The Ribos Operation

] [cite web
url= http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5a.html
title= The Ribos Operation
publisher = A Brief History of Time Travel
last = Sullivan
first = Shannon
date = 2007-08-07
accessdate = 2008-08-30]
*Working titles for this story include "Operation" and "The Ribos File".
*Elisabeth Sladen, who as Sarah Jane Smith was last seen in "The Hand of Fear", was approached to return to the series as a replacement for Leela (who had left in "The Invasion of Time"). When Sladen declined the offer, the character of Romana was created instead.
*Prentis Hancock has previously appeared in the Spearhead From Space and Planet of the Daleks (with Jon Pertwee) and Planet of Evil series of Doctor Who.
*The opening scene, with the White Guardian, was actually written by Anthony Read, and not Robert Holmes.
*As a result of Baker's accident with the dog, several of his scenes had to be filmed from his right profile, to disguise the injury.

In print

Doctorwhobook
title=Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation
series=Target novelisations
number=52
featuring=


writer=Ian Marter
publisher=Target Books
coverartist=John Geary
isbn=0 426 20092 6
set_between=
pages=
date=11 December 1979
preceding=Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks
following=Doctor Who and the Underworld|A novelisation of this serial, written by Ian Marter (who had played Harry Sullivan earlier in the Fourth Doctor era), was published by Target Books in December 1979.

Broadcast, VHS and DVD release

*This story was released on VHS in April 1995.
*This serial, along with the rest of season sixteen, was released in North America as part of the "Key to Time" box set, as well as being marketed separately. The story was released in a restored edition on region 2 DVD on September 24, 2007 [cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/05/18/44552.shtml|title = DVD News|publisher=BBC|date=18 May 2007] .

References

External links

*BBCCDW|id=ribosoperation|title=The Ribos Operation
*Brief |id=5a | title=The Ribos Operation
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_5a | title=The Ribos Operation

Reviews

*OG review | id=5a | title=The Ribos Operation
*DWRG | id=ribo | title=The Ribos Operation

Target novelisation

*DWRG | id=ribonov | title=Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1979/ribos/79ribos.htm On Target — "Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation"]