The sensorites was a novelisation based on the 1964 television serial the sensorites. The story was written by peter r newman and the book. Humans and sensorites alike are stricken by a deadly illness, for which the doctor struggles to find a cure. The city administrators final plan to kill the doctor and his companions was when they went to investigate what was the source of the poisoned water, knowing that there was something down in the caves killing any sensorites who went down there, makes sure they are given inaccurate maps and their weapons are sabotaged before. Ultimately a rogue group of humans are discovered in the sewers, and their poisoning of the sensorites water supply is the cause of the plague. Doctor who the sensorites dvd by william hartnell dvd. The sensorites by nigel robinson available from rakuten kobo. Its edges are as rough as any in the first season, but the underlying story is exactly the sort of intelligent, complex story doctor who needs this early. The doctor attempts to broker peace, but his efforts are undermined by a sensorite elder who capitalizes on the mistrust between species to further his own ambitions. The sensorites are dying, and the doctor finds himself forced to investigate the origin of the mysterious illness. An unabridged classic doctor who novel nigel robinson, william russell on.
The tardis travellers discover that the crew of an earth spaceship have been hijacked by the sensorites, and they in turn are transported to the aliens planet. The planet is the sensesphere, home of the sensorites, beings of immense intelligence and power. The eleventh doctor is a badass series 5 and 6, my selection spoilers. Newman by arrangement with the british broadcasting corporation.
Doctor who strangers in space tv episode 1964 imdb. Newman and directed by mervyn pinfield and frank cox, the serial was first broadcast on bbc1 in six weekly parts from 20 june to 1 august 1964. The only stories from doctor whos first tv season to introduce alien races were the daleks and the sensorites. Book cover, featuring william hartnell as the doctor, and a sensorite and spaceship behind.
The good news is, at 143 pages, its a very light read. Any fan of the show knows that he goes on to do that all the time. Doctor who is a british sciencefiction television programme produced by the bbc. The tardis arrives aboard a spaceship that has been captured by the sensorites, a hearingsensitive alien race.
Im sorry, susan, but i dont believe you have the ability to represent us. The sensorites has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. The sensorites is a rather old doctor who noveland unlike all the other doctor novels ive read so far this year, its actually just a novelization of an actual episode. With william hartnell, william russell, jacqueline hill, carole ann ford. The time team materialise inside a spaceship and discover its human occupants, maitland, john and carol, in thrall to beings called the sensorites, around whose planet they are orbiting. William russell reads this gripping novelisation of a classic doctor who adventure. The tardis lands in the far future inside a spaceship orbiting the planet sensesphere. The sensorites tv soundtrack bbc audio ww by newman. This recap contains references to the aztecs which continues to be occasionally referred to throughout.
The titular race of the story arent aggressive invaders as a whole. Since the shows inception in 1963, the character has been portrayed by thirteen lead actors. When the doctor investigates, the aliens steal the lock mechanism from the tardis, thus trapping him and his companions. In the programme, the doctor is the alias assumed by a millenniaold alien time lord who travels through space and time in the tardis, frequently with companions. Bbc doctor who classic episode guide the sensorites. The sensorites is the seventh serial in the british science fiction television series doctor who. The sensorites novelisation tardis fandom tardis wiki.
The tardis arrives on board a spaceship in orbit around a planet called the sensesphere. The penultimate serial in the first season of doctor who, the sensorites is something of an anomaly. The sensorites, the sensorites, nigel robinson, february 1987. The tardis materializes on a spaceship orbiting a planet known as the sensesphere, whose natives, the. The alien sensorites have trapped the ships human crew, captain maitland, carol and john, in a state of semipermanent paralysis.
The sensorites tv soundtrack bbc audio ww by newman, peter r. The sensorites allow all but maitland and barbara down to the planet, where ian falls ill from a sickness that has been wiping out the sensorites. The sensorites was a novelisation based on the 1964 television serial the. Also included in this special edition is a reconstruction of the story of galaxy 4, which was nearly entirely missing until an episode was recently discovered. Publication date 1987 topics doctor who collection opensource language english. Buy doctor whothe aztecs by john lucarotti from amazons fiction books store. The doctor travelled to their homeworld, the sensesphere and learned that previous earth expeditions had tried to exploit the sensespheres mineral reserves. The crew of the ship appear to be dead but then suddenly return to life. The programme depicts the adventures of the doctor, a time lorda timetravelling humanoid alien.
Partly because this is the previous story to the sensorites, but more to serve. Following the superb historical adventure with the aztecs, doctor who again takes off in a completely different direction, this time going back into the depths of space while exploring an alien mystery in the sensorites. This is the book version of the doctor who story the sensorites. But the astronauts are far from dead and are living in mortal fear of the sensorites, a race of telepathic creatures from the sensesphere.
This target book was released on 3 may 2012 complete and unabridged by. The tardis, carrying the doctor, his granddaughter susan and the two scho. If you go with them, then they will have all the advantage. An honourable race, once the doctor has helped them root out treachery in their own people, the sensorites agree to letting the humans go. The doctor is the title character in the longrunning bbc science fiction television programme doctor who. While this story does not hold up in terms of plot or pacing as well as the first trip into space in the daleks, there are still. The bad news is, at 143 pages, its a very light read. The doctor is obliged to assist them in curing the plague in order to regain the tardis lock, which the sensorites have removed at this early point in the programs history, the crew were depicted as travellers who end up having adventures rather than actually seeking them out, so there is always a reason why they cant leave.
Buy doctor whothe sensorites book online at low prices in india. As the doctor, susan, ian and barbara penetrate the crafts eerie gloom they come. The sensorites was the seventh and penultimate serial of season 1 of doctor who though the keys of marinus and the daleks had both been clear examples of science fiction doctor who adventures, neither had specifically stated they were in the future although the edge of destruction and the dalek invasion of earth retroactively said the daleks was set in some undisclosed period in the future. The doctor tells her you cant change the book of history, not one line. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. As the doctor, susan, ian and barbara penetrate the craf. As the doctor, susan, ian, and barbara penetrate the crafts eerie gloom, they come across what appears to be the bodies of two dead astronauts. Doctor who target book 118 the sensorites by nigel robinson. Doctor dr who the sensorites next time trailer youtube. The tardis materialises on board a dark and silent spaceship. As the doctor, susan, ian and barbara penetrate the crafts eerie gloom they come across what appear to be the bodies of two dead astronauts.
For most of the first half of the story, the sensorites are a genuinely eerie threat psychic aliens who have kept a small crew. In the serial, the first doctor william hartnell, his granddaughter susan foreman carole ann ford, and her teachers ian chesterton. The doctor the very first time lord, william hartnell and his companions land inside of a spaceship where the crew, still seated at the controls, are deadand then suddenly come back to life. The doctor and his companions land on a spaceship orbiting a distant and mysterious world, where a human crew lie frozen somewhere between life and death. This six episode serial hails from the very first tv series in 1964. Anyway, the sensorites is an astonishingly radical bit of pacifism. For a series aimed at children, doctor who can take some tantalizingly eerie turns, and the sensorites is a prime example. The sensorites is a little bit different from other doctor who stories featuring aliens. The first doctor and his companions meet a spaceship crew who are struggling against the mental power of the alien sensorites.
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