 
Episode: Full Circle
Serial: 5R
Number of Viewers: 5.9m
First Transmitted: 25/10/80
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Producer: John Nathan Turner
Story by: Andrew Smith
Director: Peter Grimwade
Regular Cast
4th Doctor: Tom Baker
Romana: Lalla Ward
Introducing Adric : Matthew Waterhouse
K9 : John Leeson
Cast
Decider Login: George Baker;
Decider Nefred: James Bree;
Decider Garif: Alan Rowe; Varsh: Richard Willis;
Keara: June Page;
Tylos: Benard Padden;
Dexter: Tony Calvin (1-3); Omril: Andrew Forbes (1-3);
Decider Draith: Leonard Maguire (1);
Rysik: Adrian Gibbs (1);
Marshman: Narney Lawrence (uncredited for 1);
Marshchild: Norman Bacon (2-3).
UNCREDITED: Marshmen: Stephen Calcutt, Graham Cole, Keith Guest, James Jackson, Steve Kelly, Stephen Watson; Outlers: Nick Staverson (1), Terry John Wood (1) |
Story Synopsis Romana has received a summons from Gallifrey, and no summons can be disobeyed. During the journey the TARDIS hits some turbulence and ends up in the wrong Universe. When the TARDIS lands at co-ordinates 10,0,11,00 by 02 the picture on the scanner is of Gallifrey but the location is not, it is the planet Alzarius.
There are two settlements on the planet: One is a group of people living on the stranded Starliner, and the second is a group of rebels. It is the time of the mistfall, and everyone is odered inside the Starliner. During the mistfall the air is said to be toxic and it is forbidden to go outside.
During the mistfall the Marshmen emerge from the lake, and spiders emerge from fruit. The Doctor finds that there is a startling connection, and evolution on the planet has turned full circle: The spiders turn into the Marshmen, and the Marshmen destroy the Terradonians, then evolve into a copy of the Terradonians. This happens every fifty years.
The Doctor also finds that the people are not repairing the ship - they are merely replacing good components with new components. The ship has been ready for centuries. The library on board held enough information to allow them to take the ship apart, but could not tell them how to fly the craft.
The Doctor manages to get the ship working and ready to fly. The ship leaves Alzaruis en route to Terradon, breaking the full circle.
Locations
Black Park, nr. Iver B470, Bucks
Studios
Television Centre Studio 3, Television Centre Studio 6
Notes
John Leeson's K-9 voice is not heard in Part Three.
This was the first story in the E-Space Trilogy.
Tom Baker announced his departure from the show on the same day as Part One was transmitted.
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