Doctor Who 8x23

Directed by Christopher Barry

Roger Delgado as The Master • Richard Franklin as Mike Yates • John Levene as Sergeant Benton • Damaris Hayman as Miss Hawthorne • Don McKillop as Bert the Landlord

The Doctor explains to his friends that the Master is trying to gain the power of the last of the Daemons, a race who influenced Earth's development, while the Master brings the rest of the village under his control.

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1. "The Doctor reveals the truth behind the events at Devil's End."

2. This episode was first shown on 5 June 1971, and was seen by 8.1 million viewers.

3. Bok the animated gargoyle's costume was basically a grey leotard and tights.

4. and metal prosthetics and false nails were added on top for Bok's claws.

5. There was a close-fitting "balaclava" over his head, and the mask went on over that.

6. The wings and tail were affixed to a scaly "webbing harness" worn round his shoulders.

7. The clawed feet were also separate costume elements.

8. The design was inspired by a rooftop gargoyle on the cathedral of Notre Dame.

9. The main difference is the wings: Angels' wings in Paris, dragon wings in Devil's End.

10. The wings created a problem on location: The thin, close-fitting costume was rather cold,

11. The solution? Wear the coat back-to-front!

12. His other work in 1971 included Monty Python's Flying Circus and The Morecambe and Wise Show.

13. There are many different theories about the reputed magical properties of iron.

14. Others suggest that iron is powerful because comes from both the earth and the sky.

15. The Master has now stopped pretending to be a trendy "Honest to God" vicar.

16. Instead, he's playing another paradigmatic type of 1960s cleric:

17. A reactionary who is profoundly opposed to the contemporary liberalisation of British society.

18. This conversation defined Christopher Barry's conception of the character as a fascist.

19. to playing the lead in the British premiere of Strindberg's The Great Highway (1950).

20. notably pop music shows like Ready, Steady, Go! (1963-6)

21. And Stars and Garters (1965), but also the accident-prone soap opera Crossroads (1969).

22. To allay any fears you may have for the vicarage ornaments,

23. Six breakable vases were supplied by George Power of the BBC plastics workshop.

24. They cost £7.25 to make. (Multiply by ten for early 21 st-century values.)

25. "Jo thinks this is a doubtful compliment," quips the script.

26. Ronald Marsh Told his colleagues that it was going very well,

27. "Devil's End 1".

28. Coming up next is four feet of film supplied by the RAF.

29. It's a supersonic British Aircraft Corporation Lightning F1 A, part of 111 Squadron.

30. The Squadron flew the BAC Lightning for ten years from 1962.

31. The R/T voice belongs to Christopher Barry.

32. This line was Jon Pertwee's unscripted contribution.

33. It's a "black angel" or rakhasa, as pictured in Muhammad al Sudi's Treatise on Astrology and Divination.

34. Here's Goya's painting, 'The Witches' Sabbath' (1797).

35. The name was inconsistently scripted as both Damons and Demons. The æ ligature was a compromise.

36. It was Christopher Barry who settled on "Dæmons",

37. feeling that the unusual spelling added "a touch of the mysterious".

38. If you listen to Jon Pertwee's delivery during this episode,

39. you'll be able to tell precisely when the script read Damon and when it read Demon.

40. In early versions, the being summoned up by the Master was simply referred to as "the Alien".

41. Neanderthal Man disappeared about 30,000 years ago - 70,000 years after the Dæmons arrived.

42. This bit was a late, unscripted addition.

43. Pre-production on the serial got under way at the end of February.

44. which totalled £1,950 for props and materials, plus 2,200 man-hours of labour.

45. The most expensive set doesn't feature in the finished production:

46. It was the church, which would have taken 600 man-hours and £575 to build.

47. No prizes for guessing the cheapest set: The Brigadier's flat

48. In cut dialogue, the Master first butters his audience up with some flattery.

49. At 250 man-hours and £260, the vicarage was also an expensive set

50. Charlie probably has a lot on his conscience, given his secret life as a Dalek.

51. 31 March saw a bumper crop of actors come on board:

52. John Joyce, Stanley Mason (Bok), Damaris Hayman ;

53. Jon Croft, and David Simeon.

54. The last major role to be cast was Professor Horner: Robin Wentworth joined on 6 April.

55. A few minor parts remained to be mopped up:

56. Ironically, only one of those three ended up in the finished programme. Stay tuned to learn why.

57. Other miscellaneous pre-production chores included

58. booking the rehearsal room

59. But the Doctor may instead mean a capacitor, once known as a condenser, which can store energy.

60. EHF Is the highest radio frequency.

61. The Doctor's plan adapts a technique for cancelling out sound distortion,

62. which was described in an article in the June 1953 edition of Wireless World.

63. If the barrier has a five-mile radius, getting there from the pub in five minutes

64. would entail virtually breaking the British speed limit of 60 mph,

65. even though they don't need to worry about PC Groom any more...

66. Jo is less shamefaced in the script: Instead, she grimaces at Yates before going.

67. This business was also unscripted.

68. Roger Delgado's contract still referred to his character only in general terms as "Renegade Time Lord".

69. The issuing of a formal contract was, of course, the end of the casting process,

70. but the production was already committed to some actors long before the contracts were drawn up.

71. Because the costume was so complex, he had three more fittings to come: 17 and 25 March and 13 April.

72. The other, more straightforward fittings took place in late March and early April:

73. then keyed out at the touch of a button when Bok zapped him.

74. The helicopter was supplied by Gregory Air Services,

75. a Biggin Hill firm which began trading in 1965.

