The Doctor's Greatest Adventures Week: Frontiers of Space

Welcome one and all to Day 5 of The Doctor's Greatest Adventures and I thought we would slip back in time and space to visit Jon Pertwee (third incarnation of the Doctor) and his companion Jo Grant (Katy Manning of Mr Tumbleweed, Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!, Doctor Who, Eskimo Nell, The Quest and The Sarah Jane Adventures) as they are smack bam in the middle of an intergalactic conflict that could lead to total war.  Will the Doctor be able to right this wrong?  This is Frontier in Space.

I pressed three buttons in the last 4 light-years and that was just to start the coffee pot.

The Master: In spoiling mood, are you Doctor? Poor Miss Grant, you have my deepest sympathy.





As the Earth cargo ship designated C982 is moving through the hyperspace junction, it barely evades the TARDIS as the Doctor re-materializes in the ship's hold rather than all over their windscreen.  Getting out of the TARDIS, the Doctor and Jo Grant get out to explore and apologize to the pilots when the pilots armed see these two as Draconians and escort them to the bridge at gunpoint.   On Earth, the Galactic Federation President and the Draconian ambassador (also son to the Emperor) shout on back and forth claiming each other are attacking shipping lanes and outposts which were established by the treaty of the two empires.   The ambassador feels war is exactly what the humans want and sends communications to his father as such.

Yes, I believe it is fiberglass and not the typical cardboard.

Meanwhile in the hold the Doctor has come to the conclusion of this annoying sound is actually a hypersonic frequency that plays on the subconscious fears of each people when the C982 is boarded by Orgons who stun the pilots and the Doctor, bound Jo in ropes, loot the ship's cargo including the TARDIS and leave.  The reinforcements finally arrive and the pilots accuse the Doctor and Jo as collaborators with the Draconians and are brought back to Earth for interrogation.

Are these two empires on the brink of war?  Who stands to gain from this potential massacre?  Will the Doctor and Jo be able to avoid the death penalty?   Well go watch it already and stop looking at what is written in front of you!

Just a brief amount of fun facts for you now.
This is the last appearance of Roger Delgado as the Master due to his car accident in Turkey that took his life three months after this episode.   Earth is viewed yet again in the far off time of 2540 in spite of several of the early 70's haircuts, mustaches and polyesters.

Jon Pertwee said that he felt the Draconians were his favorite monsters in all of Doctor Who. This episode was watched by a little over 9 million viewers in 1973.

So I don't look goofy in this high collar?  Thank God.