The Dominators (TV story)

Synopsis
When two rogue Dominators and their robotic servant Quarks land on the peaceful planet Dulkis, planning to drop a radioactive seed into the planet's core of the planet to refuel their spaceship, the Doctor, Jamie & Zoe must attempt to inspire the non-aggressive Dulcians to resist.

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Patrick Troughton
 * Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines
 * Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury
 * Rago - Ronald Allen
 * Toba - Kenneth Ives
 * Cully - Arthur Cox
 * Wahed - Philip Voss
 * Etnin - Malcolm Terris
 * Tolata - Nicolette Pendrell
 * Kando - Felicity Gibson
 * Teel - Giles Block
 * Balan - Johnson Bayly
 * Quark - John Hicks
 * Quark - Gary Smith
 * Quark - Freddie Wilson
 * Quark Voices - Sheila Grant
 * Senex - Walter Fitzgerald
 * Council Member - John Cross
 * Council Member - Ronald Mansell
 * Bovem - Alan Gerrard
 * Tensa - Brian Cant

Crew

 * Assistant Floor Manager - Barbara Stuart
 * Costumes - Martin Baugh
 * Designer - Barry Newbury
 * Film Cameraman - Peter Hamilton
 * Film Editor - Chris Hayden
 * Make-Up - Sylvia James
 * Producer - Peter Bryant
 * Production Assistant - John Bruce
 * Script Editor - Derrick Sherwin
 * Special Sounds - Brian Hodgson
 * Studio Lighting - Sam Neeter
 * Studio Sound - Richard Chubb
 * Theme Arrangement - Delia Derbyshire
 * Title Music - Ron Grainer
 * Visual Effects - Ron Oates
 * Writer - Norman Ashby

Story Notes

 * This story had the working title of; The Beautiful People
 * Originally a six-part story, The Dominators was edited at the script stage down to five episodes by script editor Derrick Sherwin.
 * The write is credited as Norman Ashby; this was a pseudonym for Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln. Script editor Derek Sherwin also made a significant input to the writing of Episode 5.
 * Episode 3 was not identified by any caption.
 * Chris Jeffries doubles for Patrick Troughton in all location-shot scenes featuring the Doctor.

Ratings

 * Episode 1 - 6.1 million viewers
 * Episode 2 - 5.9 million viewers
 * Episode 3 - 5.4 million viewers
 * Episode 4 - 7.5 million viewers
 * Episode 5 - 5.9 million viewers

Myths

 * The location scenes of this story were shot on colour film as a test exercise. (They weren't. Despite persistent rumours to the contrary, the BBC did no colour filming or recording on any of the sixties Doctor Who stories.)

Filming Locations

 * Gerrards Cross Quarry, Buckinghamshire
 * Olley Sand Pit in Trottiscliffe, Kent
 * Ealing Television Film Studios, Ealing Green, Ealing
 * Model Shooting: BBC Television Centre Puppet Theatre

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

 * Episode three has no 'episode three' caption.
 * The rubble over a hatch in episode four vanishes.
 * Toba [exaggerating?] says that the Dominators are the 'masters of the Ten Galaxies'; Rago says that they control an entire galaxy.
 * The zip at the back of Zoe's skirt causes her problems on numerous occasions, being open in episodes two, three and five.
 * There's a whacking great close up of Troughton's location double in episode five.

Continuity

 * The end of this story leads into The Mind Robber
 * Quarks also appeared in the TV Comic: Invasion of the Quarks.

DVD, Video and Other Releases
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Target Novelisations

 * Novelised as The Dominators by Ian Marter in 1984.