After an encounter with a hostile robot called a Chumblie, the Doctor and his companions are rescued by a group of female Drahvins.After an encounter with a hostile robot called a Chumblie, the Doctor and his companions are rescued by a group of female Drahvins.After an encounter with a hostile robot called a Chumblie, the Doctor and his companions are rescued by a group of female Drahvins.
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- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
- Donald Wilson(uncredited)
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- TriviaThe Drahvins were originally intended to be male. It was Verity Lambert who suggested that they be female.
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Maaga: We must capture that spaceship from them.
Steven Taylor: What for? This is a spaceship as well, isn't it?
Maaga: Yes, but it cannot fly! The Rills shot us down! We cannot move!
Steven Taylor: You... you don't belong here?
Maaga: No. Nor do the Rills. There is no life on this planet. We come from Drahva. Some four hundred dawns ago. We were investigating this particular section of the galaxy. We were looking for a planet such as this, capable of supporting life, so that we might colonize it. There are too many of us on Drahva.
Steven Taylor: All women?
Maaga: Women?
[Steven stammers]
Dr. Who: Yes, ah,
[stutters]
Dr. Who: feminine. Ah, female. Hmm, hmm.
Maaga: Oh, hah... Oh, we have a small number of men - as many as we need. The rest we kill. They consume valuable food and fulfill no particular function. And these are not what you would call human! They are cultivated in test tubes. We have very good scientists. I am a living being. They are products - and inferior products! Grown for a purpose and capable of nothing more.
Steven Taylor: Grown for what purpose?
Maaga: To fight. To kill.
Dr. Who: Yours must be a very interesting civilization. Hmm, hmm, hmm. You attacked the Rills?
Maaga: No. We were in space above this planet. When we saw a ship such as we had never seen before. We did not know it, but it was a Rill ship. It fired on us, and we crashed. But before we did, we managed to fire back, so that they'd crashed, too. On landing they killed one of my soldiers.
Steven Taylor: What are they like, these Rills?
Maaga: [whispers] Disgusting!
Dr. Who: Well, heh, heh, that's no description, no description at all. Hmm, hmm.
Maaga: That's all I'll say.
Dr. Who: Yes, I... I think I'm beginning to understand.
Steven Taylor: Well, so am I, Doctor. This planet's about to explode. The Rills have managed to repair their ship in time so they can escape. You haven't, so you want their ship.
Maaga: We have no desire to be here when this planet ceases to exist.
Drahvin 3: Machine approaching!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Junior Points of View: Episode dated 8 October 1965 (1965)
I can't imagine there will be want fan out there, that will say this is their favourite story of all, there's nothing particularly exciting or dynamic here, it's mildly interesting in this early stage.
It's still very early days for the show overall, now fully established, the third series opens up with this rambling affair. We're seeing more and more science fiction, and less focus on historical stories.
Vicki is very interesting here, she's the one that instantly mistrusts The Drahvin.
It's interesting here in that we don't know who the real enemy is, the clunky Chumblies, or more attractive looking Drahvin.
It's ok, 5/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Mar 1, 2021
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- Runtime23 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1