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A Zarbi
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 'Somewhere, somehow we are being slowly dragged down…' When The Doctor and his friends stray from their astral plane and the TARDIS materialises in eerie alien surroundings, a mysterious force prevents them from leaving. Is it a natural phenomenon or some malevolent intelligence?
Uncanny occurences are followed by encounters with the deadly Zarbi and their unknown leader, to whom the travellers fall prey. With their allies, the Menoptra, the travellers must discover how to immobilise the Zarbi, save the Menoptra from massacre and rid the planet of this powerful and horrifying evil.
As a growing web building begins to envelop the planet, imprisoning the travellers in its mesh, The Doctor must consult all of his wisdom to escape its hypnotic power. But what is at the centre of the web and from where does it draw its power?
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| Season: |
Two
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| Production
Code: |
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| Story Number: |
13
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| Episode Numbers: | 58 - 63 |
| Number of
Episodes: |
6 | | Percentage of Episodes Held: | 100% | | Alternative Titles: | "The Zarbi" | | Working Titles: | "Centre of Terror" (episode 6) |
| Production
Dates: |
January - February 1965 |
| Broadcast Started: | 13 February 1965 | | Broadcast Finished: | 20 March 1965 |
| Colour Status: |
B&W |
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Studio: |
Ealing Television Film Studios and Riverside (Studio 1) |
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| Writer: | Bill Strutton | | Director: | Richard Martin | | Producer: | Verity Lambert | | Story Editor: | Dennis Spooner | | Editor: | Gitta Zadek | | Production Assistant: | Norman Stewart | | Assistant Floor Managers: | Elisabeth Dunbar and Gillian Chardet | | Designer: | John Wood | | Costume Designer: | Daphne Dare | | Make-Up Designer: | Sonia Markham | | Cameraman: | Peter Hamilton | | Lighting: | Ralph Walton | | Incidental Music: | From Stock | | Special Sounds (SFX Editor): | Brian Hodgson | | Studio Sounds: | Ray Angel | | Title Sequence: | Bernard Lodge | | Title Music: | Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Arranged by Delia Derbyshire | | Insect Movement By: | Roslyn de Winter |
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Doctors: |
1 | | The Doctor: |
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Companions: |
3 | | The Companions: |
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The Zarbi:
Robert Jewell, Jack Pitt, Gerald Taylor, Hugh Lund, Kevin Manser, John Scott Martin (Zarbi Operators), Catherine Fleming (Animus Voice)
The Menoptra:
Roslyn de Winter (Vrestin), Arne Gordon (Hrostar), Arthur Blake (Hrhoonda), Jolyon Booth (Prapillus), Jocelyn Birdsall (Hlynia)
The Optera:
Ian Thompson (Hetra), Barbara Joss (Nemini) |
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Villains: | The Animus and The Zarbi
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| No. |
Episodes |
Broadcast
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Duration |
Viewers
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In
Archive |
| 58 | The Web Planet | 13 February 1965 | 23'57" | 13.5 | 16mm telerecording | | 59 | The Zarbi | 20 February 1965 | 23'20" | 12.5 | 16mm telerecording | | 60 | Escape to Danger | 27 February 1965 | 22'52" | 12.5 | 16mm telerecording | | 61 | Crater of Needles | 06 March 1965 | 25'50" | 13.0 | 16mm telerecording | | 62 | Invasion | 13 March 1965 | 26'04" | 12.0 | 16mm telerecording | | 63 | The Centre | 20 March 1965 | 24'32" | 11.5 | 16mm telerecording |
| Total Duration |
2 Hours 27 Minutes |
| Average Viewers
(Millions) |
12.5 |
| Doctor Who Magazine Poll (1998) | 55.41%  (Position = 143 out of 159) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2009) | 54.69%  (Position = 178 out of 200) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2014) | 56.33%  (Position = 219 out of 241) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2023) | Position = 29 out of 29 |
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All episodes exist as 16mm telerecordings. |
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