Finding out-of-season Brighton beach somewhat lacking, the Doctor and Romana travel to the leisure planet Argolis - but there strange experiments are taking place.Finding out-of-season Brighton beach somewhat lacking, the Doctor and Romana travel to the leisure planet Argolis - but there strange experiments are taking place.Finding out-of-season Brighton beach somewhat lacking, the Doctor and Romana travel to the leisure planet Argolis - but there strange experiments are taking place.
- Voice of K9
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- Foamasi
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- Visitor Loman
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- David Fisher
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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- TriviaThis story saw the introduction of a new fibreglass TARDIS prop to replace the battered wooden version in use since 1976.
- GoofsRomana blames The Doctor for not getting K9's defenses (in this case, against seawater) set up right. This implies that she was expecting them to be working, in which case she wouldn't have cried out to warn K9 before he went into the water.
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Doctor Who: Argolis? Tell me about it.
Romana: It's the first of the leisure planets. In relative Earth date 2250 there's a hideous war against some reptile people called the Foamasi. Most of the planet gets wiped out by 2000 interplanetary missiles, but the survivors build a recreation center called The Leisure Hive.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Master When: Public Domain Doctor Who (2015)
In this debut from the new production team they hit the ground running . We're treated to a new title sequence and a new arrangement of the title theme . Both of which are very impressive after six years of the time tunnel type sequence . There's also a slightly different feel to the show . Gone is the tongue in cheek humour that often ridiculed the show and we have a more serious tone to everything which is down to new script editor Christopher H Bidmead and who uses hard sci-fi concepts throughout the season . This leads to a more serious and dramatic show and despite the premise revolving around a man with meglomanic ambitions trying to get his hands on a machine that will make his ambitions a reality the story David Fisher is relatively engaging with constant plot turns and perhaps the best aspect to the story is how well the cliffhangers are developed .
The Leisure Hive is directed by the delightfully named Lovett Bickford who makes his first and only contribution on the show . Despite being mainly studio bound Bickford manages to put most of the budget up on screen . One of the problems watching this 30 years after seeing it is commentating without the benefit of hindsight . The colour clash is glossy and garish and this is something that became problematic in later years with style over substance being a common criticism but after coming immediately after the Williams tenure it seemed like a breath of fresh air . Bickford and the rest of the production team also deserve some credit for reining in the more excessive aspects of Baker's performance and in this his final season in the title role Baker gives a much more serious performance than he was in the previous couple of years
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- Jan 20, 2014
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