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Doctor Who: Carnival Of Monsters

Doctor Who (1963)

Doctor Who: Carnival Of Monsters

BBC Home Video (Jan 27, 1973)
TV Series | Action | Adventure | Science Fiction
UK | English | Color | 01:38
Digital
1 disc
Region 1

The Doctor and Jo take the TARDIS on a test flight. They arrive on a cargo ship, the SS Bernice, that appears to be crossing the Indian Ocean in 1926 but is in fact trapped inside a Miniscope - a banned peepshow of miniaturised life-forms - on the planet Inter Minor. They enter another section of the scope but find themselves confronted by ferocious Drashigs.

The Doctor eventually breaks out of the scope and returns to full size. The device is owned by a pair of Lurman entertainers, Vorg and Shirna, who hope to make a quick profit from Inter Minor's hitherto reclusive natives. They have run into trouble, however, as the bureaucratic Minorians are dissatisfied with their credentials.

The Doctor's efforts to rescue Jo from the scope, which is on the point of breaking down, are hampered by the schemes of two Minorians, Kalik and Orum, who plan to dupe their superior, Pletrac, and overthrow the planet's president, Zarb, by allowing the Drashigs to escape.

Vorg destroys the Drashigs with an eradicator weapon and the Doctor, by linking the scope to the TARDIS, manages to return all the exhibits to their points of origin. Jo materialises beside the wrecked device, and she and the Doctor then depart in the TARDIS.


Cast View all

Ian Marter John Andrews
Jon Pertwee The Doctor
Katy Manning Jo Grant
Cheryl Hall Shirna
Peter Halliday Pletrac
Leslie Dwyer Vorg
Tenniel Evans Major Daly
Terence Lodge Orum
Jenny McCracken Claire Daly
Andrew Staines Captain
Michael Wisher Kalik

Crew View all

Director Barry Letts
Writer Robert Holmes
Producer Barry Letts
Musician Ron Grainer, Dudley Simpson

Episodes View details

5 Carnival of Monsters (1) 25 min | Jan 27, 1973

The Indian Ocean, 1935 - or is it? The Doctor and Jo arrive on the SS Bernice, a ship due to mysteriously vanish without trace. But why do events seem to repeat themselves, and why is a plesiosaur attacking the ship? Meanwhile, on the planet Inter Minor, travelling showman Vorg arrives with his remarkable Miniscope...

Director: Barry Letts
Writer: Robert Holmes
Guest stars: Cheryl Hall, Tenniel Evans, Leslie Dwyer, Jenny McCracken
6 Carnival of Monsters (2) 25 min | Feb 03, 1973

The Indian Ocean, 1935 - or is it? The Doctor and Jo arrive on the SS Bernice, a ship due to mysteriously vanish without trace. But why do events seem to repeat themselves, and why is a plesiosaur attacking the ship? Meanwhile, on the planet Inter Minor, travelling showman Vorg arrives with his remarkable Miniscope...

Director: Barry Letts
Writer: Robert Holmes
Guest stars: Cheryl Hall, Leslie Dwyer, Tenniel Evans, Jenny McCracken
7 Carnival of Monsters (3) 25 min | Feb 10, 1973

The Indian Ocean, 1935 - or is it? The Doctor and Jo arrive on the SS Bernice, a ship due to mysteriously vanish without trace. But why do events seem to repeat themselves, and why is a plesiosaur attacking the ship? Meanwhile, on the planet Inter Minor, travelling showman Vorg arrives with his remarkable Miniscope...

Director: Barry Letts
Writer: Robert Holmes
Guest stars: Cheryl Hall, Tenniel Evans, Leslie Dwyer, Jenny McCracken
8 Carnival of Monsters (4) 25 min | Feb 17, 1973

The Indian Ocean, 1935 - or is it? The Doctor and Jo arrive on the SS Bernice, a ship due to mysteriously vanish without trace. But why do events seem to repeat themselves, and why is a plesiosaur attacking the ship? Meanwhile, on the planet Inter Minor, travelling showman Vorg arrives with his remarkable Miniscope...

Director: Barry Letts
Writer: Robert Holmes
Guest stars: Jenny McCracken, Cheryl Hall, Leslie Dwyer, Tenniel Evans