee and the hammy Delgado and the writing provides dialogue that keeps the story moving along entertainingly, but slowly, as story is strings out just a bit too thinly. Perhaps it could have better suited a four part, better condensed, format? Some effort has gone into creating a degree of menace and some half-decent visual effects and even if the sets do wobble a little more than I usually spot, it advances this season adequately, if unremarkably, and it bodes well for some future adventures with a "Doctor" no longer captive on Earth.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
time travel