The Smugglers
Joe Siegler
The Smugglers
This Story: Season 4, Story 1. Production Code CC.
Overall: Story 28, Episodes 127-130
Airdates: 10 Sep 1966 – 1 Oct 1966
Written by Brian Hayles. Directed by Julia Smith.
Notes
- Until the 1986 episode “The Trial of a Time Lord – Episode 3”, episode 3 of the Smugglers was the lowest rated episode of Doctor Who. It still remains the lowest rated episode of the 60’s or 70’s. Here’s the top (lowest) rated episodes.4.2m – The Smugglers 3
3.9m – Trial of a Time Lord 3
3.9m – Battlefield 2
3.7m – Trial of a Time Lord 4
3.6m – Battlefield 3
3.1m – Battlefield 1
Links
[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Reconstruction ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 127 - The Smugglers 1/4 (Serial CC, Story 28) - 10 Sep 1966. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 22, 2021
The 1st/4 of "The Smugglers", the first story in Series 4 of Doctor Who. This story is missing, save for about 1 min of clips scattered thru. For the longest time, I knew this story pic.twitter.com/VHjGCBfssc
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 127 - The Smugglers 1/4 (Serial CC, Story 28) - 10 Sep 1966. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 22, 2021
merely as the one that had a bunch of clips cut out for OTT violence. There wasn't much here with Ben & Polly and someone new in the Tardis and "It's bigger on the inside", sadly. pic.twitter.com/rpCoz8w8DA
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 128 - The Smugglers 2/4 (Serial CC, Story 28) - 10 Sep 1966. #DoctorWho
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 24, 2021
Found this story difficult to follow, similar to The Massacre. There's a few plot points you can pick up on, but its mostly lost on me. Ben/Polly spend most of this ep trying to escape. pic.twitter.com/YZVJsZMUhd
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 129 - The Smugglers 3/4 (Serial CC, Story 28) - 17 Sep 1966. #DoctorWho
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 24, 2021
This ep was just different factions of Smugglers plotting against each other. Josiah Blake (John Ringham) was in Who b4 (The Aztecs). Until Sep 86, this was the lowest rated ep of Who. pic.twitter.com/mfEwsDwL02
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 130 - The Smugglers 4/4 (Serial CC, Story 28) - 1 Oct 1966. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 25, 2021
A snoozer of an ep to have on Christmas day. ? I really did not care for this. Whether it was plot or the fact that it was a reconstruction, I don't know. Hard time following it. pic.twitter.com/fKX9ommu0h
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 130 - The Smugglers 4/4 (Serial CC, Story 28) - 1 Oct 1966. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 25, 2021
Basically, the various smuggler factions came together in search of the gold prize. There's a battle, and (as usual) in the confusion, our crew slip away in the Tardis. #TypicalEnd pic.twitter.com/SUufikKZ6N
