Warriors of the Deep (TV story)

The Sea Devils and Silurians return...

Synopsis
The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough arrive on Sea Base 4, a nuclear warhead station under the Sea that has some very nasty neighbours.

Part One
An undersea craft travels toward Sea Base 4 and docks with an underwater berth. Inside he craft Icthar tells Tarpok] and [[Scibus that they must remain undetected. In the TARDIS the Doctor tells Turlough that they are heading for Earth as he promised to show Tegan a little of her planets history. Back on Sea Base four an unmanned probe is launched to check out a disturbance. On the Silurian craft Icthar assures Scibus that the Myrka will deal with the probe their senors picked up. The trio then desend to the underwater berth were the Sea Devils have been in hibernation for hundreds of years. On the Sea Bases bridge Sych operaor Maddox fears he will not be able to cope if a missle run is ordered. The TARDIS materialises in orbit around Earth were a guard craft called Sentinel Six demands that the Doctor transmits his security code. After sometime the Doctor has still not dematerialised and so Sentinel Six fires upon the TARDIS atteempting to shoot it down. This tips the TARDIS on an angel but the Doctor soon rites this. Back on Sea Base 4 in a different room Nilson and Solow confer about their murderous plans. They reveal that they are happy that Maddox is not in a good state as it benifits their plans. A missile run is ordered and Maddox has to go into a chair to Sych him to the computer, the countdown ends short, it was a practice run. Madox collapses and Nilson orders he is taken to the PS unit. The TARDIS materialises in the Sea Base. The travelers enter a chemical storage area and the Doctor estimates the year to be 2084, a time when two power-blocs are on the point o war. Solow tells Captain Vorshak that Maddox is unfit for service. Nilson tell Vorshak tat his only option is that a special disc is used to reprogram Maddox's brain. A search party set out to find the Doctor and co, the Doctor sets a reactor to overload so delay his pursuers. The Search party pass his obstacle and a security guard grabs the Doctor while Tegan and Turlough get away. The Security guard wrestles with the Doctor, the fight ends with the Doctor falling backwards over a ledge in a pool of water.

Part two
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Tegan - Janet Fielding
 * Turlough - Mark Strickson
 * Solow - Ingrid Pitt
 * Vorshak - Tom Adams
 * Nilson - Ian McCulloch
 * Bulic - Nigel Humphreys
 * Maddox - Martin Neil
 * Preston - Tara Ward
 * Icthar - Norman Comer
 * Karina - Nitza Saul
 * Scibus - Stuart Blake
 * Tarpok - Vincent Brimble
 * Sauvix - Christopher Farries
 * Paroli - James Coombes

Crew

 * Assistant Floor Manager - Adrian Hayward
 * Costumes - Judy Pepperdine
 * Designer - Tony Burrough
 * Incidental Music - Jonathan Gibbs
 * Make-Up - Jennifer Hughes
 * OB Cameraman - Alastair Mitchell
 * Producer - John Nathan-Turner
 * Production Assistant - Norma Flint
 * Production Associate - June Collins
 * Script Editor - Eric Saward
 * Special Sounds - Dick Mills
 * Studio Lighting - Peter Smee
 * Studio Sound - Martin Ridout
 * Theme Arrangement - Peter Howell
 * Title Music - Ron Grainer
 * Visual Effects - Mat Irvine

Story Notes
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Ratings
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Myths
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Location Filming
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
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Continuity

 * The Silurians previously featured in Doctor Who and the Silurians.
 * The Sea Devils previously featured in The Sea Devils.

DVD and Video Releases

 * Warriors of the Deep was released on video by BBC Worldwide in 1995.
 * It was also released as part of the Beneath the Surface DVD box set.

Target Novelisations
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