Doctor Who (1963) 15.04 Extras

Running from the Tax Man: The Making of the Sun Makers (2011)

24 minutes

The people interviewed for this documentary include

• Louise Jameson, Leela
• Michael Keating, Goudry
• Pennant Roberts, director
• Dominic Sandbrook, writer and historian
• Marek Kukula, public astronomer

The subjects discussed in this documentary include

• what motivated Robert Holmes to structure the story the way he did
• how it appeals to everyone regardless of their political affiliation
• the status of the planet Pluto
• the meaning of the title
• roof top scenes
• cost constraints 
• problems with props
• level of violence

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The Sun Makers - Part Four

The Doctor saves Leela from getting steamed to death. The revolution takes off in earnest. The Collector is disappointed when he doesn't hear any screams as Leela is steamed to death. He orders Gatherer Hade to do something. Hade tries but before long he thrown off the roof of a building. The Doctor and Leela investigate the Collector's office.

The Doctor has a chat with the Collector once he returns. The Collector is more than happy to tell the Doctor about his operation on Pluto and how he has more or less enslaved the humans who live there. The Collector is an Usurian, a fungal race and he reverts to his original form once he realizes that the odds are stacked against him.

The Doctor and Leela say their goodbyes to Mandrel, Cordo and the others and then depart with K-9 in the TARDIS.

Doctor Who (1963) 15.04.03

The Sun Makers - Part Three

Leela tricks the guards into thinking that she, Cordo, and Bisham are ready to surrender. The guards approach and are blasted by K-9 who remained hidden around a corner. Leela and the others take the guards' vehicle. They crash through a checkpoint that is in the process of being taken down but Leela gets shot, falls off the vehicle, and is taken prisoner.

Mandrel is ready to interrogate the Doctor. He suspects him of being in league with Gatherer Hade. Cordo and Bisham return in time to help convince Mandrel that the Doctor is on their side. They come up with a plan to foment a mass uprising by disabling the power in Main Control. This would have a cascading effect on the plants that pump chemicals into the air, the chemicals that helps the company to control the people.

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The Sun Makers - Part Two

The Doctor is knocked out by the gas that fills the booth. Cordo takes off running but he sticks around long enough to see the Doctor taken away by a security team.

Gatherer Hade goes to the Collector to request a security detail to help round up the revolutionaries. It takes some convincing but the Collector finally gives Hade what he needs.

The Doctor is taken to the correction center for correcting. He is in a straightjacket when he wakes up. There he meets Bisham who is there because he was curious. The Doctor messes with some of the machinery as best he can. It buys them some time.

Gatherer Hade returns to his office where he learn from Marn, his assistant, that the Doctor has been picked up and is in the correction center. Hade sends Marn to retrieve the Doctor.

Doctor Who (1963) 15.04.01

The Sun Makers - Part One

The Doctor and Leela arrive on Pluto on the top of a very tall building. The Doctor thinks something looks amiss and decides that they should investigate. They leave K-9 in the TARDIS, which they exit just in time to prevent Cordo, a D grade worker, from committing suicide.

Cordo can't afford the cost of his father's funeral. He is in a debt spiral which is impossible for him to escape. The Doctor Leela, and Cordo take cover when they hear noise advertising the coming of the Gatherer. 

The Gatherer arrives on the roof top just as the Doctor, Leela, and Cordo duck out of sight. Gatherer Hade and Marn, his assistant, inspect the TARDIS. Hade decides that the TARDIS is being used by the Ajacks (miners) to smuggle in weapons for the purpose of overthrowing his employer, the Company.