Script Editor: Andrew Cartmel; Produced by: John Nathan-Turner; Writer: Ian Briggs; Director: Chris Clough; Designer: John Asbridge; Incidental Music: Dominic Glynn;
The TARDIS lands on the trading colony of Iceworld. Although the Doctor claims his landing is innocent, Mel gets him to admit that he is curious about a Dragon, and the treasure that it guards. Whilst on Iceworld the Doctor and Mel run across Sabalom Glitz, who seems to be getting on one of the waitress's nerves. Kane, who can only survive in the cold, was exiled to the dark side of Svartos, where Iceworld was founded. Iceworld is in fact a spacecraft, but the power source is protected by a laser emitting dragon - the ideal defence against Kane. As usual, Glitz has money problems. One of his creditors is Kane, who wants the money back. The only way to repay the debt is to go looking for the treasure. When Kane learns the location of the treasure he sends two of his people to retrieve it, but they are killed by a trap. The Doctor returns the treasure to Kane. Kane planned to pilot Iceworld back to Proamon, his home planet, and exact his revenge. But Proamon no longer exists. Unable to accept this, Kane commits suicide. While Mel leaves with Glitz, Ace travels with the Doctor.
Melanie Bush: Bonnie Langford; Ace: Sophie Aldred;
Kane: Edward Peel; Sabalom Glitz: Tony Selby; The Creature: Leslie Meadows; Announcer: Lynn Gardner; Kracauer: Tony Osoba (1-2); Belazs: Patricia Quinn (1-2); Pudovkin: Nigel Miles-Thomas (1-2); McLuhan: Stephanie Fayerman (1, 3); Bazin: Stuart Organ (1, 3); Customer: Shirin Taylor (1, 3); Anderson: Ian MacKenzie (1); Zon: Sean Blowers (1); Arnheim: Chris MacDonnell (2); Archivist: Daphne Oxenford (2); Stellar: Miranda Borman (3);
Uncredited:
Sculptor: Larry Bishop; Glitz's Crew: (all 1) Ian Bodenham, Ray Knight, Ross Murray, Sue Somerset; Guards: Chris Andrews, Jon Baker, Simon Brown, Keith Harvie; Customers/Mercenaries: Miles Ambrose, Olwyn Atkinson, Caroline Christie, Tricia Clark, Penny Cole, Noel Drennan, Patrick Edwards, Christian Fletcher, Nick Florio, Rick Florio, Andrew Hunter, Brian Jacobs, Ian Johns, Linda Kent, Harry Klein, Eric Lindsey, Maggie Linton, Bill Malin, Gloria McGuire, Stuart Myers, Lee Pond, Denise Powell, Barbara Russell, Pat Shepherd, Doug Stark, Julie Ann Wood;
| Ep. | Title | Date | Viewers | Position |
| 665. | Part One (BBC 1) |
Mon 23/11/1987 19:35 - 20:00 |
5.5M | 80th |
| 666. | Part Two (BBC 1) |
Mon 30/11/1987 19:35 - 20:00 |
5.0M | 96th |
| 667. | Part Three (BBC 1) |
Mon 07/12/1987 19:35 - 20:00 |
4.7M | 94th |
This programme has not been repeated
Watch out for the Doctor's amazing appearing umbrella. One minute he has it, then it's gone, then, for a brief second on Glitz's ship, he has it again. In the scene where Ace and Mel meet the Dragon, when Mel screams there is a momentary expression of pain on Ace's face. According to Sophie Aldred she had a massive headache that day, and here she was standing inches away from Bonnie Langford in full scream. In one scene Sophie Aldred is running down a pathway and the supposedly crystalline wall alongside her lifts up briefly to show us that it's nothing more than a plain old sheet of plastic. When Belazs goes to push down a button, the whole console strains under the pressure. Episode 1: When Kane lays his coin on the control panel you can see the plywood grain of the 'metal' console. Episode 1 - 2: In the the cliffhanger to episode 1, with the Doctor dangling over a precipice, clinging only to his umbrella, it's established that it's quite a long way down. Eventually Glitz rescues him by going to the bottom of the precipice and letting him step down onto his shoulders, implying that the fall was only a few feet after all!
This programme has not been filmed on location or the locations are unknown
Television Centre Studio 1; Television Centre Studio 3;
Mel (Bonnie Langford) leaves at the end of the story.
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