Deep space, an unknown time - on course for Gallifrey, the TARDIS passes through a strange disruption. When they materialise, the scanner shows the Time Lord homeworld... but the travellers have passed into the negative pocket universe of E-Space and are in fact on the planet Alzarius, where evolution works very differently...
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1. "What has become of Gallifrey?
Who are the marauding Outlers?
What lurks beneath the marsh?"
(Radio Times).
2. This episode was first shown on
25 October, 1980.
3. It was seen by 5.9 million people.
4. The galactic co-ordinates for Gallifrey
were first established
in 'Pyramids of Mars'.
5. The Doctor here refers to the human
rescued in the previous story, 'Meglos'.
6. Leela was the Doctor's former companion
who remained on Gallifrey
at the end of 'The Invasion of Time',
7. after she had fallen in love with
the guard captain, Andred.
8. The Mark 1 version of K9
also stayed behind.
9. Romana had been assigned by
the Time Lords to help the Doctor
find the Key to Time.
10. The reference here is to the events
seen at the end of 'The War Games',
11. where the Second Doctor has to call
upon the Time Lords for help.
12. At the end of the story,
they put the Doctor on trial,
13. and he is subsequently exiled to Earth
and forced to regenerate once more.
14. In the script, the CVE is described as
"a sinister spectacle,
like a flickering tunnel in space,
15. "occasional brief fingers of
electricity spurt outward from it.
16. "The TARDIS shoots into frame
and straight into
the Charged Vacuum Emboitement."
17. Script editor Christopher H. Bidmead
was keen to develop
a story arc for the programme
18. in order to escape what he felt was
the arbitrary nature
of the Doctor's travels.
19. This resulted in sending the TARDIS
into E-Space,
20. an idea that would span
the next three stories.
21. As we shall later go on to find out,
22. the "E" in E-Space stands for "Exo",
the Greek prefix for "Outside",
23. so we are literally "Outside Space",
in a different universe.
24. So why do we see Gallifrey
on the scanner?
25. That will be explained later as well!
26. The location filming for 'Full Circle'
took place at Black Park, situated just
behind Pinewood Studios
in Buckinghamshire.
27. The doves were covered in non-toxic
poster paint in order
to make them look exotic.
28. Hence the puffs of powder in
the background as they fly off!
29. For many years, a section of Black Park
lake had been designated
for public swimming.
30. However, following two tragic accidents
in 1996 and 2001,
31. the decision was taken to ban any
further swimming in the lake.
32. The actor on the left is Adrian Gibbs,
33. who would go on to play the enigmatic
"Watcher" in Tom Baker's final story,
'Logopolis'.
34. Various potted plants were brought to
the location,
35. which were also sprinkled with dry
poster paint and placed
close to the camera
36. to give an alien appearance
to the vegetation.
37. The cover of the film schedule for this
story was adorned with
a drawing of a Marshman's hand
38. with the legend "DARE YOU WORK ON IT?"
Written below!
39. The location filming for 'Full Circle'
was conducted over a three-day period,
40. between 23 and 25 July, 1980,
Wednesday to Friday.
41. Huge arc lights were used on location
covered with different coloured gels,
42. which helped emphasise the exotic
nature of Alzarius.
43. The script describes Draith as being
dressed in a "flowing majestic cloak",
44. whilst Dexeter is dressed "in
comparatively more sedate clothes."
45. Decider Draith is played by
Leonard Maguire (1924-1997).
46. Maguire played numerous television
roles throughout his career including
Paul Temple (1969),
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1953-70),
47. EastEnders (1985), Bergerac (1991),
Poirot (1993) and two versions of
idnapped in 1956 and 1978.
48. "He is by our standards about fifteen,
small for his age, wiry,
with short straight black hair.
49. "He is distinguished from the others by
being clad in finer clothes,
with a blue star on his top pocket."
50. That is the scripted description of
Adric, soon to become
a new companion in the TARDIS.
51. Adric is played by 18-year-old
Matthew Waterhouse.
52. Waterhouse was working at the BBC
as a clerk when he began
his professional acting career.
53. His first television role was as
the public schoolboy, Briarley,
in To Serve Them All My Days,
54. and it was during the production of
that series that he auditioned
for the part of Adric.
55. Adric was an anagram derived from the
surname of Paul Dirac (1902-1984),
56. a British theoretical physicist
and a founder of the field of
quantum mechanics.
