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Who: The Web Planet (1965)
Date(s) of Broadcast: 13 February 1965
- 20 March 1965
Number of Episodes: 6
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: black and white
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Verity
Lambert
SCRIPT
Script: Bill Strutton
Story Editor: Dennis Spooner
DIRECTION
Director: Richard Martin
PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Ralph Walton
Film Camera: Peter Hamilton
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Gitta Zadek
MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranger: Delia Derbyshire
Incidental Music: stock
SOUND
Studio Sound: Ray Angel
Special Sound: Brian Hodgson
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Sonia Markham
Costumes: Daphne Dare
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: John Wood
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Norman Stewart
Assistant Floor Manager: Gillian Chardet, Elizabeth Dunbar
Insect Movement By: Roslyn De Winter
CAST
EPISODE 1: The Web Planet
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Robert Jewell, Jack Pitt, Gerald Taylor (Zarbi operators)
EPISODE 2: The Zarbi
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Robert Jewell, Jack Pitt, Gerald Taylor, Hugh Lund, Kevin Manser, John
Scott Martin, (The Zarbi)
Catherine Fleming (Animus voice)
Roslyn De Winter (Vrestin)
Arne Gordon (Hrostar)
Arthur Blake (Hrhoonda)
EPISODE 3: Escape To Danger
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright - credited, but does not appear)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Robert Jewell, Jack Pitt, Gerald Taylor, Hugh Lund, Kevin Manser, John
Scott Martin, (The Zarbi)
Catherine Fleming (Animus voice)
Roslyn De Winter (Vrestin)
EPISODE 4: Crater Of Needles
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Robert Jewell, Jack Pitt, Gerald Taylor, Hugh Lund, Kevin Manser, John
Scott Martin, (The Zarbi)
Catherine Fleming (Animus voice)
Roslyn De Winter (Vrestin)
Arne Gordon (Hrostar)
Jolyon Booth (Prapillus)
Jocelyn Birdsall (Hlynia)
Martin Jarvis (Captain Hilio)
Ian Thompson (Hetra)
Barbara Joss (Nemini)
EPISODE 5: Invasion
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Robert Jewell, Jack Pitt, Gerald Taylor, Hugh Lund, Kevin Manser, John
Scott Martin, (The Zarbi)
Roslyn De Winter (Vrestin)
Arne Gordon (Hrostar)
Jolyon Booth (Prapillus)
Jocelyn Birdsall (Hlynia)
Martin Jarvis (Captain Hilio)
Ian Thompson (Hetra)
Barbara Joss (Nemini)
EPISODE 6: The Centre
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Robert Jewell, Jack Pitt, Gerald Taylor, Hugh Lund, Kevin Manser, John
Scott Martin, (The Zarbi)
Catherine Fleming (Animus voice)
Roslyn De Winter (Vrestin)
Arne Gordon (Hrostar)
Jolyon Booth (Prapillus)
Jocelyn Birdsall (Hlynia)
Martin Jarvis (Captain Hilio)
Ian Thompson (Hetra)
UNCREDITED PERFORMERS
Jane Bowman, Ken McGarvie, Len Russell
EPISODES
1. The Web Planet (13 February 1965)
2. The Zarbi (20 February 1965)
3. Escape To Danger (27 February 1965)
4. Crater Of Needles (6 March 1965)
5. Invasion (13 March 1965)
6. The Centre (20 March 1965)
PLOT SUMMARY
The TARDIS suffers a strange power drain and The Doctor is forced to
materialise it on the planet Virtis. The travelers find themselves caught
up in the struggle by the butterfly-like Menoptera to free their world
from the parasitic invader the Animus which is covering the planet with
a web-like structure. The Doctor and his companions join forces with
both the Menoptera and the planet's other species, the Optera, to battle
the Animus.
CAPSULE REVIEW
At the time, this must have been a jaw-dropping viewing experience
- audacious in its ambition, it was the most effects intensive Doctor
Who story thus far and there had, quite simply, been nothing
like it on British TV before. Today, it looks dated and, at times, rather
comical, but the story holds up exceptionally well and. A hugely impressive
endeavour and a landmark in Who history.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video (BBCV 4405)
TIMELINE
1965
January
4: UK - effects and model sequences filmed at Ealing
5: UK - effects and model sequences filmed at Ealing
6: UK - effects and model sequences filmed at Ealing
7: UK - effects and model sequences filmed at Ealing
8: UK - effects and model sequences filmed at Ealing
11: UK - effects and model sequences filmed at Ealing
22: UK - studio recording takes place at Riverside Studio 1,
Hammersmith, London
29: UK - studio recording takes place at Riverside Studio 1,
Hammersmith, London
February
5: UK - studio recording takes place at Riverside Studio 1, Hammersmith,
London
12: UK - studio recording takes place at Riverside Studio 1, Hammersmith,
London
13: UK - The Web Planet television broadcast (on BBC1)
19: UK - studio recording takes place at Riverside Studio 1, Hammersmith,
London
20: UK - The Zarbi television broadcast (on BBC1)
26: UK - studio recording takes place at Riverside Studio 1, Hammersmith,
London
27: UK - Escape To Danger television broadcast (on BBC1)
March
6: UK - Crater Of Needles television broadcast (on BBC1)
13: UK - Invasion television broadcast (on BBC1)
20: UK - The Centre television broadcast (on BBC1)
REFERENCES
BOOKS
Doctor Who Programme Guide pp.33-34
credits, synopsis (by Jean-Marc Lofficier)
Doctor Who The Discontinuity Guide pp.33-36
credits, trivia, review (by Paul Cornell, Martin Day and Keith Topping)
Doctor Who: The Handbook: The First Doctor
pp.91-95
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen
James Walker)
Doctor Who: The Television Companion pp.47-50
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker)
Pocket Essentials: Doctor Who p.17
credits, review (by Mark Campbell)
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
aliens, insects, time travel
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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