The Faceless Ones
Joe Siegler
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The Faceless Ones
This Story: Series 4, Story 8. Production Code KK.
Overall: Story 35, Episodes 157-162
Airdates: 8 Apr 1967 – 13 May 1967
Written by David Ellis & Malcolm Hulke. Directed by Gerry Mill.
Notes
- The last story for both Ben & Polly. Officially they leave in Episode 6, but they were removed from the story after Episode 2, only appearing at the end of Episode 6 via a filmed insert.
- Only two of the six episodes survive (1 & 3). All six of them were animated and released on home video in 2020.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon US Blu | Amazon UK DVD | Amazon UK Blu ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 157 - The Faceless Ones 1/6 (Serial KK, Story 35) - 8 Apr 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 22, 2022
First ep of "The Faceless Ones", the final story for companions Ben & Polly. Only Eps 1 & 3 exist of the six, although all were animated in 2020. I love the opening w/the Tardis pic.twitter.com/hYJ4gt4Mjj
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 157 - The Faceless Ones 1/6 (Serial KK, Story 35) - 8 Apr 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 22, 2022
landing on an airport runway. The Doctor & his companions get chased by the police, & later start exploring the airport where (shocker!) they find some things that aren't right. pic.twitter.com/o4V1nVZ9pO
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 158 - The Faceless Ones 2/6 (Serial KK, Story 35) - 15 Apr 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 22, 2022
Polly gets kidnapped (as she does), and brainwashed into not knowing the Doctor & Jamie. We also get a side plot by folks with "Chameleon Tours" about kidnapping and altering pic.twitter.com/5Sy2WGmHER
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 158 - The Faceless Ones 2/6 (Serial KK, Story 35) - 15 Apr 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 22, 2022
humans. The Doctor starts looking into Chameleon tours while running from the authorities. Some fun easter eggs in the animation. References to War Machines, Macra Terror, etc. pic.twitter.com/hVdvKNzU6J
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 159 - The Faceless Ones 3/6 (Serial KK, Story 35) - 22 Apr 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 23, 2022
The Doctor finally starts to make some progress in his investigation into Chameleon, and they know he is looking into them. Jamie is paired with Samantha Briggs who is looking pic.twitter.com/pMlrqQxhLq
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 159 - The Faceless Ones 3/6 (Serial KK, Story 35) - 22 Apr 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 23, 2022
for her brother. Ben & Polly aren't in this being contractually finished with the show after Ep2. Samantha was supposed to be a new companion, but the actress declined. pic.twitter.com/RqPfsfrFsS
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 160 - The Faceless Ones 4/6 (Serial KK, Story 35) - 29 Apr 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 24, 2022
The Doctor, Jamie, & Samantha are captured and escape a laser trap that made me think "No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!" The dialogue in this episode is clearly set up to make pic.twitter.com/g7SbdyrgOa
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 160 - The Faceless Ones 4/6 (Serial KK, Story 35) - 29 Apr 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 24, 2022
Samantha the next companion. Shame she didn't want to do that. We start to get some info as to what Chameleon is doing when it's found no flights arrive anywhere with kids. pic.twitter.com/N0o4iNRi09
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 161 - The Faceless Ones 5/6 (Serial KK, Story 35) - 6 May 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 26, 2022
The plane with Jamie on it lands in a space station where kids have all been miniaturized for travel. The reason our people are kidnapped is to replace people on this other races pic.twitter.com/m0ISuhUY2v
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 161 - The Faceless Ones 5/6 (Serial KK, Story 35) - 6 May 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 26, 2022
planet. The Doctor gets onto recovering the captured kids by destroying the nurse duplicate and going to the space station. This ep is an odd combo of exposition and exploration. pic.twitter.com/JR1BPM7itx
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 162 - The Faceless Ones 6/6 (Serial KK, Story 35) - 13 May 1967. #DoctorWho 1/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 27, 2022
Once on the ship, the Doctor cases mistrust in the crew against each other, resulting in a rebellion. Back at the airport, the duplicate originals have been located, causing pic.twitter.com/qGPFNzC29f
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 162 - The Faceless Ones 6/6 (Serial KK, Story 35) - 13 May 1967. #DoctorWho 2/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 27, 2022
the Chameleons to start disappearing. In the end the Doctor makes a deal with the underlings who kill their leader and releases the kidnapped kids from their control. Back on pic.twitter.com/hJW6otoqKq
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 162 - The Faceless Ones 6/6 (Serial KK, Story 35) - 13 May 1967. #DoctorWho 3/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 27, 2022
Earth Ben & Polly decide to stay. Having now watched all her eps, Polly was a much better companion than I remembered from scattered viewings. Wished more of her episodes exist. pic.twitter.com/LRI61gXSMU
