OO. The Ice Warriors

  • Story Editor: Peter Bryant;
  • Writer: Brian Hayles;
  • Produced by: Innes Lloyd;
  • Director: Derek Martinus;
  • Designer: Jeremy Davies;
  • Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson;

Programme Description

The TARDIS materialises on Earth during the second ice age. At the Britannicus Base, like bases around the world, a computer and an ioniser device are used to keep the ice flows at bay.

A giant creature has been discovered buried in the ice, termed an Ice Warrior by one of the scientists, and it is brought into the base. It thaws, and the creature reveals itself to be Varga, commander of a Martian spacecraft that landed on Earth centuries ago and was entombed in the ice.

More Ice Warriors are revived. With Mars now dead they plan to take over Earth, and with Earth in the grip of a second ice age the conditions are perfect for colonisation.

The ioniser cannot be used for fear of exploding the Ice Warrior's ships engines. The computer, to which the base are dependent, can offer no advice in the situation. One of the scientists who supports the Doctor decides to risk using the ioniser, and the resulting explosion is only minor, only destroying the Ice Warriors and their ship, and keeping the ice at bay.

Regular Cast

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

Guest Cast

  • Leader Clent: Peter Barkworth;
  • Senior Control Technician Jan Garrett: Wendy Gifford;
  • Elric Penley: Peter Sallis;
  • Commander Varga: Bernard Bresslaw;
  • Stor: Angus Lennie (1-4);
  • Chief Scientist Arden: George Waring (1-3);
  • Securty Sergeant Walters: Malcolm Taylor (1,5-6);
  • Computer Voice: Roy Skelton (1-2,5);
  • Davis: Peter Diamond (1);
  • Zondal: Roger Jones (3-6);
  • Rintan: Tony Harwood (3-6);
  • Isbur: Michael Atwell (3-6);
  • Turoc: Sonny Caldinez (3-4);

  • UNCREDITED CAST:
  • Control Room Operators: Monique Bryant, Alec Coleman, Kathy Fitzgibbon, Stan Hogan, Ann Jarvis;
  • Technicians: Gary Dean, Frankie Dunn, James Holbrook, Donald Sinclair;

Transmissions

ChannelEpisodeTitleDateViewersPosition
BBC 1 180 One Sat 11 Nov 1967 1117:10 - 17:35 6.7M 68th
BBC 1 181 Two Sat 18 Nov 1967 1817:25 - 17:50 7.1M 71st
BBC 1 182 Three Sat 25 Nov 1967 2517:25 - 17:50 7.4M 64th
BBC 1 183 Four Sat 2 Dec 1967 217:25 - 17:50 7.3M 63rd
BBC 1 184 Five Sat 9 Dec 1967 917:25 - 17:50 8.0M 44th
BBC 1 185 Six Sat 16 Dec 1967 1617:25 - 17:50 7.5M 58th

Repeat Transmissions

This programme has not been repeated.

Locations

This programme has not been filmed on location or the locations are not known

Studios

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

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

The story title, writer credit and episode number (with no episode prefix) are brought up over a sequence of ice crystals, accompanied by incidental music, the vocals for which are by Joanne Brown.

Working Titles

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