57. Originally, Adric was conceived as
being rather like the "Artful Dodger"
character in Oliver Twist,
58. although this notion was soon abandoned.
59. Waterhouse wasn't the only teenager
making his debut on the programme.
60. Scriptwriter Andrew Smith
was only 17 years old
when he was contracted
to write for the series.
61. Smith, from Rutherglen in Glasgow,
was a member of
the Doctor Who Appreciation Society,
62. and had been submitting storylines to
the production office
for a number of years.
63. Having received encouraging feedback
from a number of former script editors,
64. he continued to submit further outlines,
one of which bore the title,
'The Planet That Slept'.
65. This was written around the time
'The Creature from the Pit' was
in production the previous season.
66. When the new production team of
John Nathan-Turner and
Christopher H. Bidmead took over
at the start of the series,
67. they found that very few scripts left
over by the previous regime
68. were suitable for the new direction
that the series was to take.
69. Only 'The Leisure Hive'
and 'The Witch Lords'
(later 'State of Decay') were
in a position to be developed.
70. Bidmead began looking through the piles
of unsolicited storylines
that had been sent to the office.
71. Under normal circumstances,
this was material that would not
have been considered,
72. but when Bidmead came across 'The Planet
That Slept', he found an idea that
he felt could be developed further.
73. In the original storyline, the Doctor
and Romana travel to Alzarius to relax,
74. but while they are there, the mists
come and the Marshmen arise.
75. A passive female Marshchild is
recognised as being different by
the Marshmen and attacked,
76. so she takes refuge in the TARDIS,
where she becomes attached
to the Doctor.
77. Meanwhile, a space freighter has passed
through the perimeter warning beacons,
78. designed to keep spacecraft away from
the planet.
79. The freighter crashes
with its four-man crew and,
before they can take off again,
80. they need to obtain special minerals
from the mountains of Alzarius.
81. The Doctor and the Marshchild help them
to collect the minerals,
but they are trapped by the Marshmen.
82. In the escape from the mountain
tunnels, K9 is beheaded and his head is
used as a trophy by the lead Marshman.
83. Giant spiders from the tunnels make
their way into the freighter.
84. The Doctor deals with them, but they
are again attacked by the Marshmen as
they make their way back to the TARDIS.
85. The Marshchild sacrifices her life to
save the Doctor.
86. A wind clears the mists and the
Marshmen return to the marsh.
Mistfall is at an end.
87. Smith's first meeting with
Nathan-Turner and Bidmead
was held on 20 February, 1980.
88. It was at this meeting that Bidmead
explained the concept of E-Space.
89. The first episode of the story would
need to be adapted so that the TARDIS
finds itself trapped
in the alternate universe.
90. Bidmead's original intention was that
E-Space should be
an anti-matter universe,
91. but this concept was later altered as
it contradicted earlier stories
about anti-matter.
92. Smith contributed the idea that K9
should be in charge of the TARDIS
as they go through the CVE,
93. which meant that the Doctor and Romana
needed to be out of the console room
at the time.
94. As an extra TARDIS room was needed,
consideration was given to either using
a lounge or a library,
95. but in the end, it was decided to
feature Romana's bedroom.
96. In the script, Adric steals the
Riverfruits, but then he trips
and falls, sending the fruit flying
in all directions.
97. This catches Draith's attention and
sends him running after Adric.
98. It was originally planned to film
Adric's flight as a tracking shot with
the actor running down a tarmac road,
99. but in the end, the shots were achieved
within the brackened woodlands when this
sequence was filmed on 24 July, 1980.
100. In the tussle that follows, the script
indicates that "Adric shoves Draith away
with some violence.
101. "The adult stumbles, falls,
hits his head hard on the ground,
rolls over onto his face,
his feet lying in the marsh.
102. "He remains
in this position, motionless.
Adric stares at him, aghast."
103. In 1938, a new home entertainment
medium was launched,
invented by William Gruber.
104. Called View-Master, the process used a
stereoscopic camera to take photographs
of any given subject.
105. The camera had two lenses several inches
apart, so when a photograph was taken,
each picture was captured
from a slightly different angle.
106. Seen through the View-Master device,
the two images were combined into one
apparently three-dimensional picture.
