doctor who: fury from the deep

The cover advertised the volume as a special "bumper" edition, referring to its increased length in comparison to other Target novelisations and as explanation of the consequently higher retail price. He rejects Harris's idea to blow up the rigs; this would simply spread the weed. Outside in the corridor, a man approaches, holding a key. The air-lock doors give way and foam washes through. Through a test run by Victoria, the Doctor has discovered that the weed is giving off a toxic gas. The Doctor is delighted and presses a button, and the slide is shown on the monitor. The Doctor Who Wiki 102,122 pages Explore Tardis Community TV Other media Characters in: 1968 television stories, Stories set in England, Stories with missing episodes, and 5 more English Fury from the Deep (TV story) Edit Fury from the Deep RR Season 5 , Serial 6 Novelised as: Fury from the Deep Doctor: Second Doctor Companion (s): Format: She longs to be someplace pleasant and peaceful. Catching sight of something ahead, Jamie stops and points down the beach. As the helicopter closes in, the Doctor throws out a rope ladder. The three of them decide they will all go and reason with Robson together. In the darkness. Robson and Maggie suddenly appear on the monitor from the Control Rig, alive and well; everyone taken over by the weed creature has been released including Van Lutyens. In fact, For the purposes of this list, "Series 4" is considered to be the. But the Doctor is convinced he can hear something in the pipes, a heartbeat, something - alive? Foam builds up behind the air-lock doors. Jamie comes out to try to persuade her, but she insists she wants to remain in this time. The Cruel Sea - Surviving Fury from the Deep, Television stories that use Delia Derbyshire's 1st theme, the episode of Doctor Who that exists in the DWU, Shannon Sullivan's A Brief History of Time (Travel), https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=fury-from-the-deep-animation-announcement, The Missing Episode Nexus Episode Recoveries, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. She begins to knock on the door, looking for help. Premieres Sunday, March 21 at 6pm ET/5c on BBC AMERICA (all six half-hour episodes back-to . The reading, complete with new music and sound effects, is presented over six discs, and is available for digital download from AUDIOGO. Suddenly, Maggie gets up and heads for the door that leads to the patio. In this serial, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his travelling companions Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) and Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling) find themselves at a Euro Sea Gas refinery off the coast of contemporary England, where an infectious weed spreads rapidly, infecting and mind controlling anyone who comes into contact with it, including the refinery leader Robson (Victor Maddern). Eventually she finds it, although not in the drawer her husband had indicated. Apologetically Harris says he now has to lock them up. Hubert Rees later played Captain Ransom in The War Games (1969) and John Stevenson in The Seeds of Doom (1976). The Doctor arrives to see what the scuffle was about, but he is soon sent back to the main base by a worried technician. He eventually relents, seeing the look on Harris's face, and allows him an hour before he needs to return back. Down in the pipeline the Doctor and Jamie encounter the foam. Price is seated in an electric wheelchair throughout the story. Victoria is frustrated that they must wait, possibly to be attacked again by the weed. His brow furrows at the sound of a distant, faint, pumping heartbeat. Victor Pemberton Van Lutyens warns that there are vents like Robson's all over the repository so they had best not be opened. A scientist by the name of Robson enters and demands answers. Harris believes Robson's pride is making him refuse to shut off the gas flow in order to properly investigate the feed lines, but his calculations are mysteriously gone from his briefcase. See the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria uncover the secrets of the 'Fury from the Deep' in. Most of the guards helmets have face shields. The Doctor and his companions are escorted to a tiny bunk room whilst the Doctor is still trying to persuade Harris to let them go. He lifts Victoria out of the car and carries her into the helicopter which soon takes off. 42 Shaking off the foam, the three travellers make their way along the shore. The Doctor makes the chance discovery that it is very susceptible to high pitched noise; consequently, he is able to use the amplified sound of Victoria's screams to destroy it. The Doctor and, more reluctantly, Jamie go down after him. They are trespassing in a restricted area of a gas refinery and are tranquilized. Victoria elects to stay with the family of one of the refinery workers, Harris. A novelisation of this serial, written by the series scriptwriter Victor Pemberton, was published by Target Books in May 1986. Quill opens the patio door and sees the foaming mass. The door closes, and