UK, 30 August 1980-20 September 1980
4 episodes, average 25m
videotape, 16mm film, colour, 4:3
mono, English
Previous serial: Shada (unaired)
Next serial: Meglos (1980)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 18, episodes 1-4
A British television science fiction serial directed by Lovett Bickford.
Premise
The TARDIS crew opt for a holiday at the famous Leisure Hive on the planet Argolis but find that the surface of the planet has been devastated by a twenty minute war with the Foamasi that has left the inhabitants sterile. The Leisure Hive, which now boasts a Tachyon Recreation Generator, is losing money and a Earth representative is trying to get the Argolins to sell out to the Foamasi. But Pangol, the youngest Argolin and one created by the TRG, resists the sale and plans to use it to create an army of clones that will take their revenge on the Foamasi.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Director: Lovett Bickford
© BBC MCMLXXX [1980]
Executive Producer: Barry Letts
Producer: John Nathan-Turner
Production Unit Manager: Angela Smith
By: David Fisher
Script Editor: Christopher H. Bidmead
Senior Cameraman: Alec Wheal
Studio Lighting: Duncan Brown (I)|Duncan Brown
Film Cameraman: Keith Barton
Technical Manager: Robert Hignett|Bob Hignett
Videotape Editor: Rod Waldron
Film Editor: Chris Wimble
Vision Mixer: Paul Del Bravo
Title Music by: Ron Grainer *
Title Music Arranged by: Peter Howell *
Incidental Music: Peter Howell
Studio Sound: John Howell
Film Sound: Bill Chesneau
Special Sound: Dick Mills
Costume Designer: June Hudson
Make Up Artist: Dorka Nieradzik
Visual Effects Designer: Andrew Lazell
Video Effects: Robin Lobb
Designer: Tom Yardley-Jones
Graphic Designer: Sid Sutton
Production Assistant: Romey Allison
Director’s Assistant: Carole Bisset
Assistant Floor Manager: Val McCrimmon
Cast
Part One
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Lalla Ward (Romana)
Adrienne Corri (Mena)
Laurence Payne (Morix)
John Collin (Brock)
David Haig (Pangol)
Nigel Lambert (Hardin)
Martin Fisk (Vargos)
Roy Montague (Guide)
Ian Talbot (Klout)
John Leeson (K-9)
Harriet Reynolds (tannoy voice)
Part Two
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Lalla Ward (Romana)
Adrienne Corri (Mena)
David Haig (Pangol)
John Collin (Brock)
Nigel Lambert (Hardin)
David Allister (Stimson)
Martin Fisk (Vargos)
Roy Montague (Guide)
Ian Talbot (Klout)
Clifford Norgate (generator voice)
Part Three
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Lalla Ward (Romana)
Adrienne Corri (Mena)
David Haig (Pangol)
John Collin (Brock)
Nigel Lambert (Hardin)
Martin Fisk (Vargos)
Andrew Lane (foamisi)
Roy Montague (Guide)
Ian Talbot (Klout)
Clifford Norgate (generator voice)
Part Four
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Lalla Ward (Romana)
Adrienne Corri (Mena)
David Haig (Pangol)
John Collin (Brock)
Nigel Lambert (Hardin)
Martin Fisk (Vargos)
Andrew Lane (foamisi)
Roy Montague (Guide)
Ian Talbot (Klout)
Harriet Reynolds (tannoy voice)
Uncredited
David Bulbeck, David Korff, James Muir [Foamasi]
Derek Chafer, David Rolfe, Roy Seeley [bits of The Doctor]
Fred Redford [Loman]
Alys Dyer [baby Pangol]
Maurice Connor, Julia Gaye, Annette Peters, Mary Rennie, Mike Reynell, Jenny Roberts, Ken Sedd, Douglas Star, Derek Suthern [Argolin guides and attendants]
Hi Chang, Ina Claire, Inga Daly, Sarah Gardner, Peter Graham, Emmanuel Josiah, Pauline Lewis, Ranjit Nakara, Patti Patience, Ansley Pollard, John Salpeas, Maureen Stevens, Ling Tai, Anna Van Karina, Willow Wipp, Huntley Young [visitors/experiment assistants]
Norman Bradley, Eileen Brady, Martin Clark, Graham Cole, Michael Horner, Nick Joseph, Brian Massey, Tim Olroyd, Joe Phillips, Douglas Roe, Reg Woods [tachyon images of Loman and Pangol/squash players/experiment assistants]
Douglas Auchterlonie, Derek Chafer, David Cole, Bruce Guest, Eric Hamilton, Mike Handley, Ridgewell Hawkes, Bobby Jones, Ray Knight, Ray Lavender, Michael Leader, Mark Middler, Mike Mungarvan, Stuart Myers, Kevin O’Brien, Tim Olroyd, Harry Payne, Douglas Roe, David Rolfe, Roy Seeley, Harry Van Engel, Jeff Wayne, Leslie Weekes, Geoffrey Whitestone, Reg Woods [Argolin/Pangol images]
Alternative Titles
The Argolin – working title
Avalon – working title
Links
Extracts included in
Being Nice to Each Other: Making The Keeper of Traken (2007)
References
Books
- Doctor Who Program Guide 25th Anniverary Edition by James C. Armstrong Jr, Michael L. Brown p.62 – credits, episode list
- Doctor Who: The Television Companion by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker pp.380-383 – credits, synopsis, review
