This Week in Australia
The Leisure Hive: Part One
Last updated 02 January 2017
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BBC UKTV (adverts during broadcast)
Featuring: Tom Baker, John Leeson, Lalla Ward, Adrienne Corri, David Haig, Nigel Lambert, Laurence Payne
The Doctor and Romana visit the Leisure Hive on Argolis. The Argolins, survivors of a war, run the Hive as a tourist attraction but its future is jeopardised by a series of deaths.
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:
Friday 6th July 2001:
UKTV Australia http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/ http://www.uktv.com.au/
Sun 7AM, Late Sun 1AM AEST The Androids of Tara all 4 eps
Double, double, toil and trouble. Count Grendel hopes to use Romana as a double for Princess Strella in the wedding to determine the rulership of Tara. Meanwhile, the Doctor is asked to help a robot double for the Prince to ensure that the Prince gets to the wedding safely. And then things get confusing. A 4th Doctor classic story.
Mon-Thu 11:30PM AEST The Leisure Hive eps 1 - 4 of 4
New producer, new look, and a higher budget. The 18th season kicks off with a vacation trip to Argolis, a sterile world that houses the Leisure Hive. The Leisure Hive is supposed to show off new kinds of science and technology. But when its users begin to die, so do dreams of peace.
Fri 11:30PM AEST Meglos ep 1 of 4
An evil cactus captures the Doctor and Romana in a Chronic Hysteresis, enabling him to impersonate the Doctor in a daring con job. No, I'm not kidding. Yes, an evil cactus. And it does a good job of acting, too. Well, as good as anyone can expect from a cactus.
UKTV Australia http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/ http://www.uktv.com.au/
Sun 7AM, Late Sun 1AM AEST The Androids of Tara all 4 eps
Double, double, toil and trouble. Count Grendel hopes to use Romana as a double for Princess Strella in the wedding to determine the rulership of Tara. Meanwhile, the Doctor is asked to help a robot double for the Prince to ensure that the Prince gets to the wedding safely. And then things get confusing. A 4th Doctor classic story.
Mon-Thu 11:30PM AEST The Leisure Hive eps 1 - 4 of 4
New producer, new look, and a higher budget. The 18th season kicks off with a vacation trip to Argolis, a sterile world that houses the Leisure Hive. The Leisure Hive is supposed to show off new kinds of science and technology. But when its users begin to die, so do dreams of peace.
Fri 11:30PM AEST Meglos ep 1 of 4
An evil cactus captures the Doctor and Romana in a Chronic Hysteresis, enabling him to impersonate the Doctor in a daring con job. No, I'm not kidding. Yes, an evil cactus. And it does a good job of acting, too. Well, as good as anyone can expect from a cactus.
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