Victoria hears the sound of a key turning in the lock. She goes to the dressing table and looks at her reflection in the mirror. Van Lutyens is insistent, hearing the heartbeat and sensing a creature's presence, "in the darkness, waiting.". He orders them to be returned but Oak and Quill, who are in charge of the lift, say it is too late. Since overall story titles were introduced with. [citation needed]. It started life as a pitch to the Doctor Who production team in 1964, was made for radio two years later, then served as partial inspiration of his later scripting of Fury From The Deep, and features Roger Delgado, Maurice Denham and Miriam Margolyes among the cast. As a story, Fury from the Deep is a fantastic example of a 'base under siege' story that plays to the format's greatest strengths, so in that regards it gets 4.5-5 stars, . Quill is the one who uses the emergency vent controls to get Robson under the weed creature's control in episode three, instead of Oak. The Doctor is forced to risk it and darts to the control centre to switch on the sound wave. They release Victoria. Harris is informed that the medics have yet to collect Maggie. The Doctor also realises that pure oxygen must be toxic to the weed, stating that that is why the man who interfered with Victoria in the oxygen store was wearing a gas mask. Monsters once again lurk in the gas pipelines, as the BBC resurrects a Patrick Troughton story not seen since 1968 as an animated adventure. Harris says that if he hasn't heard from the Doctor in an hour, he is evacuating the compound. He cries for help. Generally well-regarded by fans, Fury From The Deep follows a pretty standard model for the era. The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Victoria and Jamie to the coast of England, where the ESGO complex is drawing up natural gas from the North Sea. The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria run, pursued by Robson. The Slide was also an adaptation of a Doctor Who script by Pemberton for the First Doctor that went unproduced. In the darkness. Harris tells Robson the Doctor's theory and says they should turn off the gas and check. A top of a box, opened using the whistle design of the sonic screwdriver. It is later revealed that one of the rigs has sucked up a parasitic form of seaweed, which is capable of releasing poisonous gas or a strange kind of foam that allows it to take control of the minds of those it touches. The Doctor explains about the noise he heard. Graham Leaman appeared previously as the Controller in The Macra Terror (1967) and later as a Time Lord in The Three Doctors (1973). Margaret John later played Grandma in "The Idiot's Lantern" (2006). Harris asks after Van Lutyens. Contrary to common belief, season 10 kicked off in the last week of December 1972 not in 1973, as would be expected. Possible Easter Egg: The episodes are peppered with Wanted Posters featuring a picture of Roger Delgado's portrayal of the Master. Poster of the Master, as seen in The Faceless Ones animation. The footage of the TARDIS landing in the sea in episode 1 is later reused in episode 10 of The War Games in the next season. News of Robson's breakout reaches the base as the Perspex casing of the transparent pipeline completely gives way under the pressure of the weed. Van Lutyens tries to reason with Harris, but he is focused on his wife. Harris is unsure but asks the Chief Engineer. Patrick Troughton makes two similar line fluffs in Episode Three: As the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria are leaving the TARDIS, he says "We must get back to the Harris'sHarris's quarters". The helicopter pilot reports foam and weed on all three of the rigs, with no sign of life. The scene featuring the final confrontation with the Weed Creature had to be achieved in a single take because it was so complex. Director Hugh David Writers Victor Pemberton Sydney Newman Donald B. Wilson Stars Patrick Troughton Frazer Hines Deborah Watling He seeks out Van Lutyens and is shocked to hear of his, the Doctor and Jamie's mission into the pipeline. Maggie Harris returns to her apartment in the married quarters. Jones and Harris decide they must put the oxygen supply room under guard. Harris closes the doors. Jamie picks up a chair and breaks a window. Maggie's screams of terror become coughs and gasps for air as she falls to the ground. In the Harris' quarters, the Doctor and his colleagues inspect the seaweed. She is unsure how she got there but suspects Oak and Quill. The master videotapes for the story were the final 1960s Doctor Who episodes to be erased; they were authorised for wiping in late 1974. In the control hall Robson is advising the engineering checks when Harris asks Robson for permission to see his wife. But the Doctor is convinced he can hear something in the pipes, a heartbeat, something - alive? Meanwhile Jamie is scouring the repository looking for Victoria. The Doctor experiments on the weed. A guard demands over a speakerphone to see her pass; when Maggie can't show it, the guard tells her she should go back to the living