Full Circle (TV story)

Synopsis
The TARDIS falls through a CVE into E-Space and arrives on the planet Alzarius. There the inhabitants of a crashed Starliner and a group of young rebels called the Outlers, led by a boy named Varsh and including his brother Adric, are being terrorised by a race of Marshmen who emerge from the marshes at a time known as Mistfall.

The Doctor discovers that the Starliner's inhabitants are not the descendants of its original crew, as has been claimed by their leaders the Deciders, but evolved Marshmen. With the Time Lord's help and encouragement, the Starliner is repaired and able to leave the planet.

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Tom Baker
 * Romana - Lalla Ward
 * Adric - Matthew Waterhouse
 * Voice of K9 - John Leeson
 * Login - George Baker
 * Draith - Leonard Maguire
 * Nefred - James Bree
 * Garif - Alan Rowe
 * Dexeter - Tony Calvin
 * Varsh - Richard Willis
 * Tylos - Bernard Padden
 * Keara - June Page
 * Omril - Andrew Forbes
 * Rysik - Adrian Gibbs
 * Marshman - Barney Lawrence
 * Marshchild - Norman Bacon

Crew

 * Assistant Floor Manager - Alex Bridcut, Lynn Richards
 * Costumes - Amy Roberts
 * Designer - Janet Budden
 * Executive Producer - Barry Letts
 * Film Cameraman - Max Samett
 * Film Editor - Mike Houghton
 * Incidental Music - Paddy Kingsland
 * Make-Up - Frances Needham
 * Producer - John Nathan-Turner
 * Production Assistant - Susan Box
 * Production Unit Manager - Angela Smith
 * Script Editor - Christopher H. Bidmead
 * Special Sounds - Dick Mills
 * Studio Lighting - Mike Jefferies
 * Studio Sound - John Holmes
 * Theme Arrangement - Peter Howell
 * Title Music - Ron Grainer
 * Visual Effects - John Brace

Astronomical objects

 * Alzarius occupies the same coordinates as Gallifrey in E-Space.

Gallifrey

 * The Doctor and Romana are summoned to Gallifrey.

Individuals

 * As they're travelling to Gallifrey the Doctor comments to Romana; "Yes, well, you only came to help with the Key to Time.".
 * The Doctor says that he's looking forward to seeing Leela and Andred again and that the K9 Mark II can meet its twin (K9 Mark I).

Spacecraft

 * The Star Liner was originally from Terradon.

Space-time anomalies

 * The TARDIS enters E-Space via a Charged Vacuum Emboitment.

Technology

 * The technology of Gallifrey and Alzarius/Terradon is very interchangable; the Doctor using the image converter from the Star Liner in the TARDIS.

Story Notes

 * This is the first story in the 'E-Space Trilogy'.
 * The story has a working title of The Planet that Slept.
 * Adric's name was suggested by script editor Christopher H Bidmead as an anagram of that of eminent physicist P A M Dirac (who in 1930 was the first to predict the existence of antimatter).
 * Alan Rowe makes his final Doctor Who appearance, as Garif. He had previously appeared as Doctor Evans and the voice of Space Control in The Moonbase, Edward of Wessex The Time Warrior and as Skinsale in Horror of Fang Rock.

Ratings

 * Part 1 - 5.9 million viewers
 * Part 2 - 3.7 million viewers
 * Part 3 - 5.9 million viewers
 * Part 4 - 5.5 million viewers

Myths
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Filming locations

 * Black Park, Black Park Road, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire
 * BBC Television Centre (TC3 & TC6), Shepherd's Bush, London

Production errors

 * When the TARDIS is seen drifting through E-Space, the background stars appear in front of the TARDIS.
 * The Marshmen have cuffs.

Continuity
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DVD and Video releases

 * Full Circle has been released on DVD in a box set alongside State of Decay and Warriors Gate. The box set in titled The E-Space Trilogy.
 * Editing for DVD release completed by Doctor Who Restoration Team.

Video releases

 * Full Circle was released on video by BBC Worldwide in 1997 as a boxed set with State of Decay and Warriors' Gate.

Novelisation

 * Main article: Full Circle (novelisation)


 * Novelised by Andrew Smith in 1982.