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was the seventh and final serial of season 6 of Doctor Who. It was the final story of the 1960s and the last produced in monochrome. It was notable for introducing the Time Lords and for being the first time that the Doctor's home planet was seen. It was also the first story in which Derrick Sherwin was credited as producer. Discounting The Trial of a Time Lord as four narratively linked stories, it was the longest Doctor Who story to survive the purging of the BBC's videotape archive and currently marks the earliest point in the series where first-time viewers may begin watching Doctor Who in chronological order without encountering any missing episodes. It was also the first story to have a large gap of time between it and the next one.
The final episode saw the departure of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor and Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury as companions Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot. It was the first time in the history of Doctor Who that either a companion or an incarnation of the Doctor made their last regular appearance in the concluding episode of a season. It was also the first time that an incarnation of the Doctor and all his companions were written out of the program in the same story.
Also, unlike most regeneration (or, as it was named here, "change of appearance") stories, the new lead actor and the Doctor's next incarnation did not appear in the final moments of the tenth part, in fact the Second Doctor's change of appearance isn't fully shown on screen, although his face is shown contorting as he's shown spinning away at the very end of the story. This marks the first and so far only time in the show's history that a story featured the last regular appearance of one of the Doctor's incumbent incarnations without revealing the succeeding incarnation at the end, with viewers having to wait six months until they would be able to get their first glimpse of the next Doctor. Because of the six month gap between the end of this story and the first story of Season 7 Polystyle Publications, the official Doctor Who comic licensees at the time, opted to continue publishing stories starring the Second Doctor after his last regular TV appearance rather than before, given the ambiguous ending of this story. The last comic story to have the Second Doctor as the leading incarnation, The Night Walkers, shows the start of the Second Doctor's change of appearance, beginning the Doctor's sentence and exile on Earth, and leading directly into the next TV story. The fan theory of Season 6B later also developed from the serial's ambiguous ending.
The story also featured a father and son playing roles on screen: David Troughton, the son of Patrick Troughton, appeared in this story.
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on an unnamed planet. At first believing themselves to be in the midst of World War I, they realise it is one of many War Zones overseen by the War Lords, who have kidnapped large numbers of human soldiers in order to create an army to conquer the galaxy. Infiltrating the control base, the Doctor discovers that the ...
Episode one
The TARDIS lands in a desolate wasteland on Earth. The crew laugh as Jamie leaves the TARDIS and treads directly into a puddle. As they explore, they see barbed wire, and the discovery of a pith helmet allows the Doctor to place them in history. Bombs start to fall, and the crew duck for cover. They are surprised when they are confronted by a woman who says that they need to get to safety. She is heading to Ypres. They encounter enemy soldiers who lead them away. The woman is driving the soldiers, the Doctor and Jamie across No Man's Land in an ambulance when they are met by a British lieutenant named Carstairs. He asks to be taken back to base. In a trench, a major is told that an ambulance is coming in. He orders protective fire. The passengers clamber into the trench. The lieutenant, by the name of Carstairs, tells the major about the civilians found in No Man's Land, which shocks the major. Outside, the Doctor is explaining trench warfare to Jamie. They decide to escape but are stopped by Carstairs. They are summoned to see the major. Major Barrington gets word from General Smythe that they are to go over the top tomorrow. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe enter alongside the ambulance driver who introduces herself to Barrington as Lady Jennifer Buckingham. The major casts his eye over the civilians. He suspects Jamie to be from the Highlander regiment and says that war is no place for a young woman like Zoe. He starts to suspect they may be spies and contacts General Smythe. Smythe asks for the civilians to be sent to him. He moves into an adjoining room and begins to pull back a picture. He is interrupted by a soldier who he shouts out. When alone he pulls back the picture to reveal a communications device. He states that the "reinforcements are acting quiet" and that there are "at least 5000 specimens". Barrington orders the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe to go. Jamie loses his temper and shouts at him, and guns are drawn. The Doctor states they had better go. Barrington says they will fix Jennifer's ambulance. Carstairs says he does not hold much hope for the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe as Smythe has the nickname of "the Butcher". The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe are marched into Smythe's room. Jamie is still complaining. Captain Ransom goes to get Smythe but finds him not in his room. Ransom, flustered, orders them to be taken to the cells. Jennifer and Carstairs talk. They both are experiencing memory issues. They put this down to the ravages of war. Barrington tells them that they are all wanted at headquarters. Jamie and Zoe inspect the cell. There is no way out. Smythe emerges from his room. Confused, Ransom tells him that the civilians are here and that he came to tell him but he wasn't there. Smythe puts on his glasses and says that he was sleeping and that Ransom didn't want to disturb him. Blindly, Ransom agrees. Barrington, Jennifer and Carstairs enter. Smythe insists that Carstairs and Ransom know each other. They seem unsure. Smythe puts the glasses on and says they went to school together. They both instantly agree. Later that day the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe are brought into Smythe's room. He reads the crimes alleged against them. He states they waylaid the ambulance to get into the trenches and that they were attempting to escape back to the Germans with information. Jamie is charged with desertion while Zoe and the Doctor are charged with espionage, all crimes that carry the punishment of death. The Doctor asks if he can cross examine Carstairs and Jennifer. Smythe agrees but closes down all lines of questioning. They are marched away. Barrington and Ransom both seem to think there is not enough evidence to convict them. Smythe puts on his glasses and says they are obviously guilty. They concur. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe are marched back in and told they are guilty. Jamie is to be taken to a military prison to await court martial, Zoe is sentenced to ten years penal servitude and the Doctor is to be executed at dawn. The Doctor rails against the unfairness of the system. Jamie protests and is manhandled away. Jennifer pleads with Ransom to allow some clemency for Zoe. It is agreed she will stay with Jennifer tonight. The Doctor heads off to the cells. Once in the cells, the Doctor questions the soldier as to how long he has been at the front. He cannot remember and gets angry at the Doctor. Ransom comes to Smythe's quarters with the key to the Doctor's cell. He puts it under his pillow and goes to sleep. In the middle of the night, Zoe sneaks into Smythe's quarters. He is not there. She looks for the key and in the process of doing so finds the screen behind the picture. She eventually finds the key and sneaks away. Hearing someone approaching, the Doctor hides behind the prison door. He is overjoyed to find it is Zoe. They decide to find Jamie. As they leave, they are met by Ransom and the firing squad. Outside the Doctor is put up against the wall. Zoe struggles to break free. Orders are given. A gunshot ring out and the Doctor grimaces.
Episode two
The shot that rang out was from a window. A soldier has been wounded. The soldiers return fire. In the chaos, Zoe unties the Doctor and they escape. Smythe reports to his video screen that he is leaving for the conference. A unit materialises behind him. As the door opens, Ransom enters. Smythe puts on his glasses and says he is leaving for an important meeting. He climbs into the machine, and it dematerialises. Ransom does not bat an eyelash. A Redcoat is thrust into prison with Jamie. He is scared and doesn't know how he got there. He thinks it is 1745. The Doctor is spying on the military prison through a telescope. He commandeers a military vehicle and acts like it was sent for him. A bemused soldier drives