Doctor Who - Classic TV Series - The Happiness Patrol reviews

Rating		Votes
10	7%	8
9	7%	8
8	20%	22
7	29%	32
6	23%	26
5	11%	12
4	4%	4
3	0%	0
2	0%	0
1	0%	0
Average Rating 7.0
Votes 112

Synopsis

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The TARDIS arrives on the planet Terra Alpha where the Doctor and Ace discover a society in which sadness is against the law - a law enforced with considerable zeal by the brightly uniformed Happiness Patrol. The planet is ruled over by Helen A with the aid of her companion Joseph C and her carnivorous pet Stigorax named Fifi.

The penalty for those found guilty of unhappiness is death in a stream of molten candy prepared by Helen A's executioner, the robotic Kandyman, and his associate Gilbert M. The time travellers help to foment rebellion amongst the downtrodden population and the subterranean Pipe People - the planet's original inhabitants - and Helen A is overthrown.

Joseph C and Gilbert M escape in a shuttle, while the Kandyman is destroyed and Fifi killed. Helen A finally realises that happiness is nothing without the contrast of sadness.

Has Prerequisite Story

0 out of 32 (0.0%) raters say this story requires a previous story.

Extended Ratings

Plot

6.7

(41)

Acting

7.3

(41)

Effects

6.6

(40)

Replay

6.7

(38)

7th Doctor

Ace - Dorothy McShane

Cast

The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy

Ace - Sophie Aldred

Daisy K. - Georgina Hale

Earl Sigma - Richard D Sharp

Forum Doorman - Tim Scott

Gilbert M. - Harold Innocent

Harold V. - Tim Barker

Helen A. - Sheila Hancock

Joseph C. - Ronald Fraser

Kandy Man - David John Pope

Killjoy - Mary Healey

Newscaster - Annie Hulley

Priscilla P. - Rachel Bell

Silas P. - Jonathan Burn

Sniper - Steve Swinscoe

Sniper - Mark Carroll

Susan Q. - Lesley Dunlop

Trevor Sigma - John Normington

Wences - Philip Neve

Wulfric - Ryan Freedman

Director:

Chris Clough

Writer:

Graeme Curry

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