The Web of Fear

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The Tube sets were reportedly so accurate that the BBC was accused of illegally filming on London Underground property.

Several props were reused from the previous Yeti serial, including control spheres and model Yeti.

Casting

*Actor Nicholas Courtney previously appeared in a different role, that of Bret Vyon, in "The Daleks' Master Plan".
*David Langton was originally cast as Lethbridge-Stewart, but he pulled out before recording and Nicholas Courtney (originally cast as Captain Knight) was given the part instead.

Missing episodes

Only Episode 1 and a few clips of this story still exist in the BBC Archives. The clips are those that were censored and physically cut from the film by the New Zealand authorities when they purchased the rights to broadcast the story.

Commercial releases

*In 2003, Episode 1 of this story & episodes 1 & 3 of "The Faceless Ones" were the final episodes of Doctor Who to be released on VHS by BBC Worldwide.
*Episode 1 and the surviving clips were released on DVD in the UK in November 2004 in the three-disc "Lost in Time" set.
*Episode 1 was shown during BBC Four's "London Underground" season in 2007.

Doctorwhobook
title=Doctor Who and the Web of Fear
series=Target novelisations
number=72
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writer=Terrance Dicks
publisher=Target Books
coverartist=Chris Achilleos
isbn=0 426 11084 6
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pages=
date=19 August 1976
preceding=Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks
following=Doctor Who and the Space War|

oundtrack

The audio soundtrack, along with additional linking narration by Frazer Hines, has been released on MP3 CD, along with The Abominable Snowman [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0563494182 Amazon.co.uk: Doctor Who: the Abominable Snowman / The Web of Fear (BBC MP3 CD Audio): Books: Original Soundtrack ] ] . A collection box entitled Yeti Attack contains both Yeti adventures on normal CD [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0563495359 Amazon.co.uk: Doctor Who: Yeti Attack (BBC Radio Collection): Books: Various ] ]

The CD sleeve notes of the Audio CD release describe this episode as "...both a whodunnit with a clever unexpected ending...". However, the reader of the notes will already have discovered who was behind it all earlier in the sleeve notes when it described the critical reaction of fans to the person who voiced the Great Intelligence (and naming him in the process).

In print

A novelisation of this serial, written by Terrance Dicks, was published by Target Books in August 1976, entitled "Doctor Who and The Web of Fear". Dicks included the first meeting of the Doctor and Lethbridge-Stewart.

References

External links

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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/weboffear/index.shtml Photonovel of "The Web of Fear" on the BBC website]
*Brief |id=qq | title=The Web of Fear
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_2q | title=The Web of Fear
* [http://www.doctorwholocations.net/stories/weboffear Doctor Who Locations] - The Web of Fear

Reviews

*OG review | id=qq | title=The Web of Fear
*DWRG | id=webf | title=The Web of Fear

Target novelisation

*DWRG | id=webfnov | title=Doctor Who and the Web of Fear
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1976/web/76web.htm On Target — "Doctor Who and the Web of Fear"]