THE STORY
The TARDIS materialises on the planet Dulkis, currently under threat from two alien Dominators, Rago and his subordinate Toba, who have landed in a spaceship. Aided by their robotic servents, the Quarks, and slave workers drawn from the native Dulcian population, the Doimators set about drilling bore holes, through which they plan to fire rockets into the planet's molten core. Their intention is then to drop an atomic seed capsule into the resulting eruption, turning Dulkis into a radioactive mass - fuel for the Dominator's space fleet.The Dulcien Councillors, being pacifists, refuse to retaliate, although Cully, the rebellious son of their leader, Senex, has already joined forces with the time travellers. The Doctor eventually defeats the Dominators by intercepting the seed capsule as it is dropped and placing it on board their ship, which is destroyed shorty after taking off. Dulkis suffers only a minor volcanic eruption, as a result of the rockets fired into the magma.
CAST:
Dr Who (Patrick Troughton), Jamie (Frazer Hines), Zoe (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), Quarks (John Hicks, Gary Smith, Freddie Wilson), Quark Voices (Sheila Grant), Senex (Walter Fitzgerald), Council Members (John Cross, Ronald Mansell), Bovan (Alan Gerrard), Tensa (Brian Cant).
FACTS:
Chris Jeffries doubles for Patrick Troughton in all location-shot scenes featuring the Doctor.
Brian Cant, better known as a presenter of children's programmes including 'Play School', plays the minor role of Tensa.
OTHER FORMATS:
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