Mission to the Unknown

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Doctor Who episode
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A production still showing the Daleks colluding with the masters of the Fifth Galaxy. [lower-alpha 1] Critics praised the costumes and set design. [3] [4] [5]
Cast
Starring
Production
Directed by Derek Martinus
Written by Terry Nation
Script editor Donald Tosh
Produced by Verity Lambert
Music by Trevor Duncan [lower-alpha 2]
Production code
Series Season 3
Running time25 minutes
Episode(s) missing 1 episode
First broadcast9 October 1965 (1965-10-09)
Chronology
← Preceded by
Galaxy 4 		Followed by →
The Myth Makers
List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989)

"Mission to the Unknown" [lower-alpha 4] is the second serial of the third season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . Written by Terry Nation and directed by Derek Martinus, the single episode was broadcast on BBC1 on 9 October 1965. The only standalone regular episode of the show's original run, [lower-alpha 5] it serves as an introduction to the 12-part story The Daleks' Master Plan . It is notable for the complete absence of the regular cast and the TARDIS; it is the only serial in the show's history not to feature the Doctor at all. The story focuses on Space Security Agent Marc Cory (Edward de Souza) and his attempts to warn Earth of the Daleks' plan to take over the Solar System.

Contents

After the show's second production block was granted an additional episode, outgoing story editor Dennis Spooner commissioned Nation to write an extra episode as a cutaway to set up The Daleks' Master Plan. Nation wrote the episode while considering a Dalek-focused spin-off; he used film character James Bond as inspiration for Marc Cory. "Mission to the Unknown" was produced by the same team as its predecessor, Galaxy 4 , in a five-week period that concluded the show's second production block; the two serials were held back to open the third season. Failing health prevented original director Mervyn Pinfield from continuing, replaced by Martinus. Production took place at the Television Centre in August 1965.

"Mission to the Unknown" received 8.3 million viewers, a drop from the previous serial. Contemporary and retrospective reviews were generally positive, with praise for the script and direction, though some viewers were confused that the following serial did not immediately continue the narrative. The videotapes of the episode were wiped by the BBC in July 1974, and it remains missing with no remaining footage. Usually alongside The Daleks' Master Plan, "Mission to the Unknown" received print and audiobook adaptations, with off-air recordings used to construct the latter. In 2019, director Andrew Ireland and University of Central Lancashire students recreated the episode in live-action, replicating the 1960s production values.

Plot

On the planet Kembel, Marc Cory (Edward de Souza) and Gordon Lowery (Jeremy Young) of UN Deep Space Force Group 1 are attempting to repair their spaceship to reach their rendezvous when they are attacked by the third crew member, Jeff Garvey (Barry Jackson), who was in a violent state of mind upon waking up in the jungle. [lower-alpha 6] Cory shoots Garvey dead when he was about to fire at Lowery. Bringing Lowery into the spaceship for debriefing, Cory explains himself to be a Space Security agent assigned to investigate a possible Dalek base for universal invasion with the presence of a Varga plant confirming their presence. Outside, Garvey's body mutates into a Varga. At the Daleks' base, the Dalek Supreme is informed that representatives from seven planets will soon arrive, and sends a Dalek platoon to destroy Cory and Lowery.

Cory stands guard against the slow-moving Varga plants while Lowery finishes building a rescue beacon. They notice a spaceship flying above them, Cory deducing the Daleks are planning something big. As Lowery was about to record a message, Cory notices something moving in the jungle. Lowery and Cory flee as the Dalek platoon arrives and destroys their ship. In the Dalek base, the representatives from the seven galaxies have gathered in a conference room. The Dalek Supreme assures representative Malpha (Robert Cartland) that the human intruders will be dealt with. Cory is forced to kill Lowery upon discovering he became infected by a Varga plant and records a message, only to be surrounded by the Daleks and exterminated. At the Dalek base, the representatives approve an alliance, agreeing with the Daleks' plan to take over the Solar System.

