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Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
Starring: Peter Davison , Nicola Bryant
Directed by: Fiona Cumming
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Written by: Peter Grimwade
On holiday in Lanzarote, a young American named Peri (Nicola Bryant) narrowly escapes drowning when she is rescued from the sea by Turlough. The Doctor (Peter Davison) now has a new companion to share his adventures, like fighting The Master and his robot Kamelion on the planet Sarn. Digitally remastered and new to DVD with tons of extras.
Item Number: 15527
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 1 1/3 Hours
- Number of Discs:
- 2
- Special Features:
English Subtitled for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
DVD Special Features: (66 mins)
• Audio Commentary by actors Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant and Mark Strickson, director Fiona Cumming
• The Flames of Sarn Making Of (25 mins)
• Return to the Planet of Fire Location report (12 mins)
• Designs on Sarn Interview with designer Malcolm Thornton (5 mins)
• Alternate Edits, Deleted and Extended Scenes (15 mins)
• Continuity (1 min)
• Photo Gallery (8 mins)
• Isolated music score
• Easter Eggs
• PDF materials: Radio Times Listings
• Production Notes Subtitle Option
• Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
On holiday in Lanzarote, a young American girl named Peri narrowly escapes drowning when she is rescued from the sea by Turlough and taken into the TARDIS to recover. The Doctor is on the island because the TARDIS has detected a mysterious signal being transmitted from an unknown artifact retrieved from the sea bed by Peri's stepfather, Howard Foster.
The Master reasserts his control over Kamelion and gets it to bring the TARDIS, along with the Doctor, Turlough and Peri, to the planet Sarn, where he is hoping to use that world's supply of revitalising numismaton gas to restore his body - accidentally shrunken in an experiment with his tissue compression eliminator weapon - to its correct size.
It transpires that amongst the Sarn natives, who worship a fire god named Logar, are political prisoners from Trion - Turlough's home world. Turlough too is revealed to be a political refugee. He meets his brother and later, when a spaceship arrives from his home world, discovers that Trion has granted an amnesty to all political prisoners.
The Master is apparently killed when a stream of numismaton gas in which he is bathing turns to a normal hot flame. The Doctor destroys Kamelion at the robot's own bidding as it has become completely unstable. Turlough leaves to return to Trion, while Peri goes with the Doctor.
| The Doctor | --- | Peter Davison |
| Peri | --- | Nicola Bryant |
| Turlough | --- | Mark Strickson |
| Voice of Kamelion | --- | Gerald Flood |
| Amyand | --- | James Bate |
| Curt | --- | Michael Bangerter |
| Lomand | --- | John Alkin |
| Lookout | --- | Simon Sutton |
| Malkon | --- | Edward Highmore |
| Professor Howard Foster | --- | Dallas Adams |
| Roskal | --- | Jonathan Caplan |
| Sorasta | --- | Barbara Shelley |
| The Master | --- | Anthony Ainley |
| Timanov | --- | Peter Wyngarde |
| Zuko | --- | Max Arthur |
Directed by Fiona Cumming
Written by Peter Grimwade
Produced by John Nathan-Turner
Original Music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Peter Howell
Film Editing by Alastair Mitchell
Costume Design by John Peacock
Peter Wyngarde, better known as cult icon Jason King in the eponymous ITC series and its Department S forebear, appears here as the Sarn elder, Timanov.
The Doctor wears a variation on his usual costume, with different trousers and - initially - a waistcoat.
First Transmitted
1 - 23/02/1984 18:40
2 - 24/02/1984 18:40
3 - 01/03/1984 18:40
4 - 02/03/1984 18:40