him into the prison. Jamie questions the Redcoat. The Redcoat remembers stumbling into some mist and then, when it cleared, finding himself flanked by big guns and horseless carts. He was then brought to the prison. He is distrustful of Jamie. Commandant Norton is disturbed from his tea by the Doctor, who pretends he is from the War Office and has been sent to inspect the prison. Zoe is his secretary. When Norton asks for ID, the Doctor pretends to be outraged at his impertinence. Ransom is concerned that they have lost the Doctor and Zoe. He and Carstairs go to look for him whilst Jennifer stays at headquarters. The Redcoat and Jamie are fighting. When the soldiers come in to break them up, they turn on them and escape. Carstairs returns, having found nothing. Jennifer says she has started to remember getting lost in some mist before finding herself here. Carstairs wonders if it is a new gas. Norton is showing the Doctor the plans of the prison. He asks to talk to a prisoner. Norton receives a phone call to say that a Scotsman and a Redcoat have escaped. Jamie and the Redcoat run into some soldiers. A shot is fired. Norton is informed that the prisoners have been caught and that the Redcoat has been shot in the leg. The Doctor demands an interview with the other prisoner. Jamie is manhandled to the main building. Before Jamie can give the game away, the Doctor continues the farce. Norton has had enough of the Doctor and goes to ring Smythe. Zoe smashes a vase over his head. As they make to leave, they are caught by Ransom. Jennifer and Carstairs recall the court martial and think that Smythe is corrupt. Ransom returns and explains the recapture of the civilians. Carstairs questions Ransom about the court martial, and he shrugs it off. Carstairs decides to speak to the prisoners. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe are questioning the anachronisms of their surroundings. They are seemingly in 1917 but with a Redcoat and a video communication system from the distant future. Carstairs enters. Jennifer questions Ransom as to whether Smythe often disappears at the drop of a hat. Ransom shrugs it off and is about to go and inspect the prisoners, before Jennifer engages him in conversation to stall him. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe have explained the existence of the video screen to Carstairs. He says he will accompany them to Smythe's quarters and they can show him. Ransom is still talking when the phone rings. Carstairs tells Jennifer to decoy Ransom. Jennifer says that the phone call was from Smythe and that he wants Ransom to meet him in the furthest sector. Ransom leaves just as Carstairs' party arrives. They go into Smythe's room, and Zoe swings back the picture to show them the screen. Carstairs and Jennifer can't see it. The Doctor implores them to concentrate and it emerges. In another location, Smythe is watching them uncover his secret. The Doctor realises that the control is receiving and they all need to run. Carstairs and Jennifer relent eventually. Jennifer goes to get the ambulance. Jamie wants to go back to the TARDIS but the Doctor and Zoe overrule him. They are about to leave when Ransom emerges. Carstairs says that Smythe has asked the prisoners to be moved. Ransom queries the order due to the fact he was sent on a wild goose chase, but he eventually relents, fearful of the wrath of Smythe. They all clamber into the back of the ambulance and move off. In Smythe's quarters, the unit materialises, and Smythe emerges. Smythe questions Ransom as to the location of the prisoners and is furious when Ransom says he has let them go. Ransom sees that the ambulance has gone, and Smythe issues a general order for it to be located. Later, the ambulance has been spotted, and Smythe orders for artillery to be used on it. Ransom questions if they should be killing two women and a member of their own army. Smythe puts his glasses on and orders it. Ransom agrees. Carstairs takes cover in the ambulance as shells land around them. The Doctor joins Jennifer in the front of the ambulance, and they drive off into some mist. The ambulance disappears. Jennifer becomes scared as the mist encroaches. The ambulance emerges. The Doctor thinks the mist is some kind of force field as they are no longer surrounded by war or guns. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe climb atop a hill. They see a Roman chariot and a group of soldiers approaching them. They run back to the ambulance. Carstairs desperately tries to restart the ambulance as the chariot approaches.
