Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters

CARNIVAL OF MONSTERS - Two visitors arrive on an alien planet, a far distance in time and space. They are Vorg, a wandering showman, and his girl assistant, Shirna. They bring with them the Scope, a kind of super-technological peepshow which maintains miniaturized, different life forms from all over the galaxy, kept in a simulation of their natural environments. The entertainers are met by a tribunal consisting of Kalik, Orum, and Pletrac, members of the planet's ruling class of Officials. In the meantime the Doctor and Jo come out of the TARDIS to find themselves apparently on board a cargo steamer chugging through the Indian Ocean in the year 1926. They soon discover that their fellow passengers are trapped in a loop of time, repeating the same actions over and over again. When a giant hand appears from the skies and whisks away the TARDIS, it is clear that the Doctor and Jo have become miniaturized specimens inside Vorg's scope. The Doctor and Jo try to escape, and break through another sector. There they find themselves pursued by the terrifying Drashigs, the most savage and monstrous life forms in the universe. Jo and the Doctor are separated and the Doctor escapes from the scope on his own, materializing to full size before the astonished Vorg and Shirna. The Doctor begins a struggle against Time to free Jo from the Scope, and return the other specimens to their rightful places. He also becomes involved in the revolutionary intrigues of Kalik and Orum, who are plotting to overthrow their superiors. By linking the TARDIS to the Scope, the Doctor manages to release Jo and return the other captive life forms to their own worlds and times. Vorg deals with the Drashigs who, thanks to the interference of Kalik and Orum, escape and materialize to their full size to rampage through the alien city. The Doctor and Jo re-enter the TARDIS and go on their way. Vorg and Shirna remain to enjoy a prosperous show business career in the alien city.

The Doctor has promised Jo a holiday on Metebelis 3, but the TARDIS materializes not on the famous blue planet, but in the cargo hold of the SS Bernice, sailing to India in 1926. Despite all appearances, the Doctor insists that they are no longer on Earth, but Jo's not convinced, at least not until a sea dinosaur attacks the ship!

Millions of miles from Earth, a traveling showman named Vorg and his lovely assistant have arrived on Inter Minor to bring a little sunshine into the humdrum lives of the Minorian officials and functionaries. The dilapidated device they've brought looks rather unpromising until Vorg explains that the entertainment the Scope offers is live - it holds actual, miniaturized, living creatures kidnapped from every corner of the universe. There are Cybermen, Ogrons and even a party of rare Tellurians aboard a quaint steamship.

Cast
The Doctor - Jon Pertwee
Jo Grant - Katy Manning
Captain - Andrew Staines
Claire Daly - Jenny McCraken
John Andrews - Ian Marter
Kalik - Michael Wisher
Major Daly - Tenniel Evans
Orum - Terence Lodge
Pletrac - Peter Halliday
Shirna - Cheryl Hall
Vorg - Leslie Dwyer
Production Credits
Director - Barry Letts
Assistant Floor Manager - Karilyn Collier
Costumes - James Acheson
Designer - Roger Liminton
Film Cameraman - Peter Hamilton
Film Editor - Peter Evans
Incidental Music - Dudley Simpson
Make-Up - Angela Seyfang
Producer - Barry Letts
Production Assistant - Chris D'Oyly-John
Script Editor - Terrance Dicks
Special Sounds - Brian Hodgson
Studio Lighting - Clive Thomas
Studio Sound - Gordon Mackie
Title Music - Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Delia Derbyshire
Visual Effects - John Horton
Writer - Robert Holmes