History Recap / DoctorWhoS21E5PlanetofFire

[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one with]] a bite-sized Master, [[BackForTheDead and where Kamelion dies despite being in two episodes]].

-->'''The Master''': I am the Master and you will obey me.
-->'''Peri''': So what? I'm Perpugilliam Brown and I can shout as loud as you can!

'''Production code:''' 6Q

Written by Peter Grimwade. This four-episode serial first aired from February 23 to March 2, 1984.

* ReCut: The DVD version includes a "movie" edit. Fiona Cumming completely recut the serial from scratch, including a new title sequence and new CGI special effects, with CGI volcanic gases being added to many of the Sarn scenes to make the increasing instability of the planet clearer (Cumming having always been disappointed in the planet of fire's [[SpecialEffectsFailure lack of actual fire]])[[invoked]]. The whole thing runs almost half an hour shorter at just 66 minutes.

* ILied: Kamelion as the Master promises the Sarns treasure if only they'lll help him get into his TARDIS. He makes for the door immediately, ignoring Timarov's shouts, and gloatingly insults his gullibility.

JustForFun/TheOneWith a bite-sized Master.

->'''The Master:''' I am the Master!
->'''Peri:''' So what? I'm Perpugilliam Brown, and I can shout just as loud as you can!

The one with a bite-sized Master.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Peri is introduced with a closeup of her in a bikini, indicating [[MsFanservice what kind of companion she is]].
* FanService: This episode is pretty much the apotheosis of Creator/JohnNathanTurner's "something for the dads" policy. Although it certainly gives "something for the mums" - Turlough in speedos and a soaked shirt, anyone?

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Nicola Bryant starts as she means to go on.
** Distinctly non-American phrases like "do a bunk" don't help either.

* HotScientist: Peri's stepfather.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Nicola Bryant, again.

** Creator/PeterDavison notes on the DVD's "making of" documentary that Ainley originally tried to underplay the role much more than he does in the finished product. However, the serial's director, Fiona Cumming was known to favour very hammy, over-the-top performances from her actors, and made Ainley turn his performance UpToEleven.

* MoralDissonance: ''Burning the Master alive''. For a guy who's supposed to be fixated on saving people, he pretty much kicks back, lets the Master burn, shrugs, and walks away.

Written by Peter Grimwade. This serial first aired February 23-March 2, 1984.

Over on Earth, the same double-triangle is mysteriously found engraved on what looks like an ancient golden dumbbell on the island of Lanzarote in the UsefulNotes/CanaryIslands. It's found by an American archaeologist and his stepdaughter: college student Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown. Peri wants to go off on holiday to Morocco instead with some guys she's just met, but her stepfather refuses and leaves her stranded on the boat alone, because he's a terrible person. Peri, [[SarcasmMode being of completely sound mind and judgement of course]], decides to take the rather huge artifact with her as she leaps off the boat they've been travelling on and tries to swim to shore. Of course, she nearly drowns.

Kamelion (still looking like, and controlled by, the Master) shows up and promptly takes over the role of "the Outsider" in the local religion, which basically means he gets to run around and tell people what to do. As silly as this seems on paper, in action it just means that Anthony Ainley gets to be awesomely hammy -- throwing his arms around like a preacher on Christmas morning. The Doctor starts acting like a complete and utter asshole to Kamelion, claiming he's trying to free the distressed droid. Then the Doctor is thrown in jail.

* HamToHamCombat: This adventure features a particularly hammy Creator/PeterDavison taking on an even hammier Anthony Ainley. And it is ''glorious.''

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Turlough sports a nice pair.
* TheXOfY

Over on Earth, the same double-triangle is mysteriously found engraved on what looks like an ancient golden dumbbell on an island nation off the coast of Africa. It's found by an American archaeologist and his stepdaughter: college student Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown. Peri wants to go off on holiday to Morocco instead with some guys she's just met, but her stepfather refuses and leaves her stranded on the boat alone, because he's a terrible person. Peri, [[SarcasmMode being of completely sound mind and judgement of course]], decides to take the rather huge artifact with her as she leaps off the boat they've been travelling on and tries to swim to shore. Of course, she nearly drowns.

* ReCut: The DVD version includes a "movie" edit. Fiona Cumming completely recut the serial from scratch, including a new title sequence and new CGI special effects, with CGI volcanic gases being added to many of the Sarn scenes to make the increasing instability of the planet clearer (Cumming having always been disappointed in the planet of fire's [[SpecialEffectsFailure lack of actual fire]]). The whole thing runs almost half an hour shorter at just 66 minutes.

* AbsenteeActor: The only story in Creator/PeterDavison's entire run to not feature an appearance from Creator/JanetFielding as Tegan, who departed in the previous story but would go on to make a cameo appearance with the rest of the Fifth Doctor's companions in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]".

Over on Earth, the same double-triangle is mysteriously found engraved on what looks like an ancient golden dumbbell on an island nation off the coast of Africa. It's found by an American archaeologist and his stepdaughter: college student Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown. Peri wants to go off on holiday to Morocco instead with some guys she's just met, but her stepfather refuses and leaves her stranded on the boat alone, because he's a terrible person. Peri, [[SarcasmMode being of completely sound mind and judgment of course]], decides to take the rather huge artifact with her as she leaps off the boat they've been traveling on and tries to swim to shore. Of course, she nearly drowns.

--->Doctor? We meet again.

* BeachEpisode: Part 1, set on the coast of Lanzarote, providing an excuse for high levels of FanService from Nicola Bryant and [[ShirtlessScene Mark]] [[ShowSomeLeg Strickson]]. Actor Creator/DavidTennant and producer Phil Collinson reminisce fondly about this episode in the hidden commentary on "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]". Even Creator/PeterDavison's usual cover-all outfits are somewhat relaxed.

* AbsenteeActor: The only story in Creator/PeterDavison's entire run to not feature an appearance from Janet Fielding as Tegan, who departed in the previous story but would go on to make a cameo appearance with the rest of the Fifth Doctor's companions in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]".

* EnhancedOnDVD: The DVD version includes extra CGI effects in all the exterior scenes on Sarn, to make the planet's increasing volcanic activity more visible and threatening.

* ReCut: The DVD version includes a "movie" edit with new CGI special effects, including CGI volcanic gases being added to many of the Sarn scenes to make the increasing instability of the planet clearer. However, some dialogue is actually cut to make room for the new effects sequences.