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Doctor Who/The Krotons
| The Krotons | |
| Season 6, Serial 4 | |
| Airdate | December 28, 1968 |
| Production Number | WW |
| by | Robert Holmes |
| Directed by | David Maloney |
| ← 6x03 The Invasion |
6x05 → The Seeds of Death |
| Doctor Who — Season Six | |
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The Krotons is the fourth serial of the sixth season of Doctor Who, and the forty-seventh serial overall.
Episode One: Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who), James Copeland (Selris), Terence Brown (Abu), Madeleine Mills (Vana), Gilbert Wynne (Thara), Philip Madoc (Eelek), Richard Ireson (Axus), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Wendy Padbury (Zoe), James Cairncross (Beta), Bronson Shaw (Student), Maurice Selwyn (Custodian), Roy Skelton (Kroton Voice)
Episode Two: Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who), Wendy Padbury (Zoe), Frazer Hines (Jamie), James Copeland (Selris), Gilbert Wynne (Thara), Madeleine Mills (Vana), Robert La'Bassiere, Miles Northover (Krotons), Roy Skelton, Patrick Tull (Kroton Voices)
Episode Three: Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Robert La'Bassiere, Miles Northover (Krotons), Wendy Padbury (Zoe), James Cairncross (Beta), Philip Madoc (Eelek), James Copeland (Selris), Gilbert Wynne (Thara), Madeleine Mills (Vana), Richard Ireson (Axus), Roy Skelton, Patrick Tull (Kroton Voices)
Episode Four: Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who), Wendy Padbury (Zoe), Gilbert Wynne (Thara), Madeleine Mills (Vana), James Copeland (Selris), Philip Madoc (Eelek), Richard Ireson (Axus), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Robert La'Bassiere, Miles Northover (Krotons), James Cairncross (Beta), Roy Skelton, Patrick Tull (Kroton Voices)
Contents |
Plot Overview
Notes
Arc Advancement
Happenings
Characters
Referbacks
Trivia
The Show
Behind the Scenes
- The Krotons were designed to replace the Daleks as the Doctor's significant antagonists when Terry Nation had asked the BBC to stop using them so he could pitch a Daleks TV series in the U.S. This eventually fell through and the Daleks would return to the series while the Krotons were never seen in the series again.
- Episode one exists as a 35mm black-and-white film negative, while the others exist as 16mm film negatives.
- Robert Grant requested he be credited under the pseudonym Robert La'Bassiere both on screen and in the Radio Times programme listings.
- Director Maloney called the story "a disaster" and felt it was his fault, while Frazer Hines called it "horrible." Script Editor Terrance Dicks felt that it worked as a story, but not as a monster, feeling the Krotons themselves were useless and non-threatening.
