Planet of Giants (Doctor Who Season 2 Serial A) - Episode Guide

Episode Number:	Episode Title:	Transmission Date:	Duration:	Ratings (in Millions):
1	Planet of Giants	31/10/1964	23:15 Mins	8.4
2	Dangerous Journey	7/11/1964	23:40 Mins	8.4
3	Crisis	14/11/1964	26:35 Mins	8.9

Season:	Doctor:	Producer(s):	Writer:	Script Editor:	Directors:
Two	The 1st Doctor	Verity Lambert, Mervyn Pinfield	Louis Marks	David Whitaker	Mervyn Pinfield, Douglas Camfield

The Doctor - William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton - William Russell
Barbara Wright - Jacqueline Hill
Susan - Carole Ann Ford

Forester - Alan Tilvern
Farrow - Frank Crawshaw
Smithers - Reginald Barratt
Hilda Rowse - Rosemary Johnson
Bert Rowse - Fred Ferris

Designer - Raymond Cusick
Assistant Floor Manager - Dawn Robertson
Assistant Floor Manager - Val McCrimmon
Associate Producer - Mervyn Pinfield
Costumes - Daphne Dare
Incidental Music - Dudley Simpson
Make-Up - Jill Summers
Production Assistant - Norman Stewart
Special Sound - Brian Hodgson
Studio Lighting - Howard King
Studio Sound - Alan Fogg

Whilst trying to return Ian and Barbara to the twentieth century, the Doctor attempts an unorthodox new technique, causing the TARDIS doors to open in mid-flight, setting alarms ringing inside the craft.

Arriving on Earth, the time-travellers discover that they have all been reduced in size - they are now minute people in a world of giant objects. The TARDIS has landed them between the cracks in a garden patio - a garden teeming with giant worms, ants and cats. All deadly hazards for the miniature travellers.

To make matters worse, the TARDIS crew are caught up in the trials of a deadly new insecticide - DN6. A chemical so deadly that all insect life is threatened - a chemical that is also lethal to minuscule time-travellers...

Working Title(s):
■ Death in the Afternoon
■ The Miniscules

Things to look out for:
■ An emergency klaxon is heard in the TARDIS in episode one which appears to be a forerunner of the Cloister bell.

Archive:
■ All 3 episodes exist as 16mm telerecordings.

Bloopers:
■ At the end of episode 2 the sink is emptied and the plug is placed upon the bench. At the beginning of episode 3 the plug is back in the sink providing a method of escape.

Planet Of Giants

Manufactured by: BBC DVD / 2|Entertain (cat.#3479)

Format: DVD - Region 2 & 4 - PAL UK Episodic

RRP: £20.42
Rating: PG

Released: 20th August 2012

Special Features:

■ Commentary - with vision mixer Clive Doig, special sounds creator Brian Hodgson, make-up supervisor Sonia Markham and floor assistant David Tilley. Moderated by Mark Ayres.
■ Episode 3 and 4 Reconstruction - Originally shot as a four-part story, the final two episodes of Planet of Giants were edited into a single episode for transmission. Using the original scripts, newly recorded dialogue and animation, this feature gives viewers and idea of how the original four-part version might have appeared.
■ Rediscovering The Urge to Live - The team behind the reconstruction explain how it was put together.
■ Suddenly Susan - Carole Ann Ford talks about her role as the Doctor’s granddaughter and the first companion in the TARDIS in this interview originally recorded for 2003’s The Story of Doctor Who.
■ The Lambert Tapes - The Doctor Doctor Who’s original producer looks back on her time on the series in the second part of this interview recorded for The Story of Doctor Who.
■ Prop Design Plans (DVD-ROM only – to be viewed on PC/Mac).
■ Radio Times Listings (DVD-ROM) .
■ Programme Subtitles.
■ Production Information Subtitles.
■ Photo Gallery.
■ Coming Soon Trailer.
■ Digitally remastered picture and sound quality.