Doctor Who (1963)

Season 5 Episode 11

The Ice Warriors, One

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The Ice Warriors, One
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In the 30th century, Earth is experiencing a new Ice Age, and bases all across the world are struggling to hold back the advancing glaciers. Brittanicus Base is running into difficulty, however, as Leader Clent's stubborn reliance on the base computer has alienated the humanist scientist Penley, who has deserted the base and gone out to live in the snowy wilderness outside. When the Doctor shows up, Clent enlists his help to get the malfunctioning Ioniser back on-line. However, more problems ensue when the frozen body of a Martian warrior is discovered in the nearby glacier. If an alien spacecraft is buried in the glacier, then use of the Ioniser at full power could cause its power source to explode and irradiate all of Britain. And then the Ice Warrior unexpectedly returns to life, kidnaps Victoria, revives the others of its kind and prepares to attack the presumably hostile base...moreless
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    Malcolm Taylor

    Malcolm Taylor

    Walters

    Guest Star

    George Waring

    George Waring

    Arden

    Guest Star

    Roy Skelton

    Roy Skelton

    Voice of Computer

    Recurring Role

    Bernard Bresslaw

    Bernard Bresslaw

    Varga, the Ice Warrior

    Recurring Role

    Peter Sallis

    Peter Sallis

    Penley

    Recurring Role

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      • Clent tells the Doctor that the Ice Age came about because of a shortage of plantlife. Since the plants were not around to create CO2, the planet cooled. In fact, the opposite is true. Plants consume carbon dioxide and the lack of them would mean more in the air and higher temperatures (the greenhouse effect).

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      • Video: A reconstructed version of this serial, with a linking segment in place of missing episodes Two and Three, was included in Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors Collection. The Region 2 release included a bonus video, Doctor Who: The Missing Years, an audio CD and book.

        Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors released in U.S.A./Canada (Warner Home Video E1392) in September 1999.

      • Novelisation: Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors by Brian Hayles (ISBN 0 426 10866 3) first published by Tandem in 1976.

      • This is the only time we see the police box doors open outwards.

      • Episodes Two and Three of this story are missing from the BBC archives, but do exist in audio form.

      • First appearance of the Ice Warriors, who would face the Doctor again in future adventures.

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