DD. The Tenth Planet

  • Story Editor: Gerry Davis;
  • Writers: Kit Pedlar and Gerry Davis (uncredited 1-2);
  • Director: Derek Martinus;
  • Produced by: Innes Lloyd;
  • Designer: Peter Kindred;
  • Incidental Music: Stock;

Programme Description

The TARDIS lands at the South Pole in December 1986 at a Space Tracking Centre. The personnel, under the command of General Cutler, are trying to rescue a manned space shuttle that has gotten into difficulty.

The Doctor realises that the problems stem from the gravitational pull of a tenth planet that has entered the solar system. Soon the occupants of the planet arrive on Earth - the Cybermen.

The planet, Mondas, a twin planet of Earth, is draining energy from Earth. The Cybermen propose to take humans back to Mondas and turn them into Cybermen.

The humans fight back, and fortunately Ben sabotages the Z-bomb which would cause mass devastation. The Cybermen, who are dependant on their planet, collapse and die when Mondas explodes after absorbing too much energy. The Doctor, weakened by the events, retires to the TARDIS, and begins his regeneration ...

Regular Cast

  • Ben Jackson: Michael Craze;
  • Polly Wright: Anneke Wills;

Guest Cast

  • General Cutler: Robert Beatty;
  • Dr. Barclay: David Dodimead;
  • Dr. Ernest John Dyson: Dudley Jones;
  • Radar Technician: Christopher Matthews;
  • Wigner: Steve Plytas;
  • Major Dan Shultz: Alan White (1-2);
  • Colonel Williams: Earl Cameron (1-2);
  • Private Tito: Shane Shelton (1);
  • American Sergeant: John Brandon (1);
  • Krail: Reg Whitehead (2);
  • Talon: Harry Brooks (2);
  • Shav: Gregg Palmer (2);
  • Cyberman Voices: Roy Skelton (2,4), Peter Hawkins (4);
  • Geneva Technician: Ellen Cullen (2-4);
  • Television Announcer: Glenn Beck (2);
  • Lt. Terry Cutler: Callen Angelo (3-4);
  • R/T Technician: Christopher Dunham;
  • Krang: Harry Brooks (4);
  • Jarl: Reg Whitehead (4);
  • Gern: Gregg Palmer (4);

  • UNCREDITED CAST:
  • Cybermen: (all 2,4) John Haines, John Knott, Bruce Wells;
  • R/T Technician: Nicholas Edwards;
  • Double for the Doctor: Gordon Craig (3);
  • Double for Ben: Peter Pocock (3);
  • Doctor Who: Patrick Troughton;
  • Secretary: Sheila Edwards;
  • Corporal: Alec Coleman;
  • Soldiers: Freddie Eldrett, Nick Hilton, Terence Jones, Ken McGarvie, Roy Pierce, Peter Pocock;
  • Officers: Gordon Lang, Richard Lawrence, Morris Quick;
  • Engineers: Freddie Eldrett, Roy Pierce;

Transmissions

ChannelEpisodeTitleDateViewersPosition
BBC 1 131 Episode 1 Sat 8 Oct 1966 817:50 - 18:15 5.5M 77th
BBC 1 132 Episode 2 Sat 15 Oct 1966 1517:50 - 18:15 6.4M 57th
BBC 1 133 Episode 3 Sat 22 Oct 1966 2217:50 - 18:15 7.6M 46th
BBC 1 134 Episode 4 Sat 29 Oct 1966 2917:15 - 17:40 7.6M 48th

Repeat Transmissions

This programme has not been repeated.

Locations

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

Studios

  • Riverside Studio 1;
  • Ealing Television Film Studios;

Bloopers and Mistakes

The credits at the end of this episode spell Kit Pedlar's name as Kitt.

The credits at the end of this episode spell Gerry Davis's name as Davies.

Notes and Trivia

This is the last Hartnell story, introducing the revolutionary concept of regeneration.

William Hartnell does not appear in this episode.

An unusual computer style graphic sequence is used to produce all the credits in the opening titles and end credits.

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