The armageddon factor doctor who

Now that were all the way to the end of the key to time saga, its obvious that this experiment in telling a single story that spanned all 26. Doctor who the key to time box set ribos operationpirate planetstones of bloodandroids of tarapower of kroll the armageddon factor i know who you are, doctor. The armageddon factor, also introduces actress lalla ward, to doctor who. Romana in destiny of the daleks, city of death, the creature from the pit, nightmare of eden, the horns of nimon, shada unbroadcast, the leisure hive, meglos, full circle, state of decay, warriors gate 197981.

The doctor outsmarts him, so he moves on to princess astra, coercing her by threatening her love interest merak. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. The doctor s oldest enemies have set in motion an intricate and sinister plot to resurrect their race from the ashes of an interstellar war. The armageddon factor effectively marks the end of another of doctor who s suberas and a return to the old days, where the doctor was a wanderer in space and time, never knowing where or in what. The doctor tom baker, romana and k9 conclude their search for the six disguised segments that make up the key to time. The armageddon factor effectively marks the end of another of doctor whos suberas and a return to the old days, where the doctor was a wanderer in space and time, never knowing where or in what. Doctor who 04 s16e21 the armageddon factor pt 1 video.

The doctor and romanas search for the final segment of the key to time leads them to the warring planets of atrios and zeos. The other episodes are complete and in good video quality. The dvd case of my copy of armageddon factor says the serial is 91 minutes long when its actually more like two and a half hours, and i take that as a sign that even doctor who itself thinks this one should have been radically shorter. Thankfully the doctor is having none of draxs callinghimtheta nonsense and insists on being referred to as doctor. A guardian equal and opposite in power to the one who sent you. To restore the balance of the universe for the white guardian, the doctor must find the sixth segment before the planets destroy each other but zeos is deserted, so who is behind the war. By all means browse to your hearts content the guide has an estimated 2000 individual pages. Jon culshaw, frazer hines, dan starkey, louise jameson and nicola bryant read a selection of exuberant and colourful tales from the legendary doctor who annual, a christmas stocking treat from the 1960s to the 1980s.

In any case, the armageddon factor completes the key to time epic in grand doctor who fashion. Patheos explore the worlds faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality. The doctor, romana and k9 arrive on atrios during the final stages of its war against twin planet zeos. Apr 18, 20 the doctor upsets the black guardian by dispersing the key to time. Production began on the armageddon factor amidst simmering tensions behind the scenes. The image looks as good as ive ever seen it with solid colors and okay detail dont expect stellar bluray visual quality here, however, given the shows late1970s video production roots. The white guardian appears on the scanner screen and congratulates the doctor. The armageddon factor even has one of those characters whose sole role seems to be take away some of the doctor s mystery. So, while the tardis is in orbit around the planet, the. It has a mixed reputation and maybe im just a sucker for the tricks the story plays, but i cant help but love this. The war has been going for years and is taking a serious toll, and theres a growing movement wanting to.

Doctor who and the armageddon factor doctor who dicks, terrance on. Theres a cool twist near the endnot everything aka, the guardians are as they seem. Doctor who has always liked talking about violence begets violence, as in this story. The search for the last segment of the key to time takes the doctor and romana to the planet atrios, which is embroiled in a war with its sister planet zeos. The atrian ruler, princess astra, presses for peace, but the marshal insists that his forces can win the war.

Doctor who and the armageddon factor by terrance dicks. A selection of weird and wonderful stories from the pages of doctor who annual, featuring the first six doctors and their companions. Oct 10, 2017 watch doctor who 04 s16e25 the armageddon factor pt 5 faviolasherell 7676 on dailymotion. With tom baker, mary tamm, john woodvine, lalla ward. Although astra, princess of atrios, wishes for peace, the marshal, her commander of the military, does not share her views. It also brings theology and ethics into the picture, and the mysterious identity and. The armageddon factor effectively marks the end of another of doctor whos suberas and a return to the old days, where the doctor was a wanderer in space and.

