S3.E26

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The Steel Sky

Episode aired Mar 5, 1966
TV-PG
24m

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William Hartnell and Jackie Lane in Doctor Who (1963)

Adventure Drama Family Sci-Fi

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive on a giant spaceship millions of years in the future, transporting the last humans away from the doomed Earth.The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive on a giant spaceship millions of years in the future, transporting the last humans away from the doomed Earth.The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive on a giant spaceship millions of years in the future, transporting the last humans away from the doomed Earth.

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William Hartnell

Dr. Who

Jackie Lane

Dodo

Peter Purves

Steven Taylor

Eric Elliott

Commander

Inigo Jackson

Zentos

Roy Spencer

Manyak

Kate Newman

Mellium

Edmund Coulter

1st Monoid

Frank George

2nd Monoid

Mark Allington

Guardian
(uncredited)

Bernard Barnsley

Monoid
(uncredited)

Eric Blackburn

Monoid
(uncredited)

Raymond Byron

Guardian
(uncredited)

Terry Cashfield

Guardian
(uncredited)

Diana Chapman

Guardian
(uncredited)

Roy Douglas

Guardian
(uncredited)

Jackie Duval

Guardian
(uncredited)

Iris Fry

Guardian
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The cast interact with real animals on loan from a zoo for the jungle scenes, a rarity at the time.

Goofs
As the Doctor, Steven and Dodo explore the jungle, the camera crashes into something, causing the picture to wobble violently.

Quotes
[first lines]
Steven Taylor: Just where do you think you're going?
Dorothea 'Dodo' Chaplet: Out.
Steven Taylor: Out?
Dorothea 'Dodo' Chaplet: Yes, I thought I'd get some fresh air. Somebody opened the door.
Steven Taylor: But nobody said you could go out.

Connections
Featured in The End of the Line? (2011)

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8/10

It's a very different feeling episode.

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo land in a strange forest, which turns out to be a spaceship inhabited by two races, The Humans and Monoids.

I love this episode, it boasts a very atmospheric opening, unusual animals and the strange Monoid. I think all of the sets look pretty good, I like the variety of costumes too.

The idea of The Earth's destruction and subsequent crew sent into space was used several times, but this one would have a twist. Clever use of the common cold, I can't think of many other times where the TARDIS crew took a problem to a different time, rather than the reverse.

Dodo didn't really get much of a run, and sadly we don't get to see her at her best, in The Savages or Celestial Toymaker, instead we see her here, and in The Gunfighters. Fans will notice her accent has had a transformation from the previous episode, she's lost her regional accent, but hasn't picked up the posh one she'd develop in The War Machines.

Enjoyed this. 8/10