THE STORY
The TARDIS brings the travellers to Earth in the 21st Century, where they discover that human society is now dependent on T-Mat- a matter transmitting device that has revolutionised travel across the globe. The system, controlled by Commander Radnor and his assistant Gia Kelly, is malfunctioning and the Doctor and his companions offer to take an old fashioned rocket, designed by Professor Daniel Eldred, to the Moon relay station to investigate. There they discover that the Ice Warriors have taken over as part of an invasion attempt.To weaken Earth's resistance they use the T-Mat to transport seed pods to selected points on the Earth's surface. The seeds emit a fungus which draws oxygen from the surrounding atmosphere, making it lethal to humans, but perfect for Martians. The trio use the T-Mat to get back to Earth where the Doctor discovers that water destroys the pods, and after dealing with an Ice Warrior guarding the local weather control bureau adjusts the instruments to cause a downpour, removing the threat of the seeds. He then returns to the Moon where he misdirects the Martian fleet into orbit around the Sun, destroying the Ice Warrior's invasion plans.
CAST:
Dr Who (Patrick Troughton), Jamie (Frazer Hines), Zoe (Wendy Padbury), Radnor (Ronald Leigh-Hunt), Gia Kelly (Louise Pajo), Eldred (Philip Ray), Fewsham (Terry Scully), Osgood (Harry Towb), Computer Voice (John Witty), Brent (Ric Felgate), Phipps (Christopher Coll), Locke (Martin Cort), Slaar (Alan Bennion), Ice Warriors (Steve Peters, Tony Harwood, Sonny Caldinez), Security Guard (Derrick Slater), Sir James Gregson (Hugh Morton), Grand Marshal (Graham Leaman), Technicians (Monique Briant, Pat Gorman, Edward Cogdell, Royston Farrell, Eric Kent, Ron Conrad, James Haswell, Derrick Chafer, Crawford Lyle), Stuntman/Technician Harvey (Alan Chuntz), Weather Station Operator (Peter Whitaker), Security Guards (Douglas Roe, Keith Goodman, Tony Hutchins, Bill Richards, John Crease, Peter Roy, Phil Lumgren, Fred Clemson, Alan Chuntz), Voice (Michael Wisher)
FACTS:
This was the second appearance by the Ice Warriors, originally natives of the planet Mars. They went on to appear in two further
television stories during the Third Doctor's era.
Props from early stories were used as exhibits in Eldred's museum, including a spacesuit from 'The Tenth Planet', The TARDIS's astral map from 'The Web Planet',
the Dominator's drill from, suprisingly 'The Dominators' and the Morok freezing machine from 'The Space Museum'.
Patrick Troughton makes no appearance in episode four as he was on holiday duiring recording. Tommy Laird doubled for him in the scenes in which the Doctor is shown unconscious.
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