Jon Pertwee - (The Doctor)

Katy Manning - (Jo Grant)

Paul Whitsun-Jones - (Marshal)

James Mellor - (Varan)

Garrick Hagon - (Ky)

Geoffrey Palmer - (Administrator)

Christopher Coll - (Stubbs)

Rick James - (Cotton)

Jonathan Sherwood - (Varan's Son)

George Pravda - (Jaeger)

John Hollis - (Sondergaard)

Sidney Johnson - (Old Man)

Roy Pearce - (Solos Guard)

David Arlen - (Warrior Guard)

Damon Sanders - (Solos Guard)

Martin Taylor - (Skybase Guard)

John Scott Martin - (Mutt)

Peter Howell - (Investigator)

The Time Lords send the Doctor and Jo on a mission to deliver a sealed message pod to an unknown party aboard a Skybase orbiting the planet Solos in the 30th century.

Solos is due to gain independence from Earth's empire but its Marshal is determined to prevent this. He arranges the murder of the Earth Administrator and, with his chief scientist Jaeger, plans to transform Solo's atmosphere into one more suited to humans.

Ky, a young Solonian leader, is falsely accused of the murder and flees to the planet, taking Jo with him. The Doctor follows and joins them in an old thaesium mine. Ky turns out to be the intended recipient of the message pod, which opens automatically for him. Inside are stone tablets carved with ancient inscriptions...

Working Title:

N/A

Things to look for:

• Coming Soon

The Doctor Who Archive:

All 6 episodes exist.

Bloopers:

• Coming Soon

- The Mutants, episodic format, Released May 2003; PAL (BBC Video cat.#7331).

Not yet released on DVD.

Not yet released on Audio.

- Doctor Who and The Mutants by Terrance Dicks, Published 1977 - [Target no.44]

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