The Doctor and Jo are trapped on the fort by a Sea Devil while the Master convinces Trenchard to help him steal some electronic components.The Doctor and Jo are trapped on the fort by a Sea Devil while the Master convinces Trenchard to help him steal some electronic components.The Doctor and Jo are trapped on the fort by a Sea Devil while the Master convinces Trenchard to help him steal some electronic components.
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- Castle Guard Barclay
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- Malcolm Hulke
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
- Donald Wilson(uncredited)
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- TriviaThis serial was the first Doctor Who story to involve the Royal Navy in production, as opposed to the Army in previous episodes. When the RN was approached, the production crew was invited to shoot during naval exercises. It proved a mutually beneficial arrangement: the RN got excellent publicity for their participation, while the production received free access to Naval facilities, ships and equipment with a large number of military personnel as volunteers eager to appear on television. The fact that the then current series star, Jon Pertwee, was a veteran naval officer himself resulted in very pleasant encounters with the sailors eager to meet him.
- GoofsThe helicopter sent to rescue the Doctor and Jo from the sea fort is a Westland Sea King when it leaves base. However, the helicopter that arrives at the sea fort is a Westland Wessex.
- Quotes
Jo Grant: Those things that attacked us. You said you'd seen something like it before.
Doctor Who: Something very similar, certainly. They emerged from some caves in Derbyshire.
Jo Grant: The Silurians, wasn't it? The Brigadier was telling me.
Doctor Who: That's a complete misnomer. The chap who discovered them must have got the period wrong. No, properly speaking, they should have been called the Eocenes.
- Crazy creditsThe BBC wish to acknowledge the help given to them by the Royal Navy in the making of this programme
- ConnectionsFeatured in Doctor Who Confidential: Lords and Masters (2009)
I am enjoying this story very much, I love that The Doctor has two adversaries to deal with here, The Master is at his cunning best, and has clearly gotten hold of that equipment for a purpose. The Sea Devils remain the unknown quantity, are they good or bad?
I liked the encounter between The Doctor and The Sea Devil, and of course his scrap with The Master.
Some of the music here is incredibly irritating, it's not the best.
How smart does Delgado look in that uniform, it looks as though he was made to wear it.
Trenchard really is a stuffed shirt, there really is a pattern to this type of character, Styles, Grover, you'll see plenty of them.
The standard is very good, 8/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Feb 27, 2021
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