History Recap / DoctorWhoS15E5Underworld

The end result of the former showrunner Philip Hinchcliffe [[WriterRevolt getting even with the higher-ups in retaliation for being kicked out of the saddle]] by devouring the show's budget last season, ''Underworld'' is perhaps the most infamous case of NoBudget on the classic series. Without the funds to create sets for the serial, most of the scenes portrayed in it are almost entirely reliant on GreenScreen effects. The end result? What remains today one of the most hysterically shoestring stories ever made during the classic run of the show.

The end result of the Philip Hincliffe former showrunner [[WriterRevolt getting even with the higher-ups in retaliation for being kicked out of the saddle]] by devouring the show's budget last season, ''Underworld'' is perhaps the most infamous case of NoBudget on the classic series. Without the funds to create sets for the serial, most of the scenes portrayed in it are almost entirely reliant on GreenScreen effects. The end result? What remains today one of the most hysterically shoestring stories ever made during the classic run of the show.

The TARDIS lands on a spaceship, the [=R1C=], commanded by a man named Jackson. He and his Minyan crew are on a quest to recover their "race banks" from another ship, the [=P7E=], which left a hundred thousand years ago to form a new colony. The Time Lords, who are seen as Gods by the Minyans, shared a form of regeneration with them but left as soon as the Minyans turned on them. Jackson's ''quite'' surprised to see a God suddenly standing in the middle of his spaceship, but the team doesn't have time to be surprised, as the [=R1C=] is buried by a meteor storm. Rocks gather around the spaceship's gravitational field, instantly forming the beginnings of a planet. The Doctor helps them escape, and they crash into another small planet just as the serial's budget runs out.

* AllThereInTheManual: In the novelisation, the background to the Minyans, the Time Lords and the crew of the [=R1C=] are expanded upon.

The end result of the Philip Hincliffe former showrunner [[WriterRevolt getting even with the higher-ups in retaliation for being kicked out of the saddle]] by devouring the show's budget last season, ''Underworld'' is perhaps the most infamous case of NoBudget on the classic series. Without the funds to create sets for the serial, most of the scenes portrayed in it are almost entirely reliant on GreenScreen effects. The end result? What remains today one of the most hysterically shoestring stories ever made for ''Doctor Who''

The end result of the Philip Hincliffe former showrunner [[WriterRevolt getting even with the higher-ups in retaliation for being kicked out of the saddle]] by devouring the show's budget last season, ''Underworld'' is perhaps the most infamous case of NoBudget on the classic series. Without the funds to create sets for the serial, most of the scenes portrayed in it are almost entirely reliant on GreenScreen effects. The end result? What remains today one of the [[SpecialEffectsFailure visually cringe-inducing]] episodes of ''Doctor Who'' '''ever''', even for its day.

The end result of the Philip Hincliffe former showrunner [[WriterRevolt getting even with the higher-ups in retaliation for being kicked out of the saddle]] by devouring the show's budget last season, ''Underworld'' is perhaps the most infamous case of NoBudget on the classic series. Without the funds to create sets for the serial, most of the scenes portrayed in it are almost entirely reliant on GreenScreen effects. The end result? What remains today one of the [[SpecialEffectsFailure visually cringe-inducing]] episodes of ''Doctor Who'' ''ever'', even for its day.

The end result of the [[Creator/PhillipHincliffe former showrunner]] [[Writer Revolt getting even with the higher-ups in retaliation for being kicked out of the saddle]] by devouring the show's budget last season, ''Underworld'' is perhaps the most infamous case of NoBudget on the classic series. Without the funds to create sets for the serial, most of the scenes portrayed in it are almost entirely reliant on GreenScreen effects. The end result? What remains today one of the [[SpecialEffectsFailure visually cringe-inducing]] episodes of ''Doctor Who'' ''ever'', even for its day.

The end result of the [[Creator/Phil;ipHincliffe former showrunner]] [[Writer Revolt getting even with the higher-ups in retaliation for being kicked out of the saddle]] by devouring the show's budget last season, ''Underworld'' is perhaps the most infamous case of NoBudget on the classic series. Without the funds to create sets for the serial, most of the scenes portrayed in it are almost entirely reliant on GreenScreen effects. The end result? What remains today one of the [[SpecialEffectsFailure visually cringe-inducing]] episodes of ''Doctor Who'' ''ever'', even for its day.

The end result of the [[Creator/PhilipHincliffe former showrunner]] [[Writer Revolt getting even with the higher-ups in retaliation for being kicked out of the saddle] by devouring the show's budget last season, ''Underworld'' is perhaps the most infamous case of NoBudget on the classic series. Without the funds to create sets for the serial, most of the scenes portrayed in it are almost entirely reliant on GreenScreen effects. The end result? What remains today one of the [[SpecialEffectsFailure visually cringe-inducing]] episodes of ''Doctor Who'' ''ever'', even for its day.

The end result of the former showrunner [[CreatorRebellion getting even with the new guys]] by devouring the show's budget last season, ''Underworld'' is perhaps the most infamous case of NoBudget on the classic series. Without the funds to create sets for the serial, most of the scenes portrayed in it are almost entirely reliant on GreenScreen effects. The end result? What remains today one of the [[SpecialEffectsFailure visually cringe-inducing]] episodes of ''Doctor Who'' ever, even for its day.

* AllThereInTheManual: In the novelisation, the background to the Minyans, the Time Lords and the crew of the R1C are expanded upon.

* CargoCult: Like in "The Face Of Evil", the descendants of a crashed spaceship ended up worshipping their own technology.
* ColdBloodedTorture

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown

* MadeASlave

* ShoutOut: Part one was broadcast only a few days after the ''Series/BlakesSeven'' debuted. Composer Dudley Simpson worked on both shows and, according to the DVD production notes, snuck a reference to the theme music into the score for the Underworld episode.

* ShoutOut: Part one was broadcast only a few days after the ''SeriesBlakesSeven'' debuted. Composer Dudley Simpson worked on both shows and, according to the DVD production notes, snuck a reference to the theme music into the score for the Underworld episode.

* TroubledProduction: The story (and the one that followed) suffered from Creator/TheBBC slashing the rest of the season's budget due to the economic crisis the UK was suffering, leaving them with barely enough money to build the spaceship set, and nothing to build sets of the caves, or to shoot them on location. As a result, they ended up having to resort to filming all the non-spaceship scenes on a bluescreen, and matte the actors into miniature cave sets.

* GenreSavvy: The Seers are actually smart enough to work out that if they just hand over the race banks, the Minyans will leave them alone. Unfortunately, the Oracle insists on double-crossing the Minyans and trying to blow them up, which backfires spectacularly.

->''The Quest is the Quest!''

* TroubledProduction: The story (and the one that followed) suffered from TheBBC slashing the rest of the season's budget due to the economic crisis the UK was suffering, leaving them with barely enough money to build the spaceship set, and nothing to build sets of the caves, or to shoot them on location. As a result, they ended up having to resort to filming all the non-spaceship scenes on a bluescreen, and matte the actors into miniature cave sets.

* [[WeWantOurJerkBack I Want My Nubile Savage Back]]: The Doctor isn't happy when Leela is momentarily converted into a docile person.

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* HumanSacrifice