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Doctor Who: Frontios
Starring: Peter Davison , Janet Fielding
Directed by: Ron Jones
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Written by: Christopher H Bidmead
An irresistible force draws the TARDIS to the barren surface of the planet Frontios, where the future Earth's last survivors cower under a constant threat from lethal meteorite bombardments. Not permitted to assist, the fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) attempts to leave, but is thwarted when the TARDIS seems to be utterly destroyed. Will this be the final fate for all humanity? Digitally remastered picture and sound. Extras include audio commentary and a "making-of" featurette.
Item Number: 16167
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 1 2/3 Hours
- Number of Discs:
- 1
- Special Features:
English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
• Audio Commentary
• Driven to Distractation
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Photo Gallery
• PDF materials: Radio Times Listings
• Production Notes Subtitle Option
An irresistible force draws the TARDIS to the barren surface of Frontios, where in the far future the last surviving humans cower amongst the ruins of their wrecked spacecraft. Under constant threat from lethal meteorite bombardments, few of the doomed colony members realize that the ground of Frontios itself opens up and devours the unwary. Not permitted to assist, the Doctor attempts to leave, but is thwarted when the unimaginable occurs: the TARDIS is utterly destroyed.
All the while, burrowing undetected below the planet's crust, sickening alien parasites prepare a gruesome and final fate for all humanity.
The TARDIS is dragged down to the surface of the planet Frontios and apparently destroyed during a meteorite bombardment. The Doctor is forced to help the planet's human colonists - refugees from a doomed future Earth - and eventually discovers that their problems stem from an infestation of Tractators, burrowing insect-like creatures led by the intelligent Gravis.
The Tractators have been using gravitational force to cause regular meteorite bombardments in order to keep the colonists weak so that they can prey on their bodies and use them as components in their mining machines.
Turlough knows of the creatures through a deep seated racial memory from his own planet. He recalls that they can be rendered harmless by separating the Gravis from the rest of the colony. The Doctor achieves this by tricking the Gravis into reassembling the TARDIS around itself.
| Peter Davison | --- | The Doctor |
| Janet Fielding | --- | Tegan |
| Mark Strickson | --- | Turlough |
| Peter Gilmore | --- | Brazen |
| Maurice O'Connell | --- | Cockerill |
| Alison Skilbeck | --- | Deputy |
| John Gillett | --- | Gravis |
| Lesley Dunlop | --- | Norna |
| Richard Ashley | --- | Orderly |
| Jeff Rawle | --- | Plantagenet |
| William Lucas | --- | Range |
| Raymond Murtagh | --- | Retrograde |
| George Campbell | --- | Tractator |
| Michael Malcolm | --- | Tractator |
| Stephen Speed | --- | Tractator |
| William Bowen | --- | Tractator |
| Hedi Khursandi | --- | Tractator |
Directed by Ron Jones
Written by Christopher H Bidmead
Produced by John Nathan-Turner
Original Music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Peter Howell
Costume Design by Anushia Nieradzik
First Transmitted
1 - 26/01/1984 18:40
2 - 27/01/1984 18:40
3 - 02/02/1984 18:40
4 - 03/02/1984 18:40
Peter Gilmore, well known for his starring role as sea captain James Onedin in the BBC's period drama serial The Onedin Line, plays Brazen.
Jeff Rawle, one of the stars of the Channel 4 comedy series Drop the Dead Donkey, is seen here in the very different role of the colony's deputy leader, Plantagenet.
