The remorseless cybermen have arrived from mondas and prepare to strip the planet of all its energy. The tenth planet is william hartnell swan song the fourpart story introduces us for the first time to the cybermen the collapse an illness the doctor suffers in episode 3 actually happened in real life bill hartnell became terribly ill during the making of his final story and had collapsed on the set the one in the show is done by a stuntman. There, an international team is struggling to bring down a shuttle which has inexplicably been drawn out of orbit by the gravity of a tenth planet, earths exact. As the shuttle crashes into the sun, the cybermen take control of the base. The doctor is an alien time lord from the planet gallifrey who travels through all of time and space in thetardis with a companion. The tenth planet is an incomplete doctor who serial one of many serials that were affected by. As cybermen cross the snowy wastes, the soldiers use captured cyberguns to destroy them. But his plan may be more dangerous than the cybermen thems.
Its the first appearance by the cybermen, the only doctor who monsters to come anywhere close to rivaling the daleks for longevity and iconic importance. The tenth planet doctor who, season 4 the tardis arrives at the south pole in 1986 where the snowcap space tracking station, under the command of general cutler, is in the middle of a crisis. Instead of dying, the doctor is able to regenerate into a new body, taking on a new personality with each regeneration. Oct 15, 2016 this serial dares to be international and somewhat progressive. Twice upon time will not only act as peter capaldis farewell to the t. A sidebyside of the remade sections of 1966s the tenth planet in 2017s twice upon a time. And so here we are, at the very end of the first doctors era, where william hartnell leaves the programme he helped make a national phenomenon three years earlier.
Mar 01, 2020 it has been a tradition for doctor who to release a special episode at years end since the shows return in 2005. With william hartnell, robert beatty, dudley jones, david dodimead. The ninth doctor was portrayed by christopher eccleston in 2005 series 1 edit. Landing at the south pole, the travellers find that earths twin planet is disrupting a space mission. Judge, jury and executioner the monster of peladon doctor who bbc duration. This is a classic action figure presentation based from the missing episode four of the tenth planet story. Bbc one doctor who, season 4, the tenth planet, episode. The doctors tardis lands at the snowcap space tracking station in antarctica in december 1986. This is my first time watching the full entire story. In december 1986, a new planet appears in the solar system which turns out to be a longlost twin of. This serial dares to be international and somewhat progressive.
Bbc doctor who classic episode guide the tenth planet. Oct 20, 20 this is a classic action figure presentation based from the missing episode four of the tenth planet story. Bbc the waters of mars is a hugely important episode in the history of doctor who. The doctors warnings are ignored and the cybermen take over the base, hampering the crews efforts to help zeus iv. Turn subtitles on and open subtitles settings menu. The doctor s warnings are ignored and the cybermen take over the base, hampering the crews efforts to help zeus iv. When the base personnels suspicions are roused, the doctor informs them that the space capsule is being affected by the gravitational pull of another planet a tenth planet in the solar system.
The tenth planet in the title makes reference to a fictional lost planet in earths solar system. Beginning with series 1 of the bbc walesproduced doctor who the multi episode serial format was abandoned in favour of a mixture of standalone single episode stories and two or three parters, in an ongoing story arc. In addition to delivering a ripping nearfuture yarn about cybernetic invaders from a twinearth, the story also needed to usher out william hartnells first doctor in a fitting and dignified manner. Bbc one doctor who, season 4, the tenth planet, episode 1. In december 1986, a new planet appears in the solar system which turns out to be a longlost twin of earths named mondas. The tenth doctor was the eleventh incarnation of the timetraveller known as the doctor, portrayed by david tennant. Taking place in between seasons 7 and 8, the episode served as the 50year anniversary special for the series. It is possibly the most soughtafter of the missing episodes, because it.
