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fury from the deep

story 42 : season 5 : serial RR : 6 episodes

Producer: Peter Bryant
Director: Hugh David
Writer: Victor Pemberton
Script Editor: Derrick Sherwin
Designer: Peter Kindred

cast information

Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who); Frazer Hines (Jamie MacCrimmon); Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield); Victor Maddern (Robson); John Abineri (Van Lutyens); Roy Spencer (Harris); June Murphy (Maggie Harris); Graham Leaman (Price); Peter Ducrow (Guard); John Garvin (Carney); Hubert Rees (Chief Engineer); Richard Mayes (Chief Baxter); Bill Burridge (Quill); John Gill (Oak); Margaret John (Megan Jones); Brian Cullingford (Perkins);

crew information

Margot Hayhoe (Assistant Floor Manager); Martin Baugh (Costumes); Ken Westbury (Film Cameraman); Colin Hobson (Film Editor); Dudley Simpson (Incidental Music); Sylvia James (Make-Up); Michael Briant (Production Assistant); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Sam Neeter (Studio Lighting); David Hughes (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Peter Day (Visual Effects); Len Hutton (Visual Effects); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Episode 1 16 March 1968 at 17:25 24'54" 8.2mil does not exist
2 Episode 2 23 March 1968 at 17:25 23'08" 7.9mil does not exist
3 Episode 3 30 March 1968 at 17:25 20'29" 7.7mil does not exist
4 Episode 4 6 April 1968 at 17:25 24'17" 6.6mil does not exist
5 Episode 5 13 April 1968 at 17:25 23'40" 5.9mil does not exist
6 Episode 6 20 April 1968 at 17:25 24'24" 6.9mil does not exist
  1. Episode 1
    » Clip exists on The War Games Episode 10
  2. Episode 2
    » Clip returned from ABC censors in Australia c.1996
  3. Episode 3
  4. Episode 4
    » Clips returned from ABC censors in Australia c.1996
  5. Episode 5
    » Clips returned from ABC censors in Australia c.1996
  6. Episode 6

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- Timelash
Written by: Glen McCoy
Number 105 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
1985 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: David McAllister
ISBN: 0 491 03851 8
1986 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: David McAllister
ISBN: 0 491 03652 3
16 October 1986 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: David McAllister
ISBN: 0 426 20259 7

plot synopsis

At a refinery off the North Sea, its boss, Robson, blames the Doctor for the disappearance of several staff members and for sabotaging the pipes. Others believe that there is something mysterious in the pipes, and whatever it is seems to control the mysterious Mr Quill and Mr Oak. They are the human agents for a lethal, mutant sea weed creature, which is trying to expand its race by taking over humans. The amplified sounds of Victoria's screams kill it, and when it comes to leaving, she opts to stay behind on the Earth

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