quarters. With Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Brian Cullingford. Everyone in the room is suddenly alert as the pulsating starts up again. Robson sneaks up behind the others. Jamie still doesn't want to leave Victoria behind. When Jamie comes to the pipe in episode one, he glances back at the Doctor and Victoria. But the Doctor is convinced he can hear something in the pipes, a heartbeat, something - alive? This is met by opposition again, and Robson tries to kick Van Lutyens out of the refinery. Maggie flips open the file and then drops it with a start as she is suddenly stunned. The Tardis lands somewhere near a military/industrial complex in this case an off-shore gas-drilling operation where something mysterious is going wrong, and only the Doctor and his companions can help put it right. Jones tries to argue, but Harris is firm. Animation by Digitoonz Media & Entertainment PVT Ltd, Post-Production Editing, Compositing and Grading by Thaumargy. Apart from several short clips, all six episodes are currently missing from the BBC Archives. He moves to the emergency vent control and activates it. Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep. Elsewhere in the complex, Harris' wife Maggie finds her route barred when she tries to leave the refinery compound. The Doctor, although sharing Jamie's sadness at her departure, understands her decision to settle down to a quieter life. Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep is the first Doctor Who adaptation I have read in quite a few years (the last one I clearly remember reading was back in High School) and it wasn't half bad. This material only survives because they were cut from Australian broadcasts by the censors, and were never returned to the BBC. Victoria is grabbed and dragged away silently. (2020-) When the TARDIS lands in a restricted area of a gas refinery off the Dover coast, the Doctor and his companions learn there is something sinister in t. Start Shopping. Shocked, Maggie retrieves the file and the clump of seaweed from the floor. Foam starts pouring into the study. Fury From The Deep #DoctorWho #DrWho . Robson retreats into the foam. Jamie leaves to find Victoria. Premieres Saturday, March 6 at 8pm ET/7c on BBC AMERICA and AMC+. He goes on to say that it is non-natural gas, unlike what the refinery deals in, and that it is the same gas that Victoria experienced in the oxygen chamber. The trio are captured and put in a cell by Robson, a ruthless gas refiner who heads a pumping operation with a network of rigs spanning the North Sea. Another memorable moment Hearing this, the Doctor and Jamie intend to go and investigate, sending Victoria back to the bunk room. A white gloved hand removes some papers from the case. With Robson disappeared and now aware of the real threat, Harris assumes control of the command centre, calling in Megan Jones, Director of Euro Gas. Announced at The Animations panel at London Comic Con 2019, a DVD, Blu-ray and Steelbook was released on 14 September 2020, featuring all six episodes reconstructed in animated format in both black-and-white and colour.[1]. When Maggie says "top middle drawer" her mouth barely moves. Patrick Troughton Frazer Hines Victor Maddern. Soapy foam is used to good effect, to create a slowly creeping evil; which spills out of ventilation shafts and fills up the corridors of the gas refinery- and infects whomever it touches. What happened next will stun you. Fury from the Deep is another lost serial given an animated reconstruction, which looks great BTW, and finally gives us a chance to experience more of the wonderful second doctor, Patrick Troughton. Introduction to Fury from the Deep; Fury . In the main room, Victoria is unable to scream so as to record it on Price's equipment. Jones is still sceptical and wants everything checked, but all her demands have already been done by the Chief Engineer. David Tennant, unusual amongst other Doctors, began and ended on special episodes, not regular ones. Robson then watches as Maggie walks out into the sea until she disappears beneath the waves Price is unable to raise communications with a third rig at sea. All rights reserved. As the character Van Lutyens puts it in the story: Its down there. They emerge from the hatch into the top of a flight of stairs. Harris asks Price to contact the main rig for medical help. It was the last regular appearance of Deborah Watling as Victoria Waterfield and concluded her overarching story arc by ostensibly giving her foster parents to replace the father she had lost in her introductory story, The Evil of the Daleks. Van Lutyens uses a bigger torch when inspecting the base of the impeller shaft. She tries to get rid of them but, when told it is on orders from Robson, reluctantly lets them in. He cautiously investigates, opening a hatch and peering into the chamber below. Next She ponders all the facts they've learned and frightens herself. . Jamie is resistant to this idea, but the Doctor insists that they respect Victoria's decision. Jamie is going to try to pick the lock, but suddenly he slips. He informs Robson