The armageddon factor is a bad story on its own terms, but it fails utterly as the conclusion to a yearlong epic. The white guardian might wonder what the point of it all was. Doctor who 04 s16e23 the armageddon factor pt 3 video. The armageddon factor is quintessential doctor who from the 1970s. The armageddon factor story 103 the key to time series, part 6. Bbc doctor who classic episode guide the armageddon. Princess astra in the armageddon factor 1979 played. Download pdf doctor who and the armageddon factor book full free. This is the overview of the six part adventure the armageddon factor starring tom baker as the fourth doctor, mary tamm as romana and. Enraged, the guardian reverts to his true colour black and vows that the doctor. The interactive make your own adventure with doctor who book search for the doctor included drax as a character, and described his tardis as taking the shape of a convertible car, the registration plate of which read. Jul 09, 2017 this is the overview of the six part adventure the armageddon factor starring tom baker as the fourth doctor, mary tamm as romana and john leeson as k9. Although astra, princess of atrios, wishes for peace, the.

The doctor and company drop in on the planet atrios, whose inhabitants are in an interplanetary war with their twin planet zeos. Jon culshaw, frazer hines, dan starkey, louise jameson and nicola bryant read a selection of exuberant and colourful tales from the legendary doctor. Doctor who s16 e6 the armageddon factor recap tv tropes. The doctor, k9, romana, merak and shapp end up on zeos. This story is the grand finale to the key to time story arc. Mary tamm makes her final appearance as romana i while her replacement, lalla ward, appears in the story in a different role. Today is the fourth doctor adventure the armageddon factor. The armageddon factor is the episode that brings the key to time sequence of episodes to its conclusion. There will be a rather large bang, big enough to blow up zeos, take atrios with it, and make certain the whole thing ends in a sort of draw. Watch doctor who 04 s16e21 the armageddon factor pt 1 faviolasherell 7676 on dailymotion. All about classic doctor who story the armageddon factor the doctors hunt for the key to time takes him to the land of the shadow. Doctor who target book 005 doctor who and the armageddon. The armageddon factor doctor who dvd special features. Its storyline is extended to six episodes, and despite the additional length, it packs more of a wallop than the previous two stories the androids of tara and the power of kroll combined.

Frustrated beyond measure at the script, tom baker blew up during the. Its a fun little epic, in which the fourth doctor, rommana and k9 get caught in the middle of an intergalactic war while searching for the last piece of the key and this time, the black guardian has decided to get involved as well. A big climax to a 26 episode story arc needs to be epic, and thats exactly what the armageddon factor shoots for. The armageddon factor is the sixth and final serial of the 16th season of the british science fiction television series doctor who, which was first broadcast in six. And with the armageddon factor, it limps its way through long, drawnout disappointment, maybe three episodes worth of actual story excruciatingly overstretched to six, into a mediocre anticlimax. Oct 10, 2017 watch doctor who 04 s16e21 the armageddon factor pt 1 faviolasherell 7676 on dailymotion. The doctor upsets the black guardian by dispersing the key to time. Doctor who s16 e6 the armageddon factor trivia tv tropes. The armageddon factor tv story tardis fandom the doctor. Lalla ward, would go on to replace actress mary tamm, as romana.

The armageddon factor doctor who dvd special features index. The doctor s been kidnapped by the shadow, henchman of the black guardian, the doctor s deadly foe on the key to time mission. With only one piece still to find, the doctor, romana and k9 arrive on atrios, a planet in the middle of a terrible war with its twin world zeos. At the same time, head of drama graeme mcdonald had advised williams to.

The doctor, having met another time lord named drax in the caves, teams up with him to try and defeat the shadow, but drax shrinks him instead of his mute captor then turns the shrinking ray on himself, allowing the shadow to claim the key to time. Doctor who target book 005 doctor who and the armageddon factor. A special christmas sketch, recorded on the set of the armageddon factor for the bbc. The doctor and company drop in on the planet atrios, whose inhabitants. Pdf doctor who and the armageddon factor download full. Doctor who and the armageddon factor audiobook by terrance.

Bbc one doctor who, season 16, the armageddon factor. The armageddon factor was the sixth and final serial of season 16. Doctor who and the armageddon factor available for download and read online in other formats. Learn more about the physical release of doctor who. Oct 24, 2014 all about classic doctor who story the armageddon factor the doctor s hunt for the key to time takes him to the land of the shadow.

