The Space Museum
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The Space Museum is the seventh serial of the second season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by Glyn Jones and directed by Mervyn Pinfield, it was broadcast on BBC1 in four weekly parts from 24 April to 15 May 1965. In the serial, the First Doctor (William Hartnell) and his travelling companions Ian Chesterton (William Russell), Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill), and Vicki (Maureen O'Brien) arrive in a Space Museum on the planet Xeros, where they seek to change their fate after seeing themselves turned into museum exhibits in the future. They also become entangled in a conflict between the militaristic Moroks who run the museum, and the servile indigenous Xerons who work for them.
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Directed by | Mervyn Pinfield | ||
Written by | Glyn Jones | ||
Script editor | Dennis Spooner | ||
Produced by | Verity Lambert | ||
Music by | None[lower-alpha 1] | ||
Production code | Q | ||
Series | Season 2 | ||
Running time | 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
First broadcast | 24 April 1965 (1965-04-24) | ||
Last broadcast | 15 May 1965 (1965-05-15) | ||
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List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989) |
Jones was not familiar with the show or science fiction when asked to develop the storyline. Story editor Dennis Spooner edited out much of the humour from the original script as he felt that it was more intellectual; Jones was unhappy with the changes. Pinfield and the production crew hoped that The Space Museum could be made cheaply to offset more expensive serials, using a small cast and limited sets. Pinfield also used stock music recordings for the incidental score.[lower-alpha 1] The Space Museum received mixed reviews, with praise directed at its opening episode and the performances of Hartnell and O'Brien, but criticism of the remaining episodes, the formulaic nature of the story, and the performances of the supporting cast. The story was later novelised and released on VHS and DVD.