042 – Fury from the Deep | |||
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Doctor Who serial | |||
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Production | |||
Directed by | Hugh David | ||
Written by | Victor Pemberton | ||
Script editor | Derrick Sherwin | ||
Produced by | Peter Bryant | ||
Executive producer(s) | None | ||
Music by | Dudley Simpson | ||
Production code | RR | ||
Series | Season 5 | ||
Running time | 6 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
Episode(s) missing | All episodes | ||
First broadcast | 16 March 1968 | ||
Last broadcast | 20 April 1968 | ||
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Fury from the Deep is the completely missing sixth serial of the fifth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from 16 March to 20 April 1968.
In this serial, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his travelling companions Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) and Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling) find themselves at a Euro Sea Gas refinery off the coast of contemporary England, where an infectious weed spreads rapidly, infecting and mind controlling anyone who comes into contact with it, including the refinery leader Robson (Victor Maddern). This story is the last to feature Watling as Victoria Waterfield. It also marks the first appearance of the Doctor's gadget, the sonic screwdriver.
Although audio recordings, still photographs, and clips of the story exist, no episodes of this serial are known to have survived. Chronologically, it is the most recent story to be completely missing from the BBC Archives. BBC Studios released an animated version of the serial using the surviving audio in September 2020, animated by Big Finish Creative.[1][2]