Full Circle

Full Circle es el tercer serial de la decimoctava temporada de la serie de televisión británica de ciencia ficción Doctor Who, que se emitió por primera vez en cuatro partes semanales en BBC1 del 25 de octubre al 15 de noviembre de 1980. El serial involucra al viajero del tiempo alienígena el Cuarto Doctor (Tom Baker) descubriendo el ciclo de vida de tres especies estrechamente relacionadas en el planeta Alzarius: los Alzarianos humanoides, los Marshmen y los Marshspiders, que llegan a "dar la vuelta completa". Full Circle es el primero de tres seriales vagamente conectados ambientados en otro universo al del Doctor conocido como E-Space e introduce a Matthew Waterhouse como el compañero Adric. Trama En route to Gallifrey, the TARDIS passes through a strange phenomenon and ends up in an alternative universe called E-Space, where a small but sustainable civilisation of humanoids called Alzarians live between a river and a grounded spaceship, Starliner. It is an oligarchy ruled by three senior colonists known as Deciders. A sudden series of irregular events are interpreted by Decider Draith as a bad omen and the colonists move into the Starliner to protect themselves. One of the younger colonists, Adric, watches Draith drown in the river. His last words are "Tell Dexeter we've come full circle!" Adric heads into the forest in panic, finding the TARDIS, where the Doctor and Romana take him in. The other Deciders order the Starliner sealed and select a new Decider. Humanoid Marshmen and scuttling Marshspiders begin to appear. The Doctor gains entry to the Starliner, followed by a Marshchild. Both are found and taken to the Three Deciders. The Doctor is appalled when chief scientist Dexeter starts to perform vivisection experiments on the Marshchild.