Frontios
Joe Siegler
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Frontios
This Story: Season 21, Story 3. Production Code 6N
Overall: Story 133, Episode 615-618
Airdates: 26 Jan 1984 – 3 Feb 1984
Written by Christopher H. Bidmead
Directed by Ron Jones
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#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 615 - Frontios 1/4 (Serial 6N Story 133) - 26 Jan 1984 #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 6, 2023
This is one that always got a bad rap, but I latched onto because it did something different - what does the Doctor do if the Tardis gets destroyed? I mean in the end it isn't, but for pic.twitter.com/iYzhLexv3E
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 615 - Frontios 1/4 (Serial 6N Story 133) - 26 Jan 1984 #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 6, 2023
the bulk of this story, the Doctor thinks it is. We land in another famed "outpost of humans at the end of time" trying to survive and the Doctor decides to help. Loved the coatrack. pic.twitter.com/nIeytcK9Xa
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 616 - Frontios 2/4 (Serial 6N Story 133) - 27 Jan 1984 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 7, 2023
The Doctor works to save his life & figure out what's really going on with the bombardments, while fighting the usual blowhard local politicians we've been seeing in #DoctorWho since the 60's. pic.twitter.com/iswOsSVdMA
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 616 - Frontios 2/4 (Serial 6N Story 133) - 27 Jan 1984 #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 7, 2023
Ep2 gets interesting with exploration of tunnels below surface & the disappearance of Plantagenet. We also find large slug like creatures (Tractators) who have some kind of mind contol. pic.twitter.com/3ztxERVerM
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 617 - Frontios 3/4 (Serial 6N Story 133) - 2 Feb 1984 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 8, 2023
Turlough has a mental breakdown connected to the Tractators and his home planet. Part of what happens comes out when the military people put one of their own on trial. The theme of this ep seems to pic.twitter.com/RlCyLC1FgT
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 617 - Frontios 3/4 (Serial 6N Story 133) - 2 Feb 1984 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 8, 2023
be "Who are the Tractators & what do they want?" Not a lot of Tegan & the Doctor in this one until the end. This ep has odd pacing, like we're treading water plot wise. Ep4 will have a lot to do. pic.twitter.com/ZXsfScwWuX
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 618 - Frontios 4/4 (Serial 6N Story 133) - 3 Feb 1984 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 9, 2023
The Tractators are defeated when the Doctor tricks their leader into reconstituting the Tardis. When that happens, he's cut off from the hive mind, which makes them all benign. pic.twitter.com/mj4eRWpyGw
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 618 - Frontios 4/4 (Serial 6N Story 133) - 3 Feb 1984 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 9, 2023
The Tractators themselves are a weak physical effect (even moreso when well lit in the Tardis), but I always enjoyed the story. The Doctor gifts Frontios the coat rack from the console room. :) pic.twitter.com/GFEuuwWISO
