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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 |
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Producer | John-Nathan Turner
John Nathan-Turner |
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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. |
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 | |
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