The Doctor (William Hartnell) speaks to the judge in the serial's penultimate episode. While Hartnell's performance received praise, critics noted that the introduction of the trial represented a rushed script.[1][2]
Peter Stenson – Voord / Ice Soldier / Second Judge
Gordon Wales – Voord
Robin Phillips – Altos
Katharine Schofield – Sabetha
Heron Carvic – Voice of Morpho
Edmund Warwick – Darrius
Francis de Wolff – Vasor
Michael Allaby – Ice Soldier / Larn
Alan James – Ice Soldier / First Judge / Guard
Anthony Verner – Ice Soldier
Henley Thomas – Tarron
Raf De La Torre – Senior Judge
Fiona Walker – Kala
Donald Pickering – Eyesen
Stephen Dartnell – Yartek
Dougie Dean – Eprin (uncredited)[3]
Production
Directed by
John Gorrie
Written by
Terry Nation
Script editor
David Whitaker
Produced by
Verity Lambert
Music by
Norman Kay
Production code
E
Series
Season 1
Running time
6 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast
11 April 1964 (1964-04-11)
Last broadcast
16 May 1964 (1964-05-16)
Chronology
← Preceded by Marco Polo
Followed by → The Aztecs
List of episodes (1963–1989)
The Keys of Marinus is the fifth serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on BBC TV/BBC1 in six weekly parts from 11 April to 16 May 1964. Written by Terry Nation and directed by John Gorrie, the serial takes on a "mini-adventures" format, in which the First Doctor (William Hartnell), his granddaughter Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford), and her teachers Ian Chesterton (William Russell), and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) search for four keys to restore the Conscience of Marinus, a computer which maintains law and order. The group travel to two cities, a jungle, and an icy wasteland in search of the keys.
The Keys of Marinus was written to replace a different script which was deemed problematic. When commissioned to write the script, Nation was intrigued by the idea of the TARDIS crew searching for pieces of a puzzle; he and script editor David Whitaker decided to construct the serial around a series of "mini-adventures", each with a different setting and cast. Incidental music was composed by Norman Kay, while Raymond Cusick, Daphne Dare, and Jill Summers worked as designers. The serial premiered with nine million viewers, maintaining audience figures for several weeks before seeing a significant drop from the fifth episode. Response for the serial was mixed, and it received several print adaptations and home media releases.
^Ainsworth 2016, p. 119.
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