Production

Conception and writing

In October 1964, BBC Head of Drama and Doctor Who co-creator Sydney Newman had granted producer Verity Lambert an additional episode in the second production block to compensate for the second season's Planet of Giants —the penultimate serial of the first production block—being cut from four episodes to three. As most stories were generally structured as four or six parts, this extra episode failed to fit the regular schedule. [10] Outgoing story editor Dennis Spooner commissioned Terry Nation—creator of the Daleks and the writer of the first season's The Daleks (1963–1964) and second season's The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964) and The Chase (1965)—to co-write the third season's The Daleks' Master Plan (1965–1966), and it was decided the extra episode would be used as a cutaway to set up the 12-part story. [11] By April 1965, Donald Tosh was in the process of replacing Spooner as story editor. [12]

The episode was produced by the same team as its predecessor, Galaxy 4 ; they were the final to be filmed in the show's second production block, but were held back to open its third season in September. [12] Mervyn Pinfield—an experienced BBC figure who acted as the show's associate producer from its origins to January 1965—was originally assigned to direct both serials, [13] but his failing health prevented him from continuing, and Lambert brought on new director Derek Martinus to direct the five episodes. [14] [15] Martinus had recently completed the BBC's internal directors' course and had no previous experience leading a television production. Having only seen a few episodes of Doctor Who, Martinus reviewed some of the previous stories with Lambert; he found them disappointing, which shocked Lambert, [16] but stated that he wanted to aim for higher standards. [14] Though Lambert was credited as producer on "Mission to the Unknown"—the final story for which she was credited [17] —her role had essentially been replaced by John Wiles. [18]

Nation was commissioned to write the episode on 25 February 1965; he delivered the script by 14 May, having been writing for The Saint at the time. He approached the episode as a technical problem, requiring a small cast and self-contained narrative. The success of the Daleks—particularly due to their imminent American debut in the film Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)—led Nation to consider the viability of a Dalek-focused spin-off. In writing "Mission to the Unknown", he realised such a story would need a hero and wrote Marc Cory as a "space-age Bond", inspired by the recent release of Goldfinger (1964). [12] The episode was originally set on the planet Varga, home of the Varga plants, but this was renamed Kemble (later spelled Kembel) during script revisions for The Daleks' Master Plan. [12] The episode's draft script was titled "Dalek Cutaway", while the rehearsal script received the name "Mission to the Unknown"; [18] the names were alternated and combined in internal documentation, and the final title has been the subject of much debate. [8]

Casting and filming

For the design of the Daleks' conference room, Raymond Cusick was inspired by the Nuremberg rallies. Bundesarchiv Bild 102-16196, Nurnberg, Reichsparteitag, SA- und SS-Appell.jpg
For the design of the Daleks' conference room, Raymond Cusick was inspired by the Nuremberg rallies.

"Mission to the Unknown" was unique in that it does not feature any of the main cast or the TARDIS [20] [21] —the only serial in the show's history not to feature the Doctor at all [21] —a decision made partly to save money on their fees. [12] Despite not appearing in the episode, William Hartnell was still credited for portraying the Doctor, while Maureen O'Brien and Peter Purves received credits in Radio Times as Vicki and Steven Taylor, respectively, but not in the episode itself. [22] Young had previously starred as Kal in the first Doctor Who serial, An Unearthly Child ; he was excited to work with Hartnell again but disappointed when he discovered his absence. [15] Cartland had also appeared in Galaxy 4, directed by Martinus. The Dalek voices—provided by regular actors David Graham and Peter Hawkins—were pre-recorded in Lime Grove Studios on 4 August 1965. [15]

The episode was Richard Hunt's first on Doctor Who as set designer; he made the jungle design, while series veteran Raymond Cusick on the rocket and message launcher, made both from stock set elements and by Shawcraft Models. For the Daleks' conference room, Cusick was inspired by the Nuremberg rallies. [6] [19] The episode used stock music composed by Trevor Duncan. [6] Pre-filming for "Mission to the Unknown" took place on 25 June 1965 at Ealing Studios; the scene in which Garvey mutates into a Varga plant was recorded on 35 mm film. Rehearsals for the episode began on 2 August at the Territorial Army Drill Hall on Uxbridge Road, [15] and the episode was recorded in Studio TC4 of the Television Centre on 6 August. The final scene of Galaxy 4 was recorded alongside the episode so as to avoid re-hiring Jackson and rebuilding the set; [6] the scene was later inserted into Galaxy 4 during editing. [23] Four of the Dalek props from The Chase were used in the episode. [6] Recording for "Mission to the Unknown" cost £2,440. [24]

