Ian and Vrestin are captured by the subterranean Optera while Barbara and her Menoptera allies attempt to escape from the slave camp.Ian and Vrestin are captured by the subterranean Optera while Barbara and her Menoptera allies attempt to escape from the slave camp.Ian and Vrestin are captured by the subterranean Optera while Barbara and her Menoptera allies attempt to escape from the slave camp.
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Jocelyn Britton
- Hlynia
- (as Jocelyn Birdsall)
- Director
- Writers
- Bill Strutton
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
- Donald B. Wilson(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis marks Martin Jarvis's television debut. He would later play Butler in "Invasion of the Dinosaurs" and the Governor of Varos in "Vengeance on Varos".
- GoofsDuring a pre-filmed insert at the end of the episode, the Menoptra have cowls, which are not present in the rest of the serial. Clearly there has been a costume redesign between the two recording sessions.
- Quotes
Ian Chesterton: Will you kill your own kind?
Hetra: Listen, stranger... you are both from... that wilderness above ground... , where the light blinds and the air chokes, where only destroyer races live. And from where none of us who has ever gone forth has ever returned. You come foraging into our world only for new victims. Take them!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Tales of Isop (2005)
- SoundtracksRapsodie de Budapest
performed by Les Structures Sonores
composed by Jacques Lasry and François Baschet
(uncredited)
Featured review
The Web Planet Part 4: Ambitious but sadly unsuccessful.
Review for all 6 episodes:
This story gets a lot of bad reviews and dislike but it also has fans who defend it vociferously.
I do not hate it like some people but I also do not love it or really enjoy it very much. It isn't as terrible as some viewers say but also isn't particularly entertaining for me.
Surely it definitely deserves points for ambition as it attempts to show us a completely alien world with insect-like aliens which look and behave in a very non-human way. I applaud it for such a brave attempt but there are two problems. Firstly the technology and budget were not up to presenting the aliens well enough and secondly there is a lack of a compelling story.
If you are fair to it by bearing in mind its age you should not hate it too much for its dodgy costumes and other effects. I try not to heavily criticise and hugely deduct points for dated effects. I only do that if the effects are poor for the time it was made. However, even being fair in this way and recognising it is better than the worst Doctor Who stories from the 80s or modern Who, this is the weakest Hartnell era adventure in my opinion and well below the usual high standard of the show because it just drags too much for me.
The effects were acceptable for their time given the low budget and time constraints but the problem is there is too much reliance on the effects even though the budget was not nearly enough to create the effects required. The story puts all the emphasis on the creation of alien beings in insect form on a very alien landscape. It neglects giving us an exciting enough adventure to keep me interested.
The costumes and effects look silly to many modern viewers and give it all a pantomime feel but this would be forgivable if the story and script were strong enough to stand up on their own. Sadly, while it is far from awful, I do not think the story or dialogue are strong enough. If you imagine overlaying modern CGI effects onto this to make it all look plausible I am afraid it would still leave a lacklustre story with some below par performances in my opinion.
I am sad to say I find it rather boring and repetetive for too much of the time. It is very stretched and lacking in content. It is filled up with ear splitting sounds going on for too long and events going a bit round in circles. It has good aspects but is a weaker than average story by comparison to the great adventures in the history of Doctor Who.
However, it is saved from total failure by its ambition in presenting a strange world full of non humanoid aliens and the better parts of script, story and acting. It is not all bad and it is an interesting idea but it is badly realised and becomes boring. It is what I would call a brave but ultimately disappointing misfire.
My Ratings: Episode 1 - 5.5, Episodes 2, 3,4 and 6 - 5/10, Episode 5 - 4.5/10
Average rating : 5/10.
This story gets a lot of bad reviews and dislike but it also has fans who defend it vociferously.
I do not hate it like some people but I also do not love it or really enjoy it very much. It isn't as terrible as some viewers say but also isn't particularly entertaining for me.
Surely it definitely deserves points for ambition as it attempts to show us a completely alien world with insect-like aliens which look and behave in a very non-human way. I applaud it for such a brave attempt but there are two problems. Firstly the technology and budget were not up to presenting the aliens well enough and secondly there is a lack of a compelling story.
If you are fair to it by bearing in mind its age you should not hate it too much for its dodgy costumes and other effects. I try not to heavily criticise and hugely deduct points for dated effects. I only do that if the effects are poor for the time it was made. However, even being fair in this way and recognising it is better than the worst Doctor Who stories from the 80s or modern Who, this is the weakest Hartnell era adventure in my opinion and well below the usual high standard of the show because it just drags too much for me.
The effects were acceptable for their time given the low budget and time constraints but the problem is there is too much reliance on the effects even though the budget was not nearly enough to create the effects required. The story puts all the emphasis on the creation of alien beings in insect form on a very alien landscape. It neglects giving us an exciting enough adventure to keep me interested.
The costumes and effects look silly to many modern viewers and give it all a pantomime feel but this would be forgivable if the story and script were strong enough to stand up on their own. Sadly, while it is far from awful, I do not think the story or dialogue are strong enough. If you imagine overlaying modern CGI effects onto this to make it all look plausible I am afraid it would still leave a lacklustre story with some below par performances in my opinion.
I am sad to say I find it rather boring and repetetive for too much of the time. It is very stretched and lacking in content. It is filled up with ear splitting sounds going on for too long and events going a bit round in circles. It has good aspects but is a weaker than average story by comparison to the great adventures in the history of Doctor Who.
However, it is saved from total failure by its ambition in presenting a strange world full of non humanoid aliens and the better parts of script, story and acting. It is not all bad and it is an interesting idea but it is badly realised and becomes boring. It is what I would call a brave but ultimately disappointing misfire.
My Ratings: Episode 1 - 5.5, Episodes 2, 3,4 and 6 - 5/10, Episode 5 - 4.5/10
Average rating : 5/10.
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- Jul 6, 2014
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