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Doctor Who

Logopolis: Part One

  • Episode aired Feb 28, 1981
  • 25m
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7.8/10
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S18.E25
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Tom Baker and Matthew Waterhouse in Doctor Who (1963)
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Preparing to overhaul his TARDIS, the Doctor goes to Earth to take fresh measurements of a police box. A figure in white observes, as the Master lies in wait with a puzzling predicament for ... Read allPreparing to overhaul his TARDIS, the Doctor goes to Earth to take fresh measurements of a police box. A figure in white observes, as the Master lies in wait with a puzzling predicament for his rival Time Lord.Preparing to overhaul his TARDIS, the Doctor goes to Earth to take fresh measurements of a police box. A figure in white observes, as the Master lies in wait with a puzzling predicament for his rival Time Lord.
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  • Director
    • Peter Grimwade
  • Writers
    • Christopher H. Bidmead(by)
    • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Tom Baker
    • Matthew Waterhouse
    • Janet Fielding
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  • Director
    • Peter Grimwade
  • Writers
    • Christopher H. Bidmead(by)
    • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Tom Baker
    • Matthew Waterhouse
    • Janet Fielding
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    • 5Critic reviews
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    Tom Baker
    Tom Baker
    • Doctor Whoas Doctor Who
    Matthew Waterhouse
    Matthew Waterhouse
    • Adricas Adric
    Janet Fielding
    Janet Fielding
    • Teganas Tegan
    Delore Whiteman
    • Aunt Vanessaas Aunt Vanessa
    Tom Georgeson
    • Detective Inspectoras Detective Inspector
    Anthony Ainley
    Anthony Ainley
    • The Masteras The Master
    • (voice)
    Adrian Gibbs
    • The Watcheras The Watcher
    • (uncredited)
    Ray Knight
    • Policeman with Bikeas Policeman with Bike
    • (uncredited)
    Brychan Powell
    • Logopolitanas Logopolitan
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Roy
    • Policemanas Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Derek Suthern
    • PC Davisas PC Davis
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Peter Grimwade
    • Writers
      • Christopher H. Bidmead(by)
      • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Christopher H. Bidmead, a keen computer enthusiast, used many ideas from computer science in developing the story, with elements such as the Monitor, block transfers, and registers all being derived from terminology in computer architecture. Eager to inject Doctor Who with real scientific notions, Bidmead also drew upon the physics discipline of thermodynamics, making heavy use of the concept of entropy: the measure of unavailable energy in a system, which effectively increases as a system becomes homogeneous. Another starting point was Nathan-Turner's observation that a real police box still stood on the Barnet bypass in London. Bidmead was fascinated with the TARDIS, and wanted to explore its properties more fully.
    • Quotes

      Adric: Doctor?

      The Doctor: Look, whenever you see me in this part of the TARDIS, pacing up and down like this, be a good chap and don't interrupt me, will you, unless it's terribly urgent? It's not terribly urgent, is it?

      Adric: Well, no.

      The Doctor: So now you know. In fact, there's no need for you to come barging in here at all. If it is terribly urgent you could always ring the cloister bell.

      Adric: The cloister bell?

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      Featured in A New Body at Last (2007)

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    10/10
    The Sombre Final Adventure for the 4th Doctor
    This is story is pervaded by feelings of dread and decay. It's very well written, yet unavoidably sullen. The Fourth Doctor is not long for this world, and the presence of a shadowy phantom confirms this.

    The Doctor quickly finds himself coming to terms with feelings loss and even death. For the audience, this almost seems like a countdown to the unavoidable end of of a character that a generation had grown up watching (1974-1981).

    The Newly regenerated Master lures the Doctor into a trap that will ultimately put the entire universe in danger and force the Doctor to make the ultimate sacrifice to stop him.

    So many things ended with this story- season 18, the Tom Baker era, and- some might say- classic Doctor Who. For better or worse, things would NEVER be the same after this.
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    • Release date
      • February 28, 1981 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • BBC (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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