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full circle

story 112 : season 18 : serial 5R : 4 episodes

Producer: John Nathan-Turner
Director: Peter Grimwade
Writer: Andrew Smith
Script Editor: Christopher H Bidmead
Designer: Janet Budden

cast information

Tom Baker (Doctor Who); Lalla Ward (Romana); Matthew Waterhouse (Adric); John Leeson (voice of K-9); Richard Willis (Varsh); George Baker (Decider Login); Tony Calvin (Dexeter); Leonard Maguire (Decider Draith); James Bree (Decider Nefred); June Page (Keara); Alan Rowe (Garif); Bernard Padden (Tylos); Andrew Forbes (Omril); Adrian Gibbs (Rysik); Barney Lawrence (Marshman); Norman Bacon (Marshchild);

crew information

Alex Bridcut (Assistant Floor Manager); Lynn Richards (Assistant Floor Manager); Amy Roberts (Costumes); Max Samett (Film Cameraman); Mike Houghton (Film Editor); Paddy Kingsland (Incidental Music); Frances Needham (Make-Up); Susan Box (Production Assistant); Angela Smith (Production Unit Manager); Dick Mills (Special Sounds); Mike Jefferies (Studio Lighting); John Holmes (Studio Sound); Peter Howell (Theme Arrangement); Ron Grainer (Title Music); John Brace (Visual Effects);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Part One 25 October 1980 at 17:40 24'23" 5.9mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
2 Part Two 1 November 1980 at 17:40 22'11" 3.7mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
3 Part Three 8 November 1980 at 17:40 22'00" 5.9mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
4 Part Four 15 November 1980 at 17:40 24'16" 5.5mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
  1. Part One
    » Always held by the FVTL
  2. Part Two
    » Always held by the FVTL
  3. Part Three
    » Always held by the FVTL
  4. Part Four
    » Always held by the FVTL

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- Full Circle
Written by: Andrew Smith
Number 026 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
1982 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: Andrew Skilleter
16 September 1982 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Andrew Skilleter
ISBN: 0 426 20150 7

plot synopsis

The TARDIS is trapped in an alternate universe called E-Space, and lands on the planet Alzarius, where the populace live on board the Starliner, a vast spaceship that crashed on the planet centuries before. Ruled by the Deciders, the passive race retreat into the ship as Mistfall approaches, and the Marshmen rise from the swamps. The Doctor deduces that the humanoids are actually mutations from the Marshmen, in part of a lifecycle unique to the planet. The Deciders have known all along and are also hiding the fact that the Starliner could take off at any time. The Doctor helps them to leave the planet, and dematerialises unaware that he has a stowaway on board - a young Alzarian named Adric.

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