There, an international team is struggling to bring down a shuttle which has inexplicably been drawn out of orbit by the gravity of a tenth planet, earths exact mirror twin. Benefiting from the healing undergone by his predecessor, the tenth doctor possessed an outgoing, lively and genial demeanour that hid his underlying guilt, but it was still present and would appear if the. Some sections are animated as episode 4 of the tenth planet was wiped by the bbc in the early. Mar 25, 2020 the day of the doctor was not part of any specific season of doctor who. Especially looking back at it now, the tenth planet gives us a lot to talk about. Doctor who 4x05 the tenth planet 1 dailymotion video. But on the dvd, theyve animated episode 4 over the existing audio. Episode 1 tv episode 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The tenth planet the doctors tardis lands at the snowcap space tracking station in antarctica in december 1986.
Three lights were moving towards him through the murk of the blizzard. I saw episode but as any whovian knows, doctor who the tenth planet episode 4 is missing. Dec 17, 2014 the tenth planet the doctors tardis lands at the snowcap space tracking station in antarctica in december 1986. The doctor has only very few lines in the story because william hartnells health was failing, and even spends a whole middle episode asleep apparently for no reason until five decades later a proper explanation comes into play that his body is gravely weak from old age. The trio take it to task for succeeding and failing at the same time. With william hartnell, david dodimead, dudley jones, robert beatty. Network doctor who the tenth planet episode 1 in color. Doctor who and the tenth planet was a novelisation based on the 1966 television serial the tenth planet. His line on his return this old body of mine, its wearing a bit thin, you know was also echoed in an adventure in space and time.
The doctors prediction about mondas proves to be correct. Due to the fact that the smugglers was the final story in season 3s production block, however, the tenth planet was actually the first story produced in this. Doctor who online episode guide the tenth doctor episodes. In the 1970s the final episode of the tenth planet was lost, so this story never aired in the u. Dec 29, 2017 a sidebyside of the remade sections of 1966s the tenth planet in 2017s twice upon a time. Click on each episode to find out more information, including cast and production team credits, synopsis, facts, merchandise information, as. Pub quiz 20 doctor who questions with answers radio times. For several years, the special was named a christmas special with. He is sometimes referred to by fans as 10 ten, or by his actors name. After the 9th doctor had absorbed the energy from the time vortex, it forced him to regenerate into the tenth doctor, as played by david tennant.
Originally broadcast in the uk in 1966, the tenth planet marks the last appearance of the highly popular first doctor, william hartnell. Jul 14, 2017 doctor who episode 3 2 broadcast date 22 october 1966. I can only repeat, sir, what i have already told you. Doctor who episode 3 2 broadcast date 22 october 1966. It features william hartnells final regular appearance as the doctor and provides an early indication of the type of story that would come to typify. Even as he looked, the lights changed into three tall, straight figures, clad in silverarmoured suits, advancing across the ice with a slow deliberate step. Doctor who and the tenth planet novelisation tardis. Rachel talalay, director of this years doctor who christmas special twice upon a time, has suggested that scenes from first doctor adventure the tenth planet may be reimagined or recreated in the forthcoming episode.
However, this specially reconstructed version of the missing episode contains the first regeneration sequence. In a way it almost helps that hartnell was missing from part 3. Beginning with series 1 of the bbc walesproduced doctor who the multiepisode serial format was abandoned in favour of a mixture of standalone singleepisode stories and two or three parters, in an ongoing story arc. As doctor who stories go, quite a lot is asked of kit pedlers the tenth planet story production code dd. And so we get to the first doctors final episode, which includes the very first regeneration. Below is a complete list of the 10th doctor adventures. List of doctor who television stories tardis fandom.
Bbc one doctor who, season 4, the tenth planet, episode 2. Doctor who episode 2 1 broadcast date 15 october 1966. The tenth planet episode 4 the one where william hartnell leaves and patrick troughton joins. The tardis materialises decades in the future, in the year 1986, at snowcap tracking station at the south pole.
The tenth planet was the second serial of season 4 of doctor who. While it took place during the matt smith era, the episode was most notable for bringing back david tennants fanfavorite tenth doctor. The middle part of a trilogy of specials broadcast in 2009 as the final stories featuring david tennant as the tenth doctor bookended by planet of the dead and the end of time, it portrays a rare occasion on which the doctors desire to save lives is spurred. Bbc one doctor who, season 4, the tenth planet clips. Episode 2 tv episode 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The tenth planet 4 reconstruction video dailymotion.
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