Reception

Broadcast and ratings

EpisodeTitleRun timeOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions)		 Appreciation Index
1"Mission to the Unknown" (missing)24:429 October 1965 (1965-10-09)8.354
The design of Malpha received critical praise, and was considered the biggest challenge of the episode's 2019 recreation. Doctor Who - Mission to the Unknown - Malpha.jpg
The design of Malpha received critical praise, and was considered the biggest challenge of the episode's 2019 recreation.

The episode was broadcast on BBC1 on 9 October 1965. [2] Viewership dropped from the preceding serial, while the Appreciation Index remained reasonable at 54. [2] [3] 16 mm film recordings were made available for international sale, but the episode was never sold overseas, and BBC Enterprises withdrew it in 1974. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation considered the recording, but it was rejected by the Film Censorship Board in September 1966 as it was considered to constitute "horror", particularly the masked aliens, Varga mutations, and dialogue about murder. [3] The original 405-line tape was cleared for wiping in July 1969, and the episode was erased in July 1974. It remains missing; no known footage exists, [2] though an off-air audio recording was made by fan David Butler. [2] [26] : 3:20 

Critical response

Bill Edmund of Television Today described the episode as an "exciting start" to The Daleks' Master Plan. [3] Several viewers were confused by the lack of Daleks in the following serial— The Myth Makers , set during the Trojan War—and some felt that they had become less frightening. Conversely, some felt that the episode's other monsters were too scary. [3] In A Voyage Through 25 Years of Doctor Who (1988), Ian Levine praised the "array of creatures", particularly the design of Malpha. [4] In The Discontinuity Guide (1995), Paul Cornell, Martin Day, and Keith Topping described the episode as "macho, with a sinister atmosphere". [27] In The Television Companion (1998), David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker wrote that the presence of the lead actors was "hardly missed" due to Nation's script and Martinus's direction, praising the tense atmosphere and set designs. [5]

Commercial releases

Mission to the Unknown
Doctor Who Mission to the Unknown.jpg
Author John Peel
Cover artist Alister Pearson
Series Doctor Who book:
Target novelisations
Release number
141
Publisher Target Books
Publication date
21 September 1989
ISBN 978-0-426-20343-8

The story was novelised as part of The Daleks' Master Plan Part I: Mission to the Unknown by John Peel with a cover by Alister Pearson, published in paperback by Target Books and W. H. Allen in September 1989. [19] [28] An unabridged reading of the book was published as Daleks: Mission to the Unknown by BBC Audiobooks in May 2010 as a five-disc set, read by Peter Purves and Jean Marsh with Dalek voices by Nicholas Briggs. [28]

Audio from the episode featured on the first CD of the five-disc soundtrack The Daleks' Master Plan, released by BBC Worldwide in October 2001 with linking narration by Purves; the first CD was distributed with the magazine SFX to promote the full set. In April 2010, The Telegraph printed vouchers for readers to obtain the CD from WHSmith. A library edition of the audiobook was released by AudioGO in 2011, [28] and Demon Music Group published it as a vinyl record in March 2019. [29]

Recreation

After writing and producing his doctorate thesis about a 1960s-style recreation of the 2006 Doctor Who episode "Tooth and Claw" at Bournemouth University in 2012, [30] [31] Andrew Ireland wrote a proposal to recreate "Mission to the Unknown" the following year and brought it to the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), but did not follow up; [31] he specifically chose the episode as it was a self-contained story without any of the main cast. [32] In mid-2018, when asked for an interview about his thesis by Doctor Who Magazine , he revisited the idea. [31] By now an academic and Pro-Vice Chancellor of Digital and Creative Industries at UCLan, he obtained permission for the recreation from the BBC and Nation's estate, writing a passionate email to the latter, who were "very supportive". [33] With a support team at UCLan, Ireland began researching the project around this time. [34]

