The Sun Makers
Joe Siegler
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The Sun Makers
This Story: Season 15, Story 4. Production Code 4W
Overall: Story 95, Episodes 466-469
Airdates: 26 Nov 1977 – 17 Dec 1977
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by Pennant Roberts
Notes
- After episode 4 aired on 17 Dec, Doctor Who took a few week break for Christmas/New Year’s, and didn’t return until 7 Jan 1978 with Episode 1 of Underworld.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 466 - The Sun Makers 1/4 (Serial 4W Story 95) - 26 Nov 1977. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 13, 2022
This is another one I don't have a ton of memory of, but I do remember Michael Keating from Blake's 7 in it. It's also a Robert Holmes story, so that's almost always something good. pic.twitter.com/Ek7GzrxyTJ
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 466 - The Sun Makers 1/4 (Serial 4W Story 95) - 26 Nov 1977. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 13, 2022
This is a story based on Holmes own experience w/the tax system. Liked the Tardis scene, great interplay between the Doctor & Leela. Really enjoyed this episode. #PraiseTheCompany pic.twitter.com/sGj3EWniT5
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 467 - The Sun Makers 2/4 (Serial 4W Story 95) - 3 Dec 1977. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 14, 2022
The Doctor is captured, which puts Leela's life in danger, although once again I love her threatening to kill everyone. While they both survive, Leela goes to rescue the Doctor from pic.twitter.com/hQWUhAfXIG
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 467 - The Sun Makers 2/4 (Serial 4W Story 95) - 3 Dec 1977. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 14, 2022
the detention center. Most of this ep is Leela tying to save the Doctor while he's been chatting w/ Gatherer Hade. I did like the usage of K9 here, he hasn't descended to comedy yet. pic.twitter.com/tNHhY2wA61
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 468 - The Sun Makers 3/4 (Serial 4W Story 95) - 10 Dec 1977. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 15, 2022
Leela gets captured as the resolution to the cliffhanger, and the Doctor, who is tortured by another low IQ rebel leader. The two that were with Leela try to help the Doctor and pic.twitter.com/4rifQ52wdv
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 468 - The Sun Makers 3/4 (Serial 4W Story 95) - 10 Dec 1977. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 15, 2022
try to convince others to do so too. Leela is interrogated by the Collector while the Doctor stirs up his usual rebellion. Some of this has a B7 vibe to it beyond Michael Keating. pic.twitter.com/IH50H6o7dD
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 468 - The Sun Makers 3/4 (Serial 4W Story 95) - 10 Dec 1977. #DoctorWho 3/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 15, 2022
An admin note. This episode is the first one in the "second half" of Tom Baker's run. Tom had 172 (aired) episodes, and Sun Makers 2 was #86, exactly halfway through his run.
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 469 - The Sun Makers 4/4 (Serial 4W Story 95) - 17 Dec 1977. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 16, 2022
The Doctor's rebellion leads to the overthrow of the company. The collector uh, "Shrinks" into nothinginess, & Gatherer Hade is thrown off the building by the workers. It's quite a pic.twitter.com/aY82v2Ty8x
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 469 - The Sun Makers 4/4 (Serial 4W Story 95) - 17 Dec 1977. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 16, 2022
different way to dispose of a bad guy. Overall, I really enjoyed this story far more than I remembered. Especially Leela, who I thought was pretty true to form. Wish it was 6eps. pic.twitter.com/45X2Qspe5E
