This Week in Australia
The Ribos Operation: Part One
Last updated 02 January 2017
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BBC UKTV (adverts during broadcast)
Featuring: Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, Iain Cuthbertson, Cyril Luckham
The Guardian of Time gives the Doctor a difficult task, and a new assistant. Together they must search for the six segments of the Key to Time, to prevent the Universe from being plunged into eternal chaos.
On their mission, the Doctor and Romana travel to the planet Ribos where the first segment of the key is protected by the monstrous Shrivenzale.
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:
Friday 15th June 2001:
UKTV Australia http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/ http://www.uktv.com.au/
Sun 7AM, Late Sun 1AM AEST The Pirate Planet all 4 eps
Douglas Adams' history with Doctor Who began with this story, the search for the second segment of the Key To Time. The second segment is apparently on the planet Calufrax. But when the 4th Doctor and Romana go to search for it, another planet has taken its place. A planet seemingly run by a pirate captain with a robotic killer parrot.
Mon-Tue 11:30PM AEST City of Death eps 3 - 4 of 4
Another story Douglas Adams wrote, but the pen name David Agnew was used due to contract conditions (Douglas Adams was also the script editor). The 4th Doctor, Romana, and Duggan discover seven Mona Lisa's in Count Scarlioni's basement - all genuine. Now, assuming that you could make have seven genuine Mona Lisa's, what would you need them all for?
Wed-Fri 11:30PM AEST The Creature from the Pit eps 1 - 3 of 4
On a jungle world where metal is precious and the ruleress is ruthless, the Doctor finds himself in a pit as potential monster food and K9's existence is threatened. Geoffrey Bayldon steals the story as Organon, a not-necessarily-completely-genuine Court Astrologer.
ยป schedules were inaccurate owing to Sun/Mon programmes being pre-empted the previous week, so Sun-Fri were The Ribos Operation, City of Death 2-4, CreatureFromThePit 1-2
UKTV Australia http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/ http://www.uktv.com.au/
Sun 7AM, Late Sun 1AM AEST The Pirate Planet all 4 eps
Douglas Adams' history with Doctor Who began with this story, the search for the second segment of the Key To Time. The second segment is apparently on the planet Calufrax. But when the 4th Doctor and Romana go to search for it, another planet has taken its place. A planet seemingly run by a pirate captain with a robotic killer parrot.
Mon-Tue 11:30PM AEST City of Death eps 3 - 4 of 4
Another story Douglas Adams wrote, but the pen name David Agnew was used due to contract conditions (Douglas Adams was also the script editor). The 4th Doctor, Romana, and Duggan discover seven Mona Lisa's in Count Scarlioni's basement - all genuine. Now, assuming that you could make have seven genuine Mona Lisa's, what would you need them all for?
Wed-Fri 11:30PM AEST The Creature from the Pit eps 1 - 3 of 4
On a jungle world where metal is precious and the ruleress is ruthless, the Doctor finds himself in a pit as potential monster food and K9's existence is threatened. Geoffrey Bayldon steals the story as Organon, a not-necessarily-completely-genuine Court Astrologer.
ยป schedules were inaccurate owing to Sun/Mon programmes being pre-empted the previous week, so Sun-Fri were The Ribos Operation, City of Death 2-4, CreatureFromThePit 1-2
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