RR. Fury From The Deep

  • Story Editor: Derrick Sherwin;
  • Writer: Victor Pemberton;
  • Produced by: Peter Bryant;
  • Director: Hugh David;
  • Designer: Peter Kindred;
  • Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson (1-5);

Programme Description

The TARDIS materialises on the surface of the sea, and the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria have to use a rubber dinghy to reach the shore. They have unknowingly tresspassed in a restricted area of a refinery and are shot with tranquilliser darts.

The Doctor learns from the controller of the refinery that they have been experiencing problems with pressure in the feed pipes, and that they have sucked up some form of parasitic weed.

The weed can generate a poisonous gas, or a strange foam with which it can control the minds of those who come in contact with it. The weed rapidly spreads and is determined to create a colony around the rigs.

The Doctor finds that the weed is susceptible to loud high pitch noises, and is able to destroy the weed with the amplified sounds of Victoria's screams. Victoria elects to stay behind with the family of one of the refinery workers.

Regular Cast

  • Jamie McCrimmon: Frazer Hines;
  • Victoria Waterfield: Deborah Watling;

Guest Cast

  • Controller John Robson: Victor Maddern;
  • Deputy Controller Frank Harris: Roy Spencer;
  • Maggie Harris: June Murphy;
  • Chief Engineer: Hubert Rees;
  • Price: Graham Leaman;
  • Peter Van Lutyens: John Abineri (1-4);
  • Guard: Peter Duscrow (1-4);
  • Mick Carney: John Garvin (1);
  • Chief Baxter: Richard Mayes (1,4);
  • Quill: Bill Burridge (2,5);
  • Oak: John Gill (2-5);
  • Megan Jones: Margaret John (4-6);
  • Ronald Perkins: Brian Cullingford (4-6);

  • UNCREDITED CAST:
  • Guards: Derek Chafer, Charles Finch;
  • Technicians: Bobby Beaumont, Robert Pearson, Bill Straiton. Vic Taylor;
  • Walk-ons: Michael Durham, Terry Nelson, Roy Pearce, Keith Sissons, Mike Smith, Roy Stevens, Raymond Turson, Tom Wadden, Wallace Wilding;

Transmissions

ChannelEpisodeTitleDateViewersPosition
BBC 1 198 Episode 1 Sat 16 Mar 1968 1617:15 - 17:40 8.2M 46th
BBC 1 199 Episode 2 Sat 23 Mar 1968 2317:15 - 17:40 7.9M 40th
BBC 1 200 Episode 3 Sat 30 Mar 1968 3017:15 - 17:40 7.7M 47th
BBC 1 201 Episode 4 Sat 6 Apr 1968 617:15 - 17:40 6.6M 62nd
BBC 1 202 Episode 5 Sat 13 Apr 1968 1317:15 - 17:40 5.9M 73rd
BBC 1 203 Episode 6 Sat 20 Apr 1968 2017:15 - 17:40 6.9M 42nd

Repeat Transmissions

This programme has not been repeated.

Locations

  • Radio 390 Offshore Platform, Red Sands, Thames Estuary;
  • Margate Beach, Kent; Fields near Denham Aerodrome, Bucks;

Studios

  • Lime Grove Studio D;
  • Ealing Television Film Studios;
  • Television Centre Studio 1;

Bloopers and Mistakes

This programme has no bloopers or mistakes. It's probably not perfect, just that they haven't been found or pointed out yet

Notes and Trivia

Deborah Watling leaves at the end of the story, although the final shot of her is reprised at the beginning of the next story.

Episode 1 sees the first use of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver.

This story is the only Troughton story title which does not start with the word 'the'.

Working Titles

Colony Of Devils
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