History Recap / DoctorWhoS3E1Galaxy4

'''Production code:''' T

Written by William Emms. This four-episode serial first aired from September 11 to October 2, 1965.

Episodes: "Four Hundred Dawns" (missing), "Trap of Steel" (missing), "Air Lock", "The Exploding Planet" (missing).

'''Production code:''' S

* ExactTimeToFailure

* LadyLand: On the planet Drahvin, women dominate the planet. A few men are kept, presumably for breeding, while the rest are killed. Oddly, Maaga doesn't immediately understand when Steven asks her if all the inhabitants of her planet are women, perhaps demonstrating how utterly insignificant and out of mind the men of Drahvin are.

This story is thought to be one of the last to be junked before the episode junkings were stopped in 1978, though there's some dispute about that. All four episodes (besides about eight minutes of Episode 1) were lost until 2011, [[http://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/doctor-who-galaxy-4-and-the-underwater-menace-missing-episodes-found/ when Episode 3 (Air Lock) was returned to the BBC.]] Reconstructions [[note]](fan-made attempts to "recreate" missing episodes using surviving footage, [[http://www.recons.com/glossary/telesnaps.htm telesnaps]], and other sources)[[/note]] can be watched [[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1kyo2_matrixarchive_galaxy-four here.]] A slightly condensed official reconstruction consisting of all surviving footage with stills, new animations and the original soundtrack was released as an extra on the 2013 [=DVD=] release of "[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS1E6TheAztecs}} The Aztecs]]".

-->--'''The Rills''' say goodbye.

The one with the giant talking earplugs.

Creator/PeterCapaldi brought the story quite a lot of attention when he claimed the Chumblies were his favourite villain from the show upon being cast as the Doctor, and responded to everyone's confusion with "And you call yourselves ''Doctor Who'' fans?"[[note]]In fairness to those fans, maybe their confusion was because the Chumblies aren't villains.[[/note]]

* NeverTrustATitle: This story does not take place in Galaxy 4. He only time we get a TitleSrop is Maaga explaining that her home planet is in that sector of space.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Defied.

* FantasticCasteSystem: The Drahvins have a caste system based on social insects, of female leaders, female workers, and a few males kept solely for the female leaders to sexually reproduce.

Written by William Emms. This serial first aired September 11-October 2, 1965.

Written by William Emms. This serial first aired September 11, 1965.

* ArtefactTitle: Owing to the position of the cliffhanger being moved, the second episode "Trap of Steel" is titled after an element of the plot that doesn't appear until early into the third episode.

* ArtefactTitle: Owing to the position of the cliffhanger being moved, the second episode is titled after an element of the plot that doesn't appear until early into the third episode.

* OhCrap

* ArtifactTitle: Owing to the position of the cliffhanger being moved, the second episode is titled after an element of the plot that doesn't appear until early into the third episode.

* ArtifactTitle: Owing to the position of the cliffhanger being moved, the second episode is titled after an element of the plot that doesn't appear until early into the third episode.