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[[WMG:[[center:[-''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWho recap index]]\\
'''First Doctor Era'''\\
'''Season 4:''' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E1TheSmugglers 1]] | '''2''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks 3]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders 4]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace 5]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase 6]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerror 7]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes 8]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks 9]]\\
'''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E1Galaxy4 <<< Season 3]]''' | '''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen Season 5 >>>]]''']]-]]]
!The Tenth Planet




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->Written by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis[[note]]Only credited for parts 3 and 4, but contributed to all four parts[[/note]]\\
Directed by Derek Martinus\\
'''Production code:''' DD\\
'''Air dates:''' 8 - 29 October 1966\\
'''Number of episodes:''' 4



'''Production code:''' DD




Written by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis. This four-episode serial first aired from October 8-29, 1966.

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** Episode 3 is the last surviving episode from the Hartnell era, and Hartnell's not in it.
** And the episode that features him regenerating is the only one missing from this story (though it got reconstructed rather beautifully)

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** Episode 3 is the last surviving episode from the Hartnell era, and Hartnell's not in it. \n** And the The episode that features him regenerating is the only one missing from this story (though it got reconstructed rather beautifully)reconstructed).
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This planet, a dead upside down version of Earth, turns out to be Mondas, Earth's lost "twin planet" from long ago, which drifted away from orbit and is now the home of the Cybermen, a race of human-like beings who have over many centuries replaced their limbs and organs with metal and plastic. The Cybermen attack the tracking station while Mondas starts to drain Earth's energy. Ben stops General Cutler, in command of the station, from launching a powerful "Z-Bomb" to destroy the Cybermen and Mondas eventually disintegrates from absorbing too much energy. The Cybermen are apparently entirely dependent on their planet, as once it is gone they all collapse and die. [[ForegoneConclusion This wasn’t the end of them]], [[JokerImmunity naturally]]. But for not it's all over.

->''But it isn't all over. It's far from being all over.''

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This planet, a dead upside down version of Earth, turns out to be Mondas, Earth's lost "twin planet" from long ago, which drifted away from orbit and is now the home of the Cybermen, a race of human-like beings who have over many centuries replaced their limbs and organs with metal and plastic. The Cybermen attack the tracking station while Mondas starts to drain Earth's energy. Ben stops General Cutler, in command of the station, from launching a powerful "Z-Bomb" to destroy the Cybermen and Mondas eventually disintegrates from absorbing too much energy. The Cybermen are apparently entirely dependent on their planet, as once it is gone they all collapse and die. [[ForegoneConclusion This wasn’t the end of them]], [[JokerImmunity naturally]].

But for not it's all over.

->''But
it isn't all over. It's far from being all over.''
over.

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This planet, a dead upside down version of Earth, turns out to be Mondas, Earth's lost "twin planet" from long ago, which drifted away from orbit and is now the home of the Cybermen, a race of human-like beings who have over many centuries replaced their limbs and organs with metal and plastic. The Cybermen attack the tracking station while Mondas starts to drain Earth's energy. Ben stops General Cutler, in command of the station, from launching a powerful "Z-Bomb" to destroy the Cybermen and Mondas eventually disintegrates from absorbing too much energy. The Cybermen are apparently entirely dependent on their planet, as once it is gone they all collapse and die. [[ForegoneConclusion This wasn’t the end of them]], [[JokerImmunity naturally]].

The Doctor is also weakened and hurries back to the TARDIS without Ben and Polly, where he collapses and the TARDIS takes off of its own accord, Ben and Polly having caught up. Before the humans' astonished eyes, the Doctor's face glows and becomes that of [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor a completely different man]]...

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This planet, a dead upside down version of Earth, turns out to be Mondas, Earth's lost "twin planet" from long ago, which drifted away from orbit and is now the home of the Cybermen, a race of human-like beings who have over many centuries replaced their limbs and organs with metal and plastic. The Cybermen attack the tracking station while Mondas starts to drain Earth's energy. Ben stops General Cutler, in command of the station, from launching a powerful "Z-Bomb" to destroy the Cybermen and Mondas eventually disintegrates from absorbing too much energy. The Cybermen are apparently entirely dependent on their planet, as once it is gone they all collapse and die. [[ForegoneConclusion This wasn’t the end of them]], [[JokerImmunity naturally]]. \n\n But for not it's all over.

->''But it isn't all over. It's far from being all over.''

