BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - The Daemons. Production Code: JJJFirst Transmitted. Plot. The Doctor becomes alarmed on seeing television coverage of an archaeological dig by a Professor Horner into an ancient barrow near the village of Devil's End. He hurries to the scene with Jo. The Master is posing as the local vicar, Mr Magister, and using black magic rituals to summon Azal, the last of a race known as the D. Benton and Yates arrive in a UNIT helicopter but, before the Brigadier and his troops can join them, a heat barrier appears and cuts the village off from the outside world. Azal will appear three times and on the last of these occasions will decide whether to transfer his awesome powers to another or to destroy the planet as a failed experiment. The Master hopes to be the recipient of the powers, but in the event Azal offers them to the Doctor instead. The Doctor declines, arguing that the human race should be allowed to develop at its own pace. Azal decides to kill him, but Jo then offers to take his place and, unable to comprehend this act of self- sacrifice, the D. The Master is finally captured by UNIT and taken away to await trial for his crimes against humanity. Directed by Terence Fisher. With Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn. We watch Baron Frankenstein escaping from the guillotine and going to. Doctor Zhivago has 63,203 ratings and 1,884 reviews. Nataliya said: There was no way I could ever escape reading Doctor Zhivago. After all, I'm a proud d. Altered Vistas make amateur animated films based on classic Doctor Who comic strips. Episode Endings. The Doctor and Jo arrive at the site of the dig at the stroke of midnight, just as Professor Horner breaks through a stone wall that he has uncovered. A freezing wind blasts through the hole, apparently killing both Horner and the Doctor. The Doctor and Jo enter the barrow to investigate further. They find what looks like a model spaceship but the Doctor explains that it is a real ship that has been miniaturised. Suddenly, a gargoyle- like creature sent by the Master attacks them. In a cavern beneath the village church, the Master summons Azal the Daemon. There is what appears to be a minor earthquake and the Master falls back, urging the Daemon to obey him. The Master summons Azal once more, this time in a black magic ceremony involving his full coven of acolytes. Jo, who has been watching from hiding, tries to stop him. It is too late, as Azal materialises and grows to giant size before her eyes. Azal's death results in a huge explosion that destroys the church. The Master is then captured by UNIT troops and driven away. As Devil's End starts to return to normal, the Doctor, Jo and Benton join the local white witch Miss Hawthorne in a dance around the maypole while the Brigadier and Yates retire to the pub for a drink. Roots. The witchcraft comes via 6. British horror films like The Witches, Curse of the Crimson Altar and The Devil Rides Out, and the novels of Dennis Wheatley, with their village covens led by the vicar. Quatermass and the Pit. The Night of the Big Heat. Invasion (specifically the heat barrier). The Quatermass Experiment (interrupted TV broadcast). Star Trek's Who Mourns for Adonis? The Avengers' The House that Jack Built (the revolving signpost). Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End. The Midwich Cuckoos. Village of the Damned. Erich von Daniken. February 16 - In the Money by William Beaudine is released. It would be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began in 1946. Still, watching Zhivago, one can’t help but feel that somewhere along the way, it was the beginning of the end for him. Please fill in your details and click Submit when complete. Please only complete this registration form once. If you have previously submitted this form. Benefitting from the healing undergone by his immediate predecessor, the Tenth Doctor possessed an outgoing, lively and genial demeanour that hid his underlying guilt.There's a Conan Doyle pun ('Elemental, my dear Benton'). Benton carries a Walther 3. James Bond's gun but close enough. Jo mentions 'The Age of Aquarius' (Hair). BBC2's live Chronicle broadcast of the Silbury Hill dig. The Master's Black Mass is 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' backwards. Lord Aldbourne's 1. Matthew Hopkins (Witchfinder General). Miss Hawthorne modernizes and quotes Chaucer's Prologue to Canterbury Tales ('a very perfect gentle knight'). The Bok design derives from a Notre Dame gargoyle. Dialogue Triumphs. Miss Hawthorne . . So all we've got to deal with is something which is either too small to see or thirty feet tall, can incinerate you or freeze you to death, turn stone images into homicidal monsters and looks like the devil. With your few pitiful grains of knowledge, you have summoned me here. But I am not your slave, and you are not immortal!'. Azal says 'my race destroys its failures. Remember Atlantis' (cf. The Underwater Menace, The Time Monster). The Greek civilisation, the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, they were all inspired by the D. Afterwards, they discover he has 'gone on somewhere' . Benton pilots the UNIT helicopter to Devil's End. The Brigadier's car has the numberplate OLR 4. E . He mentions having contacted Nuton in episode 4 (meaning that the station has been rebuilt since The Claws of Axos). Alastair Fergus is the linkman for BBC3's The Passing Parade. QVA Short History of Atlantis. Venus. Aliens and Mankind. Location. Devil's End, . This was a BBC requirement to avoid the risk of causing offence to viewers with religious sensibilities. Similarly, much to director Christopher Barry's amazement, no mention of God was permitted to be made in the story's dialogue, although references to the Devil were acceptable. Azal