Episode three
As the Romans approach, Carstairs gets the ambulance going, and they reverse back into the mist and disappear, leaving the Romans dumbfounded. The ambulance re-emerges back in 1917. The Doctor theorises that the mists act as barriers between different time zones and further theorises that there must be a map setting these out. They head back to Smythe's headquarters to uncover the map. Carstairs returns as if he has the rest of the group prisoner. Ransom doesn't fall for it, and Carstairs pulls his gun on him. Jamie removes Ransom's gun. He is trussed up with bandages. The Doctor sets about looking for the map. In Smythe's room, he finds a safe. He attempts to pick the lock whilst Carstairs seeks explosives to blow it open. Carstairs returns with a Mills Bomb — a type of grenade. Seeing that the whole bomb would destroy the room but not the safe, the Doctor takes the explosive out of the bomb and places it in the lock, extending the fuse with a candle wick. Ransom frees his mouth from the gag and calls for help. Carstairs goes out to address this, and once he has silenced him, a soldier, drawn by the noise, comes with Zoe and Jennifer in tow, looking for Ransom. In Smythe's room Jamie and the Doctor light the fuse and take cover. Carstairs is trying to get rid of the soldier but he is happy to wait for Ransom. He questions Carstairs as to who he is and where he has come from. The Doctor and Jamie hear the conversation outside and start to panic. The soldier is convinced and starts to leave but takes his time. The Doctor wants to put the fuse out but it's too late. As the soldier closes the door, the explosion rings out around the headquarters. He returns and rushes into Smythe's room. Carstairs pulls a gun on him, and Jamie trusses him up. The Doctor has found the map. In the centre is a blank space. That is where they should go. They head off in the ambulance but are soon surrounded by German soldiers. They board the ambulance and make the Doctor drive to their trenches. Later, Zoe and Jamie wait patiently while the Doctor is interrogated. A German soldier will not accept the Doctor's name. The Doctor relents and says he is Doctor John Smith. He says they are lost behind enemy lines. The soldier is very suspicious and thinks they're spies. He asks where they came from and pulls a gun, demanding the truth. Outside, Zoe and Jamie are given helmets. They discuss how barbaric war is. The Doctor has told the German soldier the whole truth about him and his friends being time travellers. He doesn't believe them. The Doctor implores him to ask Jamie and Zoe. He brings them in. He asks Zoe where she met the Doctor. The Doctor orders her to tell the truth. She says she met him at a space station. He asks Jamie when he met the Doctor, and he responds by saying he met him in 1745. The soldier is still unconvinced. The Doctor shows him the sonic screwdriver. He removes a screw from the soldier's gun and returns it. The soldier is starting to be convinced. A superior by the name of von Weich enters. The soldier tells him what he has discovered. Von Weich and the soldier withdraw. Von Weich puts on a monocle and tells the soldier that they are not time travellers, they are spies and should be shot. The soldier returns and tells the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe that they are spies and should be shot. Von Weich pulls back a picture in his quarters to reveal a communications screen. He reports the capture of the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. The Doctor protests with the German soldier. He reminds him of the sonic screwdriver and displays it again. The soldier starts to remember, but as he does the Doctor steals his gun and holds him up. He orders that they be taken back to their ambulance. In a central HQ, an alarm sounds. Smythe is reporting to a mysterious man known only as the War Chief. He is pleased with how things are progressing. Smythe reports the prisoners and their story of time travel to the War Chief. He is contemplative and orders that they be brought here. Von Weich reports their escape to Smythe and the War Chief. Smythe is furious. The War Chief orders that Smythe organise a pursuit and put out a general alert. He is adamant that they must be captured alive. The War Chief wonders to himself if he knows these time travellers. The Doctor and his colleagues have arrived in 1862 America — the Civil War. Their ambulance is beset by gun shots. Carstairs returns the fire, and they move off. The Doctor is pleased. He believes that if they are in the American Civil War zone, they are on the right track to the blank space. The ambulance is stopped by a felled tree. Carstairs gets out to investigate and calls for Jamie to help move it. As they start, they are ambushed by soldiers. Carstairs starts firing at the soldiers as the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe move the tree. Carstairs engages in hand-to-hand battle with a soldier as Jamie comes to help him. The Doctor and Zoe have moved the tree, but reinforcements are arriving on horseback. Carstairs remains and holds off the reinforcements as the ambulance moves off, but he is captured off-screen. Shortly afterwards the ambulance stops. They are out of petrol. They have to go on by foot. Smythe and von Weich plan their strategy of how to capture the escaped party. They receive a report of the capture of Carstairs. They marvel at the bravery of "these humans". Carstairs is to be brought to the central headquarters for reprocessing. Jamie checks out a barn. When he realises it is safe, he calls for the others. Soon enough they hear the noise of materialisation. They hide. A unit materialises. The door opens, and a whole troop of soldiers emerge. When they are gone, Zoe says that the unit must be bigger on the inside like the TARDIS. The Doctor looks inside. Outside there are gunshots. Jennifer goes to look. Zoe calls for the Doctor and goes in after him. Jamie goes to help Jennifer. The unit dematerialises, leaving the group separated.
