Friday, January 4, 2013

Classic Who - Season 21, Story 134 - Planet of Fire

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Quotes
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"Yes, but it's still a wise precaution to send the occasional free-thinker to the flames. Encourages faith in our traditions. When the time comes, you will be given the strength. It can be a rewarding experience for those consumed in the flames. Unbelievers are such, such unhappy souls." ~ Timanov

"Daleks! I Sometimes think those mutated misfits will terrorize the universe for the rest of time!" ~ The Fifth Doctor

"I apologise for that hysterical display, Doctor. For a moment there was confusion." ~ Kamelion

"Morocco? But you're due back at college in the fall. What about your work, your ecology project, your reading schedule? You've got exams coming up. Come on, Peri. No way are you going to north Africa. Morocco?" ~ Howard Foster

"It is death to trespass on the mountain of fire." ~ Timanov

"You're not taking the Tardis anywhere, and you're not listening to any more messages from Trion. You're finished, Kamelion!" ~ Turlough

"Malkon! He is here, with a sound of great wind, a shining light. The Outsider has come." ~ Lookout

"I am the Master, and you will obey me." ~ Kamelion Master

"The Misos Triangle. It means there are people from Trion here. My home planet. This must be an old Trion colony." ~ Turlough

"Let's get a move on. The Tardis computer may be confident the volcano isn't about to blow, but instinct tells me otherwise." ~ The Fifth Doctor

"I'm Perpugilliam Brown and I can shout just as loud as you can!" ~ Peri

"Kamelion, my slave, resist the girl. Have I travelled a billion light years through time and space to be thwarted by this brat? Resist the girl! Kill her immediately." ~ The Master

"Doctor, your ship. Would there be a shining light? The sound of a great wind?" ~ Amyand

"Er, yes. Well, what Amyand said is right. What you call the spirit of the mountain is fire itself, and that fire will pour down onto your settlement destroying everything in its path.  I can't save your planet, but I can get you away from here. ~ The Fifth Doctor

"Doctor, you don't understand. I think this equipment came from my father's ship." ~ Turlough

"You are quite powerless. Continue the sacrifices. See that this Doctor burns slowly." ~ Kamelion Master

"Oh, don't you know? Allow me to introduce Malkon, Chosen One of the Sarns. You see? He's no Outsider. He doesn't recognise your Chosen One, and he doesn't understand the laws of the settlement." ~ The Fifth Doctor

"Life must be very complicated for you at the moment. Not only are you a phony Outsider, you're not even the real Master. You're just a machine. Oh, no, no, don't turn away. You will accept my will. I am the Doctor and you are Kamelion." ~ The Fifth Doctor

"Work? Where are the gifts? The Outsider always brings gifts from Logar." ~ Timanov

"You don't understand, Doctor.  I think Malkon is my brother." ~ Turlough

The 5th Doctor: Does everyone from Trion have this mark?
Turlough: No. You have to be very special to wear the Misos Triangle.

"This is the Doctor. He's not an enemy of Logar, but an elder from the city of Gallifrey." ~ Turlough

"If this is an abandoned planet, what was your father doing here? All right. But if you're holding back anything that will aid the Master, our friendship is at an end. Is that understood?" ~ The Fifth Doctor

"Numismaton gas, my dear. An immensely rare catalytic reagent from deep inside the planet. When the surge comes again, I shall be ready to absorb its infinite transforming power." ~ Kamelion Master

"Hmm. Trace elements of numismaton gas. Very useful for an injured Time Lord who can't regenerate. Now, why would he want the gas in such quantities?" ~ The Fifth Doctor

"The Master's control box. I may have a puny mind, but you don't need to be Albert Einstein to find the off switch." ~ Peri

"There's healing power in one of the volcanic gases. Could be why the Trions constructed the Hall of Fire, some sort of curative centre. I must release the gas flow. Strictly for medicinal purposes, of course." ~ The Fifth Doctor

"The Misos Triangle is the mark of a prisoner, and Sarn is a prison planet for very special people. That's why my father was sent here. If he had lived, he would have been your leader." ~ Turlough

"So they could imprison here their own undesirable elements. Like fools, we've tried to make sense of things, inventing legends and myths to explain them away." ~ Amyand

"I doubt it. The Master's already triggered a massive surge of numismaton gas in the planet's core. It that hits the surface it will disrupt the inhibition circuit altogether. There'll be devastation." ~ The Fifth Doctor

The 5th Doctor: How does it feel to get a taste of your own medicine?
The Master: I live, Doctor.
The 5th Doctor: Albeit in somewhat reduced circumstances.

"Now that's what I call a real spaceship." ~ Peri

"Oh! Cancel the ray injection immediately. Doctor! I'll plague you to the end of time for this. Help me! I'll give you anything in creation. Please! Won't you show mercy to your own Argh!!!" ~ The Master

"Things have changed on Trion. Former political prisoners are no longer persecuted. You're welcome to return." ~ Captain

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Trivia
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Kamelion's "death" makes him the fourth known companion to die while travelling with the Doctor, following Katarina, Sara Kingdom, and Adric.

It was during the production of this serial that Peter Davison and Nicola Bryant participated in their infamous "James Bond" photo shoot, in which Davison donned a tuxedo and prop gun and Bryant a bikini.

This is the only televised Fifth Doctor story not to visually contain Tegan Jovanka. The Doctor's reference to Tegan at the beginning of Part One means that she was technically a part of every single one of his television stories in some way. To date, the only other companions to have been a part of every televised story of a given Doctor are: Grace Holloway, the companion during the only television story of the Eighth Doctor (Doctor Who);  and Rose Tyler, who appeared in every episode during the Ninth Doctor era.

The departure of Turlough and the destruction of Kamelion mark the end of an almost seven year span of stories featuring at least one non-human companion. It began with the introduction of the robot dog K9 Mark I in The Invisible Enemy in 1977. The other non-human companions who travelled with the Doctor in the interim were K9 Mark II, the first and second incarnations of the Time Lady Romana, the Alzarian Adric and the Trakenite Nyssa. Turlough and Kamelion would be the final non-human companions to appear in a televised Doctor Who story, until the guest reappearance of K9 Mark III in School Reunion in 2006.

This was the final serial to feature a male companion until the series revival in 2005.

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Links (Watch on DailyMotion.com)
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Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4


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