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Doctor Who :: The Ribos Operation, Part Four (16x04)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: The Ribos Operation, Part Four
Episode #: 16x04
Production Number: 5A
Original Airdate: Saturday September 23rd, 1978
8/10 (1 Vote cast)
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Country: Aired On:
Ireland Sep 23, 1978
Episode Crew
Director: George Spenton-Foster
Writer: Robert Holmes
 
Episode Summary
 
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The homicidal Graff and his men track Unstoffe through the catacombs in an effort to recover the jethrik and the gold, while the Doctor and Romana attempt to acquire the first segment of the Key of Time.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Iain CuthbertsonplayedGarronRecurring (4th appearance)
Nigel PlaskittplayedUnstoffeRecurring (4th appearance)
Paul SeedplayedGraff Vynda-KRecurring (4th appearance)
Robert KeeganplayedSholakhRecurring (4th appearance)
Timothy BatesonplayedBinroRecurring (second appearance)
Anne TirardplayedThe Seeker (as Ann Tirard)Recurring (second appearance)
Prentis HancockplayedCaptainRecurring (15th appearance)
Oliver MaguireplayedShrieveRecurring (4th appearance)
Uncredited
Pat GormanplayedKroRecurring (68th appearance)
 
Main Cast
 
Tom BakerplayedThe Fourth Doctor
John LeesonvoicedK-9
Mary TammplayedRomanadvoratrelundar "Romana" I
 
Episode Quotes
 
Romana: You nearly got us killed.
The Doctor: If you call that being nearly killed, you haven't lived yet. Just stay with me and you'll get a lot nearer. You're a lot nearer right now.
Romana: You've got an unconscious death wish.
Garron: Don't bicker!
The Doctor: Not bickering.
Romana: Never bicker.
 
Garron: Now we should be looking for my invaluable young friend Unstoffe.
The Doctor: Who's carrying a valuable piece of jethrik.
Garron: What is property at such a time?
 
Unstoffe: You'd risk your life for me. Why?
Binro: You wouldn't understand. For years, I was jeered at and derided. I began to doubt even myself. The you came along and you told me I was right. Just to know that for certain, Unstoffe, is worth a life, eh?
 
Romana: Garron? Garron, where are you?
K-9: He has departed, Mistress.
Romana: Well, that's obvious, but to where?
K-9: To see a man about a dog.
Romana: What?
K-9: That was the information he imparted.
Romana: Well why didn't you tell me earlier?
K-9: You did not ask, Mistress.
 
Unstoffe: Money isn't everything, Garron.
Garron: Well, who wants everything? I'll settle for ninety percent.
 
Garron: Well, I admit I had a great struggle with me conscience. Fortunately, I won.
 
Garron: Unstoffe, my son?
Unstoffe: What?
Garron: I was going to make a touching speech, but my throat is too dry.
 
Graff Vynda-K: (to the disguised Doctor): So you're the last of my guards, eh? The last of my Levithian Invincibles! All the rest are dead now. Even Sholakh. Were you with me on Skarne, soldier?
The Doctor: No, sir.
Graff Vynda-K: So many battles. Skarne, Freitas Labyrinth. Crestus Minor. There was a fight! I remember Sholakh planting my standard in the very heart of the Krestan general! So many battles. So many years. But over now. All but one of us doomed to die, soldier. Thus has it been written. (gives the Doctor a bomb) There is no greater honor, soldier, than to surrender your life in the service of the Graff Vynda-K! All but one of us! Sholakh? Sholakh? Sholakh! To me! To me! Charge! Onwards! Onwards!
 
Garron: How did you mange to switch the jethrik for the thermite pack without the Graff noticing?
The Doctor: Garron, I would have thought you'd have known that. Sleight of hand. I was trained by Maskelyne.
Romana: Quite clever, really.
The Doctor: I do dislike faint praise. It was astoundingly clever!
 
Garron: I was afraid he'd notice.
Unstoffe: Notice? What?
Garron: We haven't lost the jethrik. I switched it for a piece of ordinary stone. I did, look. He switched it back again! Oh, Unstoffe, is there nobody you can trust these days?
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
ProducerGraham Williams (1)
Unit Production ManagerJohn Nathan-Turner
Costume DesignerJune Hudson
Make-upChristine Walmesley-Cotham
Production AssistantJane Shirley
Script EditorAnthony Read
Main Title ThemeRon Grainer
SoundRichard Chubb
Incidental MusicDudley Simpson
Special SoundDick Mills (1)
Visual Effects DesignerDave Havard
Videotape EditorJohn Turner (2)
DesignerKen Ledsham
LightingJames Purdie
 
 
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