•Dr. Who - Patrick Troughton
•Jamie - Frazer Hines
•Zoe - Wendy Padbury
•Lady Jennifer - Jane Sherwin
•German Soldier - John Livesey
•Carstairs - David Savile
•Writers - Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke
•Title Music - Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
•Incidental Music - Dudley Simpson
•Special Sound by Brian Hodgson, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
•Special Effects - Michaeljohn Harris
•Costumes - Nick Bullen
The Doctor's items
•The Doctor again uses his recorder as a telescope.
Locations
•The time zones are divided into the following wars or periods in Earth's history: Roman, Greek, Crimean War, First World War, Peninsular War, American Civil War, Mexican Civil War, English Civil War, Thirty-Years War, Boer War, Russo-Japanese War.
Species
•The Doctor recalls that the Quarks were robotic servants of the Dominators who tried to enslave a peace loving race. •The Doctor is identified as a Time Lord. •The Doctor notes that various forces have tried to conquer the planet Earth: Robot Yeti controlled by an alien intelligence, the Martian Ice Warriors, and the half-creature half-machine Cybermen. •The Doctor believes the Daleks to be the worst of the evils he has fought, describing them as "a pitiless race of conquerors exterminating all who came up against them."
•The four faces proposed to the Doctor for his change of appearance were drawn by the story's designer Roger Cheveley. The script of the episode confirms, as the episode's dialogue indicates, that five faces are proposed to him. The one deemed "too young" by the Doctor is not shown. None of the faces shown resemble the actual Third Doctor, as Jon Pertwee was not cast in the role until production of this serial had concluded.
•Clips were used in episode ten from The Web of Fear (the TARDIS in space), Fury from the Deep (the TARDIS landing in the sea) and The Wheel in Space (a Wheel exterior).
•The same clips of attacking Roman soldiers were used in different episodes despite being at two different times and with different party members (The Doctor, Zoe, Jamie, Jennifer and Carstairs in episodes two and three, The Doctor, Jamie and Carstairs in episode seven)
•The story title, episode number and writers' name credits for each episode are shown over a stock footage montage of explosions and gunfire.
•The German soldiers in the 1917 War Zone are seen wearing spiked helmets despite such helmets being put out of use in 1916.
•The space/time machines that the War Chief provides for the games are only named SIDRAT once (in episode seven, when it's pronounced "side rat"). The acronym is never explained on-screen, but Malcolm Hulke's novelisation of the story reveals it to stand for Space and Inter-time Directional Robot All-purpose Transporter. SIDRAT is TARDIS spelled backwards.
•The Doctor is put on trial for his interference in other cultures, as he would be again in his sixth incarnation. (TV: The Trial of a Time Lord)
•Listing the evils he has fought, the Doctor recalls the Quarks, (TV: The Dominators) the Robot Yeti, (TV: The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear) the Ice Warriors, (TV: The Ice Warriors, The Seeds of Death) the Cybermen, (TV: The Tenth Planet et al.) and the Daleks. (TV: The Daleks et al.)
•Both the War Chief and the Time Lord tribunal state the Doctor's appearance has changed. (TV: The Tenth Planet)
•The Doctor's face is seen starting to change here, leading directly into his appearance on Earth with a new face and post-regenerative coma. (TV: Spearhead from Space)
•The War Chief reappears in PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus.
•In a parallel universe, the Doctor chose one of the faces here suggested to him on this trial and became the President of the Republic of Great Britain. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation)
DVD release
•A three-disc DVD release occurred in the UK on 6 July 2009. A North American release followed on 3 November 2009. •Remastering for the DVD release was completed by the Doctor Who Restoration Team.
BritBox streaming availability
This story is available for streaming through BritBox (US) as part of Season 6 of Classic Doctor Who.
VHS releases
•This was released on video in episodic format in 1990. •It was also released for the W H Smith exclusive The Time Lord Collection in 2002.
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