he thinks something has got into the pipes and is producing a regular, pulsating thumping noise "like a heartbeat". Harris asks for the Doctor's help when his wife, Maggie, falls mysteriously ill. Van Lutyens and the Chief Engineer attempt to find out what is blocking the . The weed spreads rapidly and seems set on establishing a huge colony centred around the rigs. Harris thinks they must evacuate, but Jones says the Doctor still has ten minutes. Their conversation is interrupted by Harris looking for the Doctor. Jamie vows his revenge. Megan Jones and her assistant, Perkins, arrive. The engineers point their speakers at the creature but Price has frozen with fear. The Doctor tries to get a response from the guards but to no avail. Harris goes to get the file only to discover it is gone. Victoria screams when she sees Robson. Everyone panics, and the Doctor attempts to lead everyone away. 25 Jun 2023 12:50:47 Thus, his series actually begin in 2005, 2006 and 2007 not 2006, 2007 and 2008 as is commonly thought. Van Lutyens tells Harris that Robson is cracking up and that Harris should take control of the base. The Doctor and Jamie reach the top of the ladder and find themselves in an airlock. Exhausted, he retires to his room to rest, and is locked inside by Mr. Oak. Harris discovers Robson on the beach. The Doctor scoops up the seaweed on the end of a pencil. He explains about the weed and the foam he found in the pipeline. When the TARDIS lands in a restricted area of a gas refinery off the Dover coast, the Doctor and . Jamie notices a preponderance of foam lying around on the beach. Now terrified, Megan Jones tells the Doctor to do whatever he can. As they talk they begin to smell gas. They are maintenance men who request access to her kitchen for an inspection. The story originally climaxed with Jamie defeating the Weed Creature by playing the bagpipes. The visual material that has remained (short clips from episodes 1, 2, 4 and 5, behind-the-scenes 8mm colour film, and raw film trims from the recording of episode 6) was released on VHS as part of the "Missing Years" documentary. The Doctor hypothesises that the weed must have been unearthed through the drilling process and that its first victims must have been the engineers. They learn that the gas harvested here provides the energy for the whole of the South of England and Wales. Harris has him guarded. Oak nods to Quill, and they move off. Back at the command centre, the Doctor realises that the sea creatures are sensitive to high-pitched sounds, and he rigs up the centre's equipment to loop and amplify a recording of Victoria's screams into the pipes which lead to the central rig. Victoria and Jamie rush to the Doctor's side. John Abineri later played General Carrington in The Ambassadors of Death (1970), Richard Railton in Death to the Daleks (1974), and Ranquin in The Power of Kroll (1979). Jamie and Victoria crowd closer to the Doctor. Again, Jones puts this down to stress, but the Doctor disagrees. Doctor Who 'verse a list of 61 titles created 8 months ago My Collection 2020's a list of 64 titles created 31 Dec 2020 . He also urges Harris to take control now that Robson's AWOL. Unbeknownst to the Doctor and his colleagues, they are being watched. The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria climb the stairs and emerge through the hatch onto the platform. He has sunk into a depressed state but briefly rallies and begs his old friend to help him. Harris leaves Oak and Quill in charge in the Impeller Room, with Victoria worriedly waiting and listening. This was deemed too similar to, Price was originally named Blake, but this was changed to avoid confusion with, A sneak preview of the Doctor's latest forthcoming adversary was featured in the two-page behind-the-scene article, Very little footage survives of this story, making its episodes several of the. 6 Victoria is less confident. As soon as the Doctor and Jamie are secure, the pilot takes off in pursuit of Robson. The audio soundtracks have been released commercially. At the Harrises' living quarters, Maggie's hands are over her face, shielding out the light. When Robson subdues the guard positioned outside his room, the guard passes out almost as soon as Robson touches him rather than when he starts spewing gas at him. Victoria, however, is disconsolate. FURY FROM THE DEEP has the reputation amongst fans of being the scariest DR WHO story of the 1960's. To those not well-versed in DR WHO lore this may well seem odd as this 6-part serial starring Patrick Troughton was only broadcast once on British television in 1968 and then the master tapes were junked by the BBC and FURY was never seen again. Back at the main base of the repository, they discover that all the oxygen has been removed from the store. He sneaks up to the guard and subdues him with gas from his mouth; weeds are visibly growing from his hands. He rushes off to the repository. comment. The Doctor explains this is the main workings for the impeller, which pumps gas from out at sea. Theres no seaweed wired-up to make it twitch as if it was alive here. Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep (TV Mini Series 2020) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. [6][7] This film stock would be used until 1985's Revelation of the Daleks, though 35mm would still be used for model and effects shots. Harris states that it can't be marine life as they have eradicated the possibility of that. The entire refinery is flooded with the heartbeat sound that has been masked by the sound of the machinery. Harris appears and questions Robson, who calmly tells him he'll see his wife soon, and then walks away down the beach. Resigned to her fate, Victoria sets to work on the lock. In the morning, the Doctor and Jamie return to the TARDIS without Victoria. Director: Robson administers the antidote. This is a reference to the fact that RR was the production code of this story and that episode three was the 200th episode of, At one point in the animated version, there is a note on a clipboard which reads "Get Vic and Dave on this!". They slowly make their way along the corridor, carefully peering round each corner. Robson puts Van Lutyens in his place and strides away. They open the door and exit. Oak and Quill make their way to Maggie. Robson is lying asleep on his bunk when suddenly his eyes flick open. The years seen in this section may seem decidedly "off". Harris has found Maggie at home, dazed. Robson accuses the girl, but others point out the door was locked from the outside. He explains his findings regarding the seaweed, the fact it releases toxic gas and the fact it is parasitic. In a daze, he cries out that he can no longer be helped and that he can't find it. Sep 15, 2020 1.4K Dislike Share Doctor Who 1.62M subscribers Who knew the TARDIS had a laboratory? However, audio-only recordings have survived and have been used here to create a brand new fully animated reconstruction of this lost classic. Four different Doctor Who Podcasts from award winning comedian Toby Hadoke, whose Edinburgh show Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf became a West End hit, toured the world, and became a Sony nominated BBC Radio series. Victoria suddenly becomes aware of a strange bubbling, popping noise coming from the far side of the room. Companion(s): Robson asks Harris where the Doctor and his colleagues are and is furious when he discovers that he has let them go. Harris has fetched Van Lutyens, only to find the creature gone. The Doctor calls it the first part of the invasion. Someone is in the room with her. She tries several approaches, first warm and sympathetic, then brusque, and orders him, but finds him uncommunicative. Harris tells the Doctor about the seaweed. Victoria uses her hairpin to open the door to the Harris' living quarters. She takes hold of the door handle, trying to decide whether or not to open it. The Doctor, already on his way to see Robson, is alarmed by Robson's screams and forces the door. Robson carries Victoria through the central control and outside to a waiting vehicle. Harris sends out helicopters to collect them. Harris, worried about the parasitic qualities of the creature, asks Price to phone medical quarters for an update on his wife before informing the Doctor about Robson's disappearance. He covers his ears and begins to recoil. They hear the cry of Victoria. He believes it is parasitic and claims the humans as part of its colony. She finds herself lying on the floor of a brightly lit room with two armed guards standing over her. He and the Chief Engineer go to meet her and inform her of the situation. Telesnap Reconstruction of Fury from the Deep and making of documentary. The Doctor and his colleagues enter and discover the weed expanding just as it did in the TARDIS. In July 2003, 3 minutes 32 seconds of footage from episode six of this story were recovered from the BBC Archives at Windmill Road by Andrew Martin. Doctor Who: Fury From the Deep. At the end of episode five, everyone who has been taken over by the weed up to that point (Robson, Van Lutyens, Chief Baxter, Chief Carney and one of the refinery workers) appears instead of just Robson. This story is the last to feature Watling as Victoria Waterfield. For a brief moment he thinks she's dead and says how he will never forgive himself if she's dead. Unaware that Jamie has narrowly avoided being spotted, Victoria assumes the worst and thinks he's stuck. Victoria remains seated, tears welling up in her eyes. Price has regained contact with Rig B. The Doctor and Victoria open a door and find the bedroom covered in foam. Jamie is in the kitchen on top of a table surrounded by a sea of foam. The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria are taken prisoner by the staff of a gas refinery, who have lost contact with their drilling rigs and experienced mysterious drops in pressure. They frantically wave at the helicopter, but they cannot be seen due to the foam. 16 October 1986 (Paperback), This page was last edited on 12 March 2023, at 02:09. They discuss the creature, stating they wish they knew what it was.

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