Galaxy 4
Joe Siegler
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Galaxy 4
This Story: Season 3, Story 1. Production Code T.
Overall: Story 18, Episodes 82-85
Airdates: 11 September 1965 to 2 October 1965
Written by William Emms. Directed by Derek Martinus & Mervyn Pinfield.
Episode Titles
- Four Hundred Dawns
- Trap of Steel
- Air Lock
- The Exploding Planet
Notes
- On a personal note, this was the first story released after I was born. I was born in-between Seasons 2 & 3.
- The next story in chronological order is “Mission to the Unknown” – the “Next Episode” at the end of the story says this. However, when I did these episodes originally, I skipped Galaxy 4 when it came up next after The Time Meddler. The reason was at that time, the Blu-Ray of the story was due to be released in about two weeks, and I wanted to wait for that. So I did the next three stories, then went back and did Galaxy 4. When I finished Galaxy 4 here, I then carried back on with the next story after Daleks Master Plan – “The Massacre”.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US Blu-Ray | Amazon UK Blu-Ray ]
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 82 - “Four Hundred Dawns" (1/4 - Serial "T", Story 18) - 11 Sep 1965. #DoctorWho 1/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 24, 2021
1st of 4 "Galaxy 4" episodes. Only Ep 3 survives, the rest were released as animation in Nov 2021. I'm doing this out of order, as I wanted the animation for my posts. pic.twitter.com/GdslZC7L3A
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 82 - “Four Hundred Dawns" (1/4 - Serial "T", Story 18) - 11 Sep 1965. #DoctorWho 2/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 24, 2021
The crew explore a planet after witnessing a "Chumbly" examine the Tardis. They're taken prisoner by the Chumbly, but are rescued by the Dhravins. They all go back to the pic.twitter.com/chfvmlBsjc
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 82 - “Four Hundred Dawns" (1/4 - Serial "T", Story 18) - 11 Sep 1965. #DoctorWho 3/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 24, 2021
Dhravin ship. The Chumblies belong to the Rills, and they're at war. The two sides have broken spaceships, but the Dhravins needs capture the Rill ship to escape. pic.twitter.com/yLzCk3yoER
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 82 - “Four Hundred Dawns" (1/4 - Serial "T", Story 18) - 11 Sep 1965. #DoctorWho 4/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 24, 2021
A side note. I love the look and the sound of chumblies. That sound they make when they do something is oddly pleasing to me. Really shouldn't be, but it is. :) pic.twitter.com/wbWNmqmKxE
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 83 - “Trap of Steel" (2/4 - Serial "T", Story 18) - 18 Sep 1965. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 26, 2021
The Doctor figures out the planet will die in 2 days. The Chumblies try & fail to break into the Tardis. The Drahvins want the Doctor to capture the Rill ship. When he refuses, pic.twitter.com/keMMfygPP4
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 83 - “Trap of Steel" (2/4 - Serial "T", Story 18) - 18 Sep 1965. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 26, 2021
they force him to do so. Steven tries to cause dissension within the Dhravins. The Doctor/Vicki go find the Rill ship, finding an advanced race, but get scared of their visage. pic.twitter.com/0En4LTqi6M
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 84 - “Air Lock" (3/4 - Serial "T", Story 18) - 25 Sep 1965. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 27, 2021
The Chumblies take Vicki to the Rills. The Dhravins continue to hold Steven hostage & wait for the Doctor. We discover that the Rills are actually quite friendly. They tried to help pic.twitter.com/gNCZdNkhFR
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 84 - “Air Lock" (3/4 - Serial "T", Story 18) - 25 Sep 1965. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 27, 2021
the Dhravins, but were attacked. After the Doctor almost kills the Rills, they offer to help rescue Steven from an airlock. Several chumblies come w/The Doctor & Vicki to rescue him. pic.twitter.com/IbkmjV4gWK
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 84 - “Air Lock" (4/4 - Serial "T", Story 18) - 2 Oct 1965. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 28, 2021
Steven is saved from the airlock by the chumblies, who cut open the door. Maaga continues to try and kill the Rills and take their ship. The Doctor offers to power the Rill ship so pic.twitter.com/HGeMjVf0ev
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 84 - “Air Lock" (4/4 - Serial "T", Story 18) - 2 Oct 1965. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 28, 2021
they can leave. The Dhravins attack the Rill ship, but are unable to stop them leaving. Our crew returns to the Tardis & escape, leaving the Drahvins behind when the planet explodes. pic.twitter.com/lzf9a3QEtz
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 84 - “Air Lock" (4/4 - Serial "T", Story 18) - 2 Oct 1965. #DoctorWho 3/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 28, 2021
Admin Note: The animation for this was done in both colour & b/w. The show was originally in b/w, so that's the way I wanted to watch the animation. But the colour does look good. pic.twitter.com/MynWQZZ2z6