Production

The recreation was created in about five days in February 2019, [34] [32] and the multi-camera shoot was done in three days from 20 to 23 February. [35] It was filmed in colour and converted to black-and-white in editing; [26] : 8:12  the on-set camera monitors also displayed the image in black-and-white. [36] Ireland, who directed the recreation, used both the original camera script and a newly-formatted one. [37] He edited the episode by placing it atop the original's audio for the sequences to closely match. [34] Several teams at UCLan worked in different departments, including costume design, fashion, make-up, and music; [38] an external subcontractor constructed some of the sets based on the production team's designs. [34]

Mandip Gill, a UCLan drama graduate who played Yasmin Khan in Doctor Who from 2018 to 2022, sent a video message of support to the cast and crew alongside Thirteenth Doctor actress Jodie Whittaker. [32] Peter Purves and Edward de Souza visited the set, and the former used his social media platforms to publicise the production. [39] Janette Rawstron, the recreation's lead make-up artist who taught Media Make-Up at the nearby Accrington and Rossendale College, considered Malpha the biggest challenge, as the heat of the lighting caused parts of the make-up to shift around. [25] For the jungle set, Ireland borrowed a technique used in the 1982 Doctor Who serial Kinda , spreading foliage across the studio floor; these were required to be moved to the side for the Daleks to move. Foliage and pot plants were sourced from around the university and from productions like Coronation Street . [36]

Nicholas Briggs portrayed the Daleks in the recreation; he and Ireland met in 2013. Briggs felt the Dalek voices in "Mission to the Unknown" and The Daleks' Master Plan sounded "a bit more like" actors Hawkins and Graham than the Daleks; he adjusted his ring modulator to avoid this, but attempted to recreate the original voices as closely as possible. [36] James Burgess operated the Daleks and, alongside his father Mike, provided a blue-and-silver Dalek for use. [37] In the recreation, Marco Simioni played Marc Cory, Dan Gilligan played Lowery, [32] Jacob Marrison played Garvey, [37] and Paul Stenton played Malpha. [40] The Dalek set was used in one scene in the original episode, and later returned for use throughout The Daleks' Master Plan; however, due to the set's complexity and infrequent usage, the recreation uses models instead, with full-size close-ups for shots of the Daleks. The model shots were filmed some weeks after main production. [26] : 6:44 

Release and reception

External videos
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The recreation premiered on the Doctor Who YouTube channel on 9 October 2019 at 5:50 p.m., exactly 54 years after the episode's original broadcast. [41] A behind-the-scenes documentary about the recreation, created by YouTuber Josh Snares, was released on YouTube. [26] [42] The Guardian 's Martin Belam described the recreation as "effective", praising the Varga plants and Dalek death effect, but noted the source material itself was "a bit stilted, stagey and even slapstick at points", calling it "an interesting curiosity rather than a 'must see'". [43] Erik Amaya of Comicon.com similarly felt the dated techniques "make the 25-minute story feel slower than it actually is" but this was "the whole point of the project", lauding the accuracy of the recreation. [44] The episode was awarded a Special Jury Prize at the Learning on Screen Awards in 2020. [45]

Notes

  1. ↑ No broadcast images from the original episode exist, [1] leaving only production stills and off-air audio recordings. [2]
  2. ↑ Stock music sourced from a 1956 disc [6]
  3. ↑ The episode's production code changed throughout production: "DC" around April and May 1965, "T/A" in July, and later "T Episode 5". [7]
  4. ↑ Alternatively known as "Dalek Cutaway" or as a combination of the two titles [8]
  5. ↑ The 1983 feature-length anniversary special The Five Doctors was produced as a single episode, and later shown in a multi-episode format.
  6. ↑ As seen in the fourth episode of Galaxy 4 [9]

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