Meanwhile, everyone finds out that princess astra, herself, is the. After watching the doctor assemble the eponymous macguffin, it seems a bit trite to see him disperse it once again. Doctor who and the armageddon factor audiobook terrance. Jan 17, 2017 the armageddon factor has some clever moments in it, to be sure, but its padding and lack of attention to detail as well as its inability to prove that the key to time is worth the effort make it a rather lackluster season finale, especially a sixpart one. Tom baker, mary tamm, john leeson, ian liston, susan. He asks that the key be given over to him, but the doctor decides that it is too powerful for any one being to control and orders it to redisperse.

Doctor who and the armageddon factor upon becoming a renegade, drax travelled the universe, doing repair and maintenance work in the fields of cybernetics, guidance systems and armaments. Sound effects supremo dick mills talks about creating a doctor who sound effects in this extract from the bbc documentary. The sixteenth season of doctor who was complicated by producer graham williams decision to unite all six stories under the umbrella storyline of the doctors. The armageddon factor doctor who, season 16 in search of the final segment of the key to time, the tardis takes the doctor, romana and k9 to the planet atrios which is engaged in a war with its. The armageddon factor is the sixth and final serial of the 16th season of the british science fiction television series doctor who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on bbc1 from 20 january to 24 february 1979. The sixteenth season of british science fiction television series doctor who, known collectively as the key to time, began on 2 september 1978 with the ribos operation, and ended with the armageddon factor. The doctors oldest enemies have set in motion an intricate and sinister plot to resurrect their race from the ashes of an interstellar war. In early october, baker had informed williams that he would be leaving doctor who, a result of the actors perceived lack of input in what he increasingly viewed as his programme. The armageddon factor are presented in a full frame 4. Therell be a rather large bang, big enough to blow up zeos, take atrios with it, and make sure the whole thing ends in a sort of draw.

The doctor and his companions, tegan and turlough, stumble on a warehouse harbouring fugitives from the future at the far end of the corridor and are soon under attack from a dalek assault force. A special christmas sketch, recorded on the set of the armageddon factor for the bbc christmas tape that year. The marshal intent on a nuclear holocaust, seems to be controlled from somewhere else. The arc was originally conceived by producer graham williams, who had proposed it as part of his application for the producers job in 1976. Doctor who the armageddon factor dvd, 2002 for sale. Doctor who 04 s16e25 the armageddon factor pt 5 video. Who are the guardians in doctor who although its been a while since the 5th doctor tangoed with the eternals in enlightenment, the fact that they appeared in this new th doctor episode at all is interesting because the eternals are also connected. Watch doctor who 04 s16e25 the armageddon factor pt 5 faviolasherell 7676 on dailymotion. Arriving on the planet atrios, the doctor and his companions become embroiled in the atrians seemingly endless war. The shadow appears to hold all the cards but the doctor has found an old fr. Ward plays princess astra and is unwittingly, also the actual segment of the keytotime, herself. These six episodes have everything that cult fans of the original series have come to admire, including goofy special effects, runarounds in caverns, a farout science fiction plot.

Romana in destiny of the daleks, city of death, the creature from the pit, nightmare of eden, the horns of nimon, shada unbroadcast, the leisure hive, meglos, full circle. Although draxs tardis is somewhere around in the armageddon factor, only components from it are seen onscreen. Apr 27, 20 the armageddon factor is a bad story on its own terms, but it fails utterly as the conclusion to a yearlong epic. This is a grab bag of episodes from classic doctor who, season 16. The armageddon factor story 103, the key to time series part 6 special edition. Doctor who our doctor who expert, tony cross, is journeying through all of time and space to bring us his thoughts on every available doctor story. The shadow appears to hold all the cards but the doctor. Armageddon is being orchestrated by a third party, the. Doctor who classic episode guide the armageddon factor. The key to time series was a mixed bag, some great ones like the ribos operation and some rubbish ones like the power of kroll, and the armageddon factor falls right in the middle being a story full of merits and faults that level out perfectly.