The Doctor is also weakened and Doctor hurries back to the TARDIS without Ben and Polly, where he collapses and the TARDIS takes off of its own accord, Ben and Polly having caught up. Before the humans' astonished eyes, the Doctor's face glows and becomes that of [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor a completely different man]]...
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Stolen, and also not really worth mentioning.


* ColorblindCasting: Bermudian actor Earl Cameron was cast as the Welsh Williams. It isn’t out of place though, as black people have settled in the dockland areas of Cardiff ''since the 1850s''.
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* PinballProtagonist: The First Doctor ironically is this in his last story, but the script plays with this trope in an interesting way. The Doctor has limited screentime in the story because Creator/WilliamHartnell's health was failing, and even spends a whole middle episode asleep (apparently for no reason- until five decades later a [[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime proper explanation comes into play that his body is gravely weak from old age]]. His plan for dealing with the evil planet draining the Earth's energy is incredibly passive: simply to wait for it to die, which he says it will do in a couple of hours. Unfortunately, his expansive apparent knowledge followed by his sudden absence ramps up the paranoia among the humans to fever pitch to the point where everyone turns against him and the General even accuses him of killing his son. Even after his prediction turns out to be right and the planet dies, it's a hollow victory, as the Doctor's unconsciousness is revealed to be a ChekhovsGun foreshadowing his regeneration.

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* PinballProtagonist: The First Doctor ironically is this in his last story, but the script plays with this trope in an interesting way. The Doctor has limited screentime in the story because Creator/WilliamHartnell's health was failing, and even spends a whole middle episode asleep (apparently for no reason- until five decades later a [[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime proper explanation comes into play that his body is gravely weak from old age]].age]]). His plan for dealing with the evil planet draining the Earth's energy is incredibly passive: simply to wait for it to die, which he says it will do in a couple of hours. Unfortunately, his expansive apparent knowledge followed by his sudden absence ramps up the paranoia among the humans to fever pitch to the point where everyone turns against him and the General even accuses him of killing his son. Even after his prediction turns out to be right and the planet dies, it's a hollow victory, as the Doctor's unconsciousness is revealed to be a ChekhovsGun foreshadowing his regeneration.
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* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: In this story, the Cybermen all possess individual names, with the first faction led by Krail, and consisting of Talon and Shav, while the second group is led by Krang, consisting of Jarl, while Gern assumes control of the Earth.

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* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In this story, the Cybermen all possess individual names, with the first faction led by Krail, and consisting of Talon and Shav, while the second group is led by Krang, consisting of Jarl, while Gern assumes control of the Earth.
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* EarlyInstalmentCharacterDesignDifference: The Cybermen in this story have many more visible humanoid parts (most notably their hands and, if observed more closely, their eyes) than in any later story, making them look less streamlined but adding extra BodyHorror, particularly when compounded by the white cloth facial coverings (which, due to their resemblance to surgical masks, arguably accentuate the grotesqueness of the Cybermen through implicitly painting them as the products of crude cybernetic 'operations') they don in this serial, a marked visual and conceptual contrast from the more generalized robotic aesthetics of their later designs, which were introduced due to the original costumes being too uncomfortable to wear again.

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* EarlyInstalmentCharacterDesignDifference: EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: The Cybermen in this story have many more visible humanoid parts (most notably their hands and, if observed more closely, their eyes) than in any later story, making them look less streamlined but adding extra BodyHorror, particularly when compounded by the white cloth facial coverings (which, due to their resemblance to surgical masks, arguably accentuate the grotesqueness of the Cybermen through implicitly painting them as the products of crude cybernetic 'operations') they don in this serial, a marked visual and conceptual contrast from the more generalized robotic aesthetics of their later designs, which were introduced due to the original costumes being too uncomfortable to wear again.
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* ColourblindCasting: Bermudian actor Earl Cameron was cast as the Welsh Williams. This is accurate though, as black people have settled in the dockland areas of Cardiff ''since the 1850s''.

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* ColourblindCasting: ColorblindCasting: Bermudian actor Earl Cameron was cast as the Welsh Williams. This is accurate It isn’t out of place though, as black people have settled in the dockland areas of Cardiff ''since the 1850s''.
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* ColourblindCasting: Williams was originally Welsh. Director Derek Martinus cast Bermudan actor Earl Cameron in the role, deciding that he could be black ''and'' Welsh. This was true, as black people have settled in the dockland areas of Cardiff ''since the 1850s''.

