Doctor Who - The Green Death
BBC Home Video (1973)
TV Series  /  Adventure, Drama, Family, Science Fiction, TV Classics
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IMDB   8.4
2 hr 33 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Jon Pertwee Dr. Who
Katy Manning Jo Grant
Nicholas Courtney Brig. Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
Jerome Willis Stevens
Stewart Bevan Professor Clifford Jones
Tony Adams Elgin
Ben Howard Hinks
Mostyn Evans Dai Evans
John Rolfe Fell
Talfryn Thomas Dave
Roy Evans Bert
Richard Beale Minister of Ecology
Richard Franklin Captain Yates
John Levene Sergeant Benton
John Dearth Boss's Voice
Mitzi McKenzie Nancy
Roy Skelton James
John Scott Martin Hughes
Jean Burgess Cleaner
Alan Chuntz Guard
Ray Handy Milkman
Billie Horrigan Guard
Brian Justice Guard
Tom Baker Doctor Who
William Hartnell Dr. Who/The Abbot of Amboise/The Doctor
Jon Pertwee Doctor Who/Dr. Who/The Doctor
Patrick Troughton Dr. Who/Salamander/The Doctor
Frazer Hines Jamie/Jamie McCrimmon
Nicholas Courtney Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart/Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart/Bret Vyon/Col. Lethbridge-Stewart/The Brig
Pat Gorman Guard/Cyberman/Technician/Monk/Sea Devil/Brother/Greek Soldier/Pilot/Seaman/Silurian/Silurian Scient
Elisabeth Sladen Sarah Jane Smith
Jacqueline Hill Barbara Wright/Lexa
William Russell Ian Chesterton
John Scott Martin Dalek/Dalek Operator/Mutt/Zarbi/Charlie/Robot/Nucleus/Gell Guard/Hughes/Kriz/Mechanoid/Mechonoid/Rea
John Levene Sergeant Benton/RSM Benton/Benton/Yeti/Platoon Under Leader Benton/Cyberman
Peter Davison The Doctor/Doctor Who/Omega
Janet Fielding Tegan
Director
Michael E. Briant
David Maloney
Richard Martin
Waris Hussein
Producer Berry Letts
Verity Lambert
Barry Letts
Writer Robert Sloman
David Fisher
Douglas Adams
Cinematography Fintan Sheehan
Alan Jonas


UNIT is called in after a miner from the Welsh village of Llanfairfach is found dead, his skin glowing bright green. Jo joins forces with a local environmental group, led by Professor Clifford Jones, while the Doctor investigates the nearby plant of a company called Global Chemicals. They discover that the mine workings are full of giant maggots and green slime - both lethal to touch - that have been produced by chemical waste pumped from the Global plant. Stevens, the director of Global, has been taken over by the BOSS - Bimorphic Organisational Systems Supervisor - a computer with a will of its own. The BOSS plans to seize power by linking itself to every other major computer in the world, but the Doctor uses a blue crystal - a souvenir from a brief visit to the planet Metebelis 3 - to break its hold over Stevens, who then programs it to self-destruct. The maggots, on the point of pupating into giant insects, are destroyed with a type of fungus. Jo falls in love with Professor Jones and decides to leave UNIT in order to accompany him on an expedition up the Amazon - and to marry him. The Doctor gives her the blue crystal as an early wedding present.
Episodes
 0 hr 25 mins    5/19/1973  1.  The Green Death - Ep. 1
While the Doctor plans a holiday to Metebelis Three, Jo and the Brigadier are intrigued by a mysterious death at a coal mine in Llanfairfach, which is being blamed on local company Global Chemicals.
Director:  Michael E. Briant  Writer:  Barry Letts  / Robert Sloman 
Guest starring:  Ray Handy, Talfryn Thomas,  Mostyn Evans, Ben Howard, Tony Adams
 0 hr 25 mins    5/26/1973  2.  The Green Death - Ep. 2
The Doctor and the Brigadier attempt to rescue Jo and Bert from the mine but Global Chemicals proves distinctly uncooperative.
Director:  Michael E. Briant  Writer:  Barry Letts  / Robert Sloman 
Guest starring:  Talfryn Thomas,  Mostyn Evans, Ben Howard, Tony Adams
 0 hr 25 mins    6/2/1973  3.  The Green Death - Ep. 3
The Doctor and Jo manage to escape from the mine with a maggot egg but Stevens is determined to stop them analysing it.
Director:  Michael E. Briant  Writer:  Barry Letts  / Robert Sloman 
Guest starring:  Talfryn Thomas, Ben Howard, Tony Adams
 0 hr 25 mins    6/9/1973  4.  The Green Death - Ep. 4
The Brigadier calls in a full UNIT force to deal with the giant maggots while the Doctor infiltrates Global Chemicals to find out what is really going on.
Director:  Michael E. Briant  Writer:  Barry Letts  / Robert Sloman 
Guest starring:  Ben Howard, Brian Justice, Jean Burgess, Ray Handy, Tony Adams
 0 hr 25 mins    6/16/1973  5.  The Green Death - Ep. 5
The Doctor manages to escape from BOSS with help from Yates and discovers Cliff has been infected by a giant maggot.
Director:  Michael E. Briant  Writer:  Barry Letts  / Robert Sloman 
 0 hr 25 mins    6/23/1973  6.  The Green Death - Ep. 6
The Doctor attempts to destroy the giant maggots and cure Cliff, but the real threat is BOSS, who is poised to take over all the world's computers.
Director:  Michael E. Briant  Writer:  Barry Letts  / Robert Sloman 
Edition Details
Edition Episode 69
Series Doctor Who
Distributor BBC Warner
Release Date 3/1/2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

Features
Audio commentary by actor Katy Manning, producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks
Global Conspiracy!- An investigative documentary looking at the strange goings-on in the 1970s Llanfairfach, presented by Man Alive's industrial reported Terry Scanlon(Mark Gatiss) who interviews eyewitness Mark Elgin, Professor Clifford Jones and Talfryn Pritchard
Interviews with visual effects designer Colin Mapson writer Robert Sloman, actor Stewart Bevan (Clifford Jones)
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