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The Sun Makers: Part One
Broadcast: Monday 26th July 1999
12:55am-1:20am PDT (07:55 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, John Leeson, Michael Keating

The TARDIS arrives on Pluto which has been made habitable and turned into a giant factory where the ruthless Company exploits its under-paid workers.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide

Broadcast notes:

Originally scheduled for 11:00pm, moved due to power cut previous week shifting Image of the Fendahl to this evening instead.
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 23rd July 1999:
KTEH 54 San Jose, CA
http://www.kteh.org/
Sun 11:15PM PDT Image of the Fendahl all 4 eps
Late Sun 12:55AM PDT The Sun Makers all 4 eps

Double feature due to transmitter problems last week. First up, a skull engages in a 12 million year pattern of deceit, waiting for the people who will unwittingly free it to resume its homicidal activities. Then, stay around for one of Tom Baker's best stories. Humanity has been moved to Pluto, where a corporation working in partnership with the government works the humans to near death, then taxes them the rest of the way. The best argument I've ever seen against the 3rd Way of politics being espoused in recent years.