107. In 1966, View-Master was acquired by
the General Aniline & Film Corporation
(GAF) who started to release
entertainment-based reels.
108. In 1980, a deal was reached with the
BBC that would allow Doctor Who
to become the subject
of a future View-Master set.
109. The story chosen was 'Full Circle', so
for the duration of the location filming
and studio recording,
110. a GAF photographer was present with
his stereoscopic camera to take
"3D" photographs from the story.
111. The three View-Master reels containing
21 photographs from the story
finally appeared in 1981.
112. View-Master would produce one further
Doctor Who set, from Peter Davison's
debut story, 'Castrovalva'.
113. For these shots of Draith being pulled
into the marsh,
114. actor Leonard Maguire was replaced by
stuntman Stuart Fell.
115. Fell had a cable tied to his right leg
and was pulled into the water
by the two safety divers,
Robin Bierton and Mick Hopkins.
116. James Bree (playing Nefred) had appeared
once before in Doctor Who,
117. as the villainous Security Chief in
the 1969 story, 'The War Games'.
118. He would later go on to play the Keeper
of the Matrix in the Colin Baker story,
'The Trial of a Time Lord' (1986).
119. The name Nefred was re-used from the
first story idea submitted
by Andrew Smith in 1977.
120. Although chronologically this was
Adric's first story,
121. 'State of Decay', the next adventure to
be screened, had already been completed.
122. For the production of 'State of Decay',
Matthew Waterhouse needed to wear a wig
123. as his own hair had been cut short for
his schoolboy role in
To Serve Them All My Days.
124. Following completion of 'State of
Decay', 'Meglos', the story prior to
'Full Circle' was the next to go into
production.
125. The gap of nearly seven weeks between
the production of 'State of Decay'
and 'Full Circle'
126. was enough to allow Waterhouse's real
hair to grow to the required length.
127. Adric's brother, Varsh, is played by
Richard Willis, who appeared in
a number of series throughout the 1970s,
128. such as Softly, Softly (1974),
The Feathered Serpent (1976),
and Wings (1978).
129. In 1993, Willis married Kate O'Mara,
who had played the amoral Time Lord
scientist, The Rani, in the mid-1980s.
130. The marriage lasted three years,
ending in divorce in 1996.
131. Alan Rowe (1926-2000) who plays Garif,
had previously taken three other
Doctor Who roles.
132. His first appearance was as Dr Evans in
'The Moonbase' (1967),
133. followed by Edward of Wessex in
'The Time Warrior' (1973-4)
And James Skinsale
in 'Horror of Fang Rock' (1977).
134. George Baker (Login) has played
a vast assortment of roles
throughout his career,
135. including The Prisoner (1967), Bowler
(1973), I Claudius (1976), Triangle
(1982-3) and Chief Inspector Wexford
in Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987-96).
136. He has also appeared in three James
Bond films, You Only Live Twice (1967),
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
And The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
137. An oligarchy is a government in which
power is invested in a few persons
138. or in a dominant class or clique.
139. Remember the image of Gallifrey that
appeared on the scanner?
140. We're about to get the explanation.
141. The idea is that Gallifrey and Alzarius
share exactly the same co-ordinates,
142. with Gallifrey in normal space
having positive co-ordinates,
whilst Alzarius has negative ones.
143. This notion first appeared in
the original character outline
drawn up for Adric,
144. which named
his home planet as Yerfillag.
145. That's Gallifrey written backwards!
146. The script describes the cliffhanger to
the episode in this way:
147. "The marsh ripples slightly.
The Doctor spots this.
For a moment nothing happens.
148. "Then, slowly, one by one, the Marshmen
break the surface of the marsh,
149. "horrible half-men half-beasts,
mud slithering down their faces,
mouths gaping awfully."
150. Also appearing in the episode were:
151. Terry John Wood, Nick Staverson
(Outlers)
152. David Greenway, Andrew Manson
(Swimming Teenagers)
153. Chris Holmes, Julie Mellon, Sarah
Parry, Kay Williams, Robert Smythe
(Citizens)
154. Arthur Parry, Kevin O'Brien, Simon
Ramirez, David Payne, Jill Annette
(Citizens)
155. Chris Cole, Martin Grant, Michael Dray,
Mike Mungarvan, Ray Sumby, Ray Hatfield
(Citizens)
5,960
(K9 BEEPING)