at one point implies that his race were responsible for the destruction of Atlantis (apparently at odds with events seen in The Underwater Menace). Matthew Corbett, whose father Harry created and operated the popular children's puppet character Sooty and eventually sold the rights to him, appears as one of the Master's devil- worshipping acolytes in Episode Five. He was a late addition to the cast, replacing Bill Wiesner. Myth. There was originally a sixth episode. In the end, Thorne both played and voiced the character.)Jo Grant's own clothes are left behind in the cavern when she escapes dressed in a sacrificial tabard just before the church explodes, and yet she is seen wearing them again at the end of the story. However, in episode two, the barrier has a five mile radius, centered on the church. In the same episode, Garvin holds his broken shotgun together during his fight with Benton. In episode three, the energy exchanger interferes with radio communication, but by episode five it has lost this annoying side effect. How do Yates and Benton have time to change into civvies? Cast & Crew. Cast. The Doctor - . Jon Pertwee. Brigadier Lethbridge- Stewart - . Nicholas Courtney. Captain Mike Yates - . Richard Franklin. Jo Grant - . Katy Manning. Sergeant Benton - . John Levene. Alastair Fergus - . David Simeon. Azal - . Stephen Thorne. Baker's Man - . Gerald Taylor. Bert the Landlord - . Don Mc. Killop. Bok - . Stanley Mason. Dr. Reeves - . Eric Hillyard. Garvin - . John Joyce. Harry - . James Snell. Jones - . Matthew Corbett. Miss Hawthorne - . Damaris Hayman. Morris Dancers - . The Headington Quarry Men. PC Groom - . Christopher Wray. Prof. Horner - . Robert Wentworth. Sgt. Osgood - . Alec Linstead. The Master - . Roger Delgado. Thorpe - . John Owens. Tom Girton - . John Croft. Winstanley - . Rollo Gamble. Crew. Director - . Christopher Barry. Assistant Floor Manager - . Sue Hedden. Costumes - . Barbara Lane. Designer - . Roger Ford. Fight Arranger - . Peter Diamond. Film Cameraman - . Fred Hamilton. Film Editor - . Chris Wimble. Incidental Music - . Dudley Simpson. Make- Up - . Jan Harrison. Producer - . Barry Letts. Production Assistant - . Peter Grimwade. Script Editor - . Terrance Dicks. Special Sounds - . Brian Hodgson. Studio Lighting - . Tony Millier. Studio Sound - . Ralph Walton. Title Music - . Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Delia Derbyshire. Visual Effects - . Peter Day. Writer - . Guy Leopold This was a pseudonym for Robert Sloman and Barry Letts. Bottom Line - from The Discontinuity Guide'When Beltane is come tread softly for, lo, the Prince himself is nigh!' For a certain age group this story is the most memorable example of 7. Doctor Who. Its denouement is risible, and even the much praised church explosion effect looks cheap. The final scene is charming ('You see Jo, there is magic in the world after all') with a memorable Brigadier/Yates exchange: 'Fancy a dance sir?' 'Kind of you Captain.. I think I'd rather have a pint!'Analysis - from Doctor Who, the Television Companion. The D. Like The Claws of Axos, it encapsulates all the era's most well- remembered aspects - such as the UNIT 'family' and the Master - in a story with an interesting background, including in this case black magic rituals and an archaeological dig, and some scary 'monsters'. The production too is excellent, boasting some extensive and impressive location filming in the Wiltshire village of Aldbourne, and Christopher Barry's direction is well up to scratch. As J Jeremy Bentham wrote in Oracle Volume 3 Number 4, dated January 1. Every so often.. The 'clandestine witchcraft in an English village' story is, indeed, almost a staple ingredient of television action- adventure series, and there are echoes of Nigel Kneale's 1. Quatermass and the Pit. The idea of a village cut off by an impenetrable dome- shaped barrier had previously been used in John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos and, although it is at least handled with a degree of originality here, the rationale for its inclusion is less than clear. It would suggest that Azal feels the need to protect himself, but why? He is, after all, immensely powerful, can kill at a glance, and intends either to pass on his power or to destroy the Earth. Hardly the sort of creature that needs to hide himself away. On the subject of Azal, it must be acknowledged that his on- screen realisation is one of the weaker aspects of the production, being achieved via the wonders of CSO. As Bentham pointed out, 'This serial perfectly emphasised the value of keeping the principal creature hidden from the viewing public until the last possible moment. That way millions of minds were at work trying to visualise Azal long before his emergence at the end of Episode . It is then explored throughout the remainder of the five episodes (an unusual but effective story length), in which the viewer learns that many of the magical traditions and images are in fact a product of the D. The fact that this scientific basis for magic was never developed further in later stories is surprising - one can certainly imagine the Master finding many uses for it. It is a fascinating idea and allows for the presentation of many elements (or should that be elementals?) that would otherwise be beyond the bounds of credibility. Jeanne Moreau, as Florence Carala, gives an astonishing performance, perverse but naive as she leads her young lover down a path that can only lead to doom for both of them. Malle and his cinematographer Henri Decae make extensive use of Paris at night, giving the film the feel of claustrophobia and desperation reminiscent of the classic noir films. The excellent score by Miles Davis adds to the entire effect of this mystery thriller.
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