Dr. Who For Keep Australia Beautiful (TV story)

Dr. Who For Keep Australia Beautiful was a short mini-episode broadcast in four parts in 1979 to raise awareness of the growing litter problem in Australia, to aid the Western Australian, also known as Keep Australia Beautiful. It featured the Fourth Doctor, or rather, Dr. Who, if one takes into account the title of the story.

If considered Canon this short serial would take place between Underworld (TV story) and The Invasion of Time (TV story) due Leela's inclusion in the segments (voice only), and the Doctor's reference to the Tardis proximity to Gallifrey.

Notably, this story was referenced to in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel Festival of Death, wherein the Doctor repeated the message "keep Australia beautiful".

Synopsis
Dr. Who is challenged by a computer about his knowledge of Australia - but the Doctor isn't as up to date as he believes...

Mayday (1)
This segment unlike the others starts with the Doctor Who theme during the opening title suggesting this was the first. While on the Tardis the Doctor receives a mayday from a young girl from Australia. When the Doctor askes for Specifics she explains that "there's a consperikey (the girl meaning to say conspiracy) to make Australia ugly". The Doctor questions "who would want to do that?". The girl explains that Australians are behind it with litter and waste. She calls on the doctor to help them and he responds "Yes! Get your friends together and tell them the Doctor is on the way. Tell them we'll break that conspiracy. If they wont fight pollution, the children will. Tell them to Keep Australia beautiful." The segment end with the Doctor Saying "Keep Australia beautiful, I like that. Yes I like that. Keep Australia beautiful"

Year of the Child (2)
The segment starts with the Doctor writing notes (possibly from the conversation he had with girl in the previous segment). The Doctor then askes Leela what time it is on Earth. She replies "1979, Doctor, the Year of The Child". The Doctor then remembers he has a friend on Earth who lives in Australia named Darren. He calls Darren and askes how he is doing and how Australia is. Darren tells the Doctor that he sounds a long way off and askes where the Doctor is. He tells Darren that he is "two light years away from Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous, but its a bad line." Darren then explains to the Doctor that "The weather is fine here, but there are a lot of flies from the dirty litter and rubbish" The Doctor (unsurprised) asks Darren how bad it is. Darren explains that his sister had cut her foot on glass and had to get 25 stiches. The Doctor with a very disheartened look whispers "the year of the child?" He then tells Darren "I'm coming to see you, and your tell [Rylie], and all your friends that I'm on my way, we got to keep Australia beautiful". The Doctor then hangs up the phone and repeats "Keep Australia beautiful, keep Australia" then says "After all, its all they got."

Citizen 327KL (3)
Back in the space station, the Doctor resumes reading The Wind in the Willows, until his is interrupted by a distress call from "Citizen 327KL" from 1999. The Doctor gets the man to tell him his real name, which used to be Bruce.

The Doctor, while telling him that he is called the Doctor, he replies "yes" when Citizen 327KL asks "Doctor who?". 327KL tells the Doctor that Australia, in his home time, is in danger of being "eliminated", due to lack of resources. The Doctor tells Citizen 327KL that he will have to help himself, as the Doctor is currently twenty years prior, in 1979. The Doctor asks 327KL if he dropped litter as a child, which 327KL confirms, not realizing that his irresponsibility, combined with the irresponsibility of everybody else, lead to Australia being polluted. 327KL begs for the Doctor's help, and the Doctor simply tells him to keep Australia beautiful. 327KL repeats this message back to himself a few times, however he chokes, and falls silent. The Doctor then says, sadly, "poor Bruce".

Australia is Dirty (4)
In a space station orbiting a planet, a computer asks Dr. Who why he wants to go to Australia, as it believes that the Doctor knows nothing about the continent. The Doctor indignantly replies that he does, as he has been reading all about it, proceeding to pick up his copy of The Wind in the Willows, relaying information about Australia.

After doing so, the Doctor confidently challenges the computer to ask him anything about Australia. The Doctor seemingly answers all questions correctly except for the last one, about the disadvantages; the Doctor believes that there are none; he is mistaken, as the data-scan in which he cited, is now outdated. The computer informs him that a new data-scan has revealed that Australia is dirty, littered, and about to have an imminent collapse of life-support systems due to pollution. With his previous call to action the Doctor tells the computer that he must go down there, to tell them to "keep Australia beautiful".

Feeling that he must depart to carry through this important task, the Doctor asks the computer if he can leave. He gets confirmation that he can, and just before leaving, the Doctor turns and tells us that it is important, and to keep Australia beautiful.

Cast

 * Dr. Who - Tom Baker (uncredited)
 * Computer - Unknown
 * Bruce/Citizen 327KL - Unknown
 * Girl - Unknown
 * Leela - Louise Jameson (uncredited)
 * Darren - Unknown

Characters

 * Raylene
 * Darren's mother

Crew
to be added

Story notes

 * For some reason, there appears to be two of the Doctor's hats on screen at the same time during part one.
 * A pseudo is used several times by the Doctor, when he says "keep Australia beautiful", a meta nod to the Australian movement the mini-episode was created in aid of.
 * Bruce's 1999 is probably an alternate timeline, but nothing explicit is said about it.

Continuity

 * The Doctor is wearing his beige coat. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks, et al.)
 * The Doctor visited Australia in his first, (AUDIO: The Transit of Venus) second, (TV: The Enemy of the World, AUDIO: Echoes of Grey) and third incarnations, (COMIC: Backtime, Gemini Plan, PROSE: SLEEPY)
 * The Doctor would return to Australia in his seventh, (PROSE: Three Steps to the Left, Set Piece) eleventh, (TV: A Christmas Carol) and twelfth incarnations. (TV: The Pilot)
 * The Doctor has previously spoken to the audience in TV: The Daleks' Master Plan, The Face of Evil, Image of the Fendahl, Underworld, The Invasion of Time, and The Pirate Planet. The Doctor continue this trend in later incarnations.
 * The Doctor, on other occasions, had accepted the name "Doctor Who" when asked "Doctor who?". (TV: The Gunfighters, AUDIO: Seven Keys to Doomsday)
 * The Fourth Doctor later repeated the message "keep Australia beautiful" to Romana II when he sacrificed himself. (PROSE: Festival of Death)