76. Girton is played by Jon Croft, whose early roles ranged from chaplain

77. To barman To customs officer.

78. Other health-and-safety considerations also applied to this scene.

79. Richard Franklin was not required To ride the Triumph motorcycle.

80. This is his stunt double, John Crane.

81. He was scouting for locations, and found almost everything they needed in the vicinity of Marlborough:

82. A picturesque village, a barrow, country lanes, and three airfields.

83. This made the shoot more efficient: No need to waste much time travelling between locations!

84. Well, whoever it is, he's trying to kill us.

85. The next bit presented a problem: With a stuntman doubling for Yates on the motorbike,

86. Hang on, Jo. We're in for a bumpy ride.

87. how can you have a dialogue close-up of Richard Franklin?

88. He's handling it like an expert!

89. Like a man possessed, you mean.

90. Look out, he's coming back.

91. I'll try and draw him off!

92. No, you keep away. It's me he's after, not you.

93. On his way to the location one day, Jon Pertwee gave a props man a lift in Bessie.

94. They were haring along the Wiltshire lanes when Bessie hit an unexpected bump.

95. The passenger's false teeth flew out and landed somewhere in the rough grass at the roadside.

96. What's Captain Yates up to? He'll kill the lot of them.

97. No, sir, that's Captain Yates over there.

98. What's he trying to do?

99. There was nothing for it: They had to go back and find the lost gnashers!

100. He's trying to drive us into the heat barrier.

101. Helicopter hire was a standing item of expenditure on BBC budget sheets in the early 1970s.

102. Straight for the heat barrier.

103. Get back! Back!

104. The heat barrier! We're heading straight for it!

105. Back!

106. They tried detonating a smoke canister fitted underneath the helicopter, but the results were unconvincing.

107. Hang tight, Jo. Hang on tight. Now!

108. And that's why one of these shots is stock footage supplied by the firm Movietonews.

109. Jo's accident was simplified on location.

110. As scripted, the Doctor's nifty driving continues after the helicopter explodes.

111. How is she?

112. She's had a nasty knock on the head.

113. The fall was performed by stunt girl Pamela Devereaux, a late replacement for Dave Wilding.

114. She'll be all right. You'd better load her into Bessie

115. and take her down to the pub.

116. She'll be needing rest and quiet for a bit.

117. Okay. What about you?

118. Well, I'd better go and have a word with the Brigadier.

119. He's probably bursting a blood vessel by now.

120. Also bursting a metaphorical blood vessel on location was Jon Pertwee.

121. The bike wouldn't start when it was supposed to, and Jon got bored and irritable.

122. When the ignition finally caught, he whizzed off as you've just seen - and didn't come back.

123. £20,000 of UNIT money gone up in a puff of smoke.

124. You've got the mind of an accountant, Lethbridge-Stewart.

125. So, this is your heat barrier, is it?

126. Yes, and I advise you to keep your distance.

127. Yes?

128. There were 11 days' shooting in all, 19-30 April

129. Hmm. Even rock.

130. Wood, rock, four-inch armour plate. You name it, we've tried it.

131. It's impenetrable.

132. A hasty and inaccurate assessment, Brigadier.

133. The pylons are a still photograph.

134. Tell me, have you got enough cable

135. to reach those high-tension pylons over there?

136. Luckily, real high-tension pylons carry forty times the minimum voltage the Doctor says he needs.

137. Yes, we should have. Why?

138. We'll need at least 10,000 volts to get through this lot.

139. All right, I'll lay things on.

140. Good, only please hurry, we may have very little time left.

141. - Sergeant Osgood? - Sir!

142. You'd better come listen to the Doctor.

143. You've got to build the wretched thing.

144. - What's the principle, sir? - Negative diathermy, Sergeant.

145. Buffer the molecular movement of the air with the reverse phase short waves.

146. - It's quite simple. - Simple? It's impossible.

147. Yes, well, according to classical aerodynamics,

148. it's impossible for a bumblebee to fly!

149. By the power of earth, by the power of air,

150. The Bok gargoyle seen in the incantation scenes did not have Stanley Mason inside.

151. by the power of fire eternal and the waters of the deep,

152. I conjure thee and charge thee, Azal. Arise, arise at my command, Azal.

153. Arise, arise.

154. The cavern. He said the danger was in the cavern.

155. Just lie still, my dear. Try and relax.

156. In this episode, Camera 1 was supposed to be shooting Bok's impending close-up,

157. - But the... - This won't hurt.

158. But the Doctor. I must help him find the Master!

159. Take it easy, Jo. As soon as he gets back,

160. we'll all go and sort the Master out. Now, don't worry.

161. But we must go now. There's no time to...

162. It looked as if there would have to be a break to reposition Camera 1.

163. That's better. A few hours sleep and she'll be as right as rain.

164. During dinner, Christopher Barry worked out a time-saving way of shooting Bok on a different camera,

165. Io evohe! Io evohe, Azal!

166. I will speak with you. Show yourself!

167. The Dæmon! If he comes out, we shall all die!

168. No! No, stop! Go back to the mark! Go back!

169. You will destroy me! No! No!

170. Here's a rarity: A cliffhanger in which the Master is the one in danger.

171. No!

172. Also seen in this episode were:

173. R. Dixon, J. W. Philips

174. Lawrence Archer, Keith Ashley, Gladys Bacon, Ernest Blyth

175. Bill Burridge, Michael Earl, lan Elliott, Charles Finch

176. Walter Goodman, Bill Gosling, Charles Shaw Hesketh

177. Bill Lodge, Ronald Mayer, Michael Moore, Mo Race

178. Rex Rashley, Renne Roberts, Geoff Witherick nly not Mike. Look!