Doctor Who - The Happiness Patrol
BBC Home Video (1988)
TV Series  /  Adventure, Drama, Family, Science Fiction, TV Classics
In Collection
#1073
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Seen ItYes
883929231706
IMDB   6.9
1 hr 14 mins USA / English
DVD  Region Free   NR (Not Rated)
Jonathan Burn
Lesley Dunlop
Ronald Fraser
Georgina Hale
Sheila Hancock
Sylvester McCoy
Tim Barker
Sophie Aldred
Rachel Bell
Chris Clough
Sylvester McCoy The Doctor
Sophie Aldred Ace
Sheila Hancock Helen A.
Ronald Fraser Joseph C.
Georgina Hale Daisy K.
Rachel Bell Priscilla P.
Harold Innocent Gilbert M.
John Normington Trevor Sigma
Lesley Dunlop Susan Q.
Richard D. Sharp Earl Sigma
Tim Barker Harold V.
Jonathan Burn Silas P.
David John Pope Kandy Man
Mary Healey Killjoy
Chris Clough Fifi
Director
Chris Clough
Producer John-Nathan Turner
John Nathan-Turner
Writer Sydney Newman
Graeme Curry

The TARDIS arrives on the planet Terra Alpha where the Doctor and Ace discover a society in which sadness is against the law - a law enforced with considerable zeal by the brightly uniformed Happiness Patrol. The planet is ruled over by Helen A with the aid of her companion Joseph C and her carnivorous pet Stigorax named Fifi.

The penalty for those found guilty of unhappiness is death in a stream of molten candy prepared by Helen A's executioner, the robotic Kandyman, and his associate Gilbert M. The time travellers help to foment rebellion amongst the downtrodden population and the subterranean Pipe People - the planet's original inhabitants - and Helen A is overthrown.

Joseph C and Gilbert M escape in a shuttle, while the Kandyman is destroyed and Fifi killed. Helen A finally realises that happiness is nothing without the contrast of sadness.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes    11/2/1988  1.  Episode 1
    Seen it: Yes    11/9/1988  2.  Episode 2
    Seen it: Yes    11/16/1988  3.  Episode 3
Edition Details
Series Doctor Who
Distributor BBC Home Video
Release Date 5/8/2012
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
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