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* ColourblindCasting: Williams was originally Welsh. Director Derek Martinus cast Bermudan Bermudian actor Earl Cameron in was cast as the role, deciding that he could be black ''and'' Welsh. Welsh Williams. This was true, is accurate though, as black people have settled in the dockland areas of Cardiff ''since the 1850s''.

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None of this takes place in this serial, so it has no business being in this recap


The Doctor is also weakened and hurries back to the TARDIS without Ben and Polly. In a series of events that would remain unrevealed to us for another [[LongRunners fifty-one years]], upon returning to his TARDIS, his body beginning to glow with strange energy, the Doctor notices a similar TARDIS, with another [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor silver-haired gentleman]] in a state not unlike his own. After a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls circum]][[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime stance]] involving glass people, a UsefulNotes/WorldWarI captain, and a future companion of his, he returns to his own TARDIS, where he collapses and the TARDIS takes off of its own accord, Ben and Polly having caught up. Before the humans' astonished eyes, the Doctor's face glows and becomes that of [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor a completely different man]]...

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The Doctor is also weakened and hurries back to the TARDIS without Ben and Polly. In a series of events that would remain unrevealed to us for another [[LongRunners fifty-one years]], upon returning to his TARDIS, his body beginning to glow with strange energy, the Doctor notices a similar TARDIS, with another [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor silver-haired gentleman]] in a state not unlike his own. After a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls circum]][[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime stance]] involving glass people, a UsefulNotes/WorldWarI captain, and a future companion of his, he returns to his own TARDIS, Polly, where he collapses and the TARDIS takes off of its own accord, Ben and Polly having caught up. Before the humans' astonished eyes, the Doctor's face glows and becomes that of [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor a completely different man]]...
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The Doctor is also weakened and hurries back to the TARDIS without Ben and Polly. In a series of events that would remain unrevealed to us for another [[LongRunners fifty-one years]], upon returning to his TARDIS, his body beginning to glow with strange energy, the Doctor notices a similar TARDIS, with another [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor silver-haired gentleman]] in a state not unlike his own. After a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls circum]][[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime stance]] involving glass people, a World War I captain, and a future companion of his, he returns to his own TARDIS, where he collapses and the TARDIS takes off of its own accord, Ben and Polly having caught up. Before the humans' astonished eyes, the Doctor's face glows and becomes that of [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor a completely different man]]...

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The Doctor is also weakened and hurries back to the TARDIS without Ben and Polly. In a series of events that would remain unrevealed to us for another [[LongRunners fifty-one years]], upon returning to his TARDIS, his body beginning to glow with strange energy, the Doctor notices a similar TARDIS, with another [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor silver-haired gentleman]] in a state not unlike his own. After a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls circum]][[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime stance]] involving glass people, a World War I UsefulNotes/WorldWarI captain, and a future companion of his, he returns to his own TARDIS, where he collapses and the TARDIS takes off of its own accord, Ben and Polly having caught up. Before the humans' astonished eyes, the Doctor's face glows and becomes that of [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor a completely different man]]...
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The Doctor is also weakened and hurries back to the TARDIS without Ben and Polly. In a series of events that would remain unrevealed to us for another fifty-one years, upon returning to his TARDIS, his body beginning to glow with strange energy, the Doctor notices a similar TARDIS, with another [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor silver-haired gentleman]] in a state not unlike his own. After a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls circum]][[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime stance]] involving glass people, a World War I captain, and a future companion of his, he returns to his own TARDIS, where he collapses and the TARDIS takes off of its own accord, Ben and Polly having caught up. Before the humans' astonished eyes, the Doctor's face glows and becomes that of [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor a completely different man]]...

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The Doctor is also weakened and hurries back to the TARDIS without Ben and Polly. In a series of events that would remain unrevealed to us for another [[LongRunners fifty-one years, years]], upon returning to his TARDIS, his body beginning to glow with strange energy, the Doctor notices a similar TARDIS, with another [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor silver-haired gentleman]] in a state not unlike his own. After a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls circum]][[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime stance]] involving glass people, a World War I captain, and a future companion of his, he returns to his own TARDIS, where he collapses and the TARDIS takes off of its own accord, Ben and Polly having caught up. Before the humans' astonished eyes, the Doctor's face glows and becomes that of [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor a completely different man]]...
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'''Cyberman:''' [[AC:Come to Mondas and youuuu wiill have no need of e-motions. You will become like us.]]

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'''Cyberman:''' [[AC:Come to Mondas and youuuu wiill have no need of e-motions. You will ee-motions. You-will become like us.]]

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