The Ribos Operation
Joe Siegler
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The Ribos Operation
This Story: Season 16, Story 1. Production Code 5A
Overall: Story 98, Episodes 480-483
Airdates: 2 Sep 1978 – 23 Sep 1978
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by George Spenton-Foster
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[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 480 - The Ribos Operation 1/4 (Serial 5A Story 98) - 2 Sep 1978. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 23, 2022
This series is different. Collectively the whole series is called "The Key to Time", with each story resolving finding a segment. It also introduces a new companion, Romana. pic.twitter.com/WFQ7EiHpFL
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 480 - The Ribos Operation 1/4 (Serial 5A Story 98) - 2 Sep 1978. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 23, 2022
Romana is also a Time Lord. The first 7 mins or so is setup for the entire series as well as the new companion. This ep actually does a lot with its 25 mins of screen time. pic.twitter.com/Z1Mum1FlMp
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 1 - An Unearthly Child 1/4 (Serial A Story 1) - 23 Nov 1963. 3/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 23, 2022
As part of #DoctorWhoDay, I also watched the original episode, "An Unearthly Child". That's been a tradition of mine going back probably two decades. Still glorious, and IMO essential viewing. pic.twitter.com/2s3vbLhaKi
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 481 - The Ribos Operation 2/4 (Serial 5A Story 98) - 9 Sep 1978. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 25, 2022
The Doctor & Romana come close to getting the first segment, but are spotted by local guards. A lot of this ep is taken up by the story of a con man named Garron who is trying pic.twitter.com/4QRfJV5v3g
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 481 - The Ribos Operation 2/4 (Serial 5A Story 98) - 9 Sep 1978. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 25, 2022
to sell the entire planet to a rich person. He's using a piece of jethrik as the ruse, the same item the Doctor & Romana are after. This ep is talkier than I remember it being. pic.twitter.com/u3stStyyyw
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 482 - The Ribos Operation 3/4 (Serial 5A Story 98) - 16 Sep 1978. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 25, 2022
Loved the face slapping with a glove sequence. The con man is exposed, and arrested w/The Doctor & Romana. We get usage of K9 here, but snow doesn't strike me as something K9 pic.twitter.com/fwKGbDGGJ2
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 482 - The Ribos Operation 3/4 (Serial 5A Story 98) - 16 Sep 1978. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 25, 2022
should be able to deal with. The locals try to find where the jethric & stolen gold have gone. Doctor works on escape. This has a very Robert Holmes feel w/paired characters. pic.twitter.com/BzSXbTMrwH
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 483 - The Ribos Operation 4/4 (Serial 5A Story 98) - 23 Sep 1978. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 26, 2022
Binro reminds me of Baldrick. ? Romana (w/K9) has to recover the tracer, which was stolen from her. Most of this ep is in the caves, with all the various groups searching for pic.twitter.com/oPOzTuocLL
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 483 - The Ribos Operation 4/4 (Serial 5A Story 98) - 23 Sep 1978. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 26, 2022
each other. In the end, our crew recover the tracer, find the Jethrik as the rest of the characters either kill each other or escape. First segment of the Key to Time is found. pic.twitter.com/25JBx5GAyz
