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starring: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Sunmakers, John Leeson
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790765938
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0790765934
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Release Date: February 19, 2002
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 4465
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1975
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Description:
The ever popular Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) fights death and taxes on the planet Pluto, where a series of man-made suns ensures that the workday never ends.
Amazon.com:
Tom Baker's fourth season of Doctor Who marked a change from the exploration of Gothic horror. The unusually satirical 'The Sun Makers' finds the Doctor, Leela (Louise Jameson), and robot dog K9 involved in a struggle against capitalism-gone-mad at the outer limits of the solar system. With Earth exhausted, mankind has colonized Pluto and lives in six vast 'megropoli' lit by artificial suns. These colonies are run by the Company, with drugged human 'work units' slaving simply to pay their funeral expenses. There are plenty of potshots at overzealous taxation and bureaucracy--Robert Holmes wrote the story as revenge after a frustrating audit--and splendidly theatrical performances from Richard Leech and Henry Woolf as the ultra-capitalist villains. With no monsters and little conventional horror, Baker is in fine form in a briskly directed four-part comedy-thriller distinguished by its political edge. --Gary S. Dalkin
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Wrong Sweets
The only aspect of this story that makes my blood boil is near the start when the Doctor is trying to save Cordo's life he tries to tempt him away from the ledge by offering him a Jelly Baby then as the Doctor eats a sweet It's clearly seen the sweet is not a jelly Baby it's a LIQUORICE ALLSORT. Just what on Earth is going on with BBC standards.....
Rating:  - Very great and funny episode
This has to be one of most hilarious episodes in all of the doctor who cannon. The premise for the entire story is quite imaginative and interesting. It seems to be some sort of parady of the income tax system. 'Monetary supremacy is much more effective than miltary conquest' the collector declares. That is certainly true of the real world. Think of the rockefellers and rothchilds stranglehold over the world. Compare this story to the multi-national corporations that smother the western world ... Read More
Rating: - "You bloodsucking leech! ..." What's not to like?
While there's some campy moments that almost detract, the political undertones (both commercial imperialism AND excessive taxation are pelted on, so writer Robert Holmes was able to stick it to everybody!) more than make up for it.
Very unusual but very good story for 1977, which was written 4 years before Western society started its form of commercial imperialism. :-)
Definitely a must-see. But if you're not fond of stories that dare play with social scenarios, stay away. ... Read More
Rating: - One of the best of the Tom Baker years
This is denfinitely one of those episodes that you apreciate a lot more when your older.I remember enjoying this as a kid but being all of about 9 years old at the time the humor escaped me not knowing much about taxes or corperations at the time.But seeing it now I see just how brilliant it is this has to be one of the funniest Doctor Who episodes I ever seen.The humor is great and stays funny even after repeated viewings.The guest stars who play the Collector and the Gatherer are suppurb.The only weakness ... Read More
Rating: - wish it was on dvd
wish they would hurry up and release them all on dvd since Dr Who is one of BBC's most popular shows along with red dwarf.
at leastthe price on the videoes have gone down.
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