Fury from the Deep

042 – Fury from the Deep
Doctor Who serial
Mr Quill launches his gas attack on Maggie Harris
Cast
Doctor Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor)
Companions Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon) Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield)
Others Victor Maddern — Robson Roy Spencer — Frank Harris June Murphy — Maggie Harris John Abineri — Van Lutyens John Garvin — Carney Hubert Rees — Chief Engineer Graham Leaman — Price Richard Mayes — Chief Baxter Margaret John — Megan Jones Brian Cullingford — Perkins Bill Burridge — Mr Quill John Gill — Mr Oak Peter Ducrow — Guard
Production
Directed by	Hugh David
Written by	Victor Pemberton
Script editor	Derrick Sherwin
Produced by	Peter Bryant
Executive producer(s)	None
Incidental music composer	Dudley Simpson
Production code	RR
Series	Season 5
Length	6 episodes, 25 minutes each
Episode(s) missing	All episodes
Date started	16 March 1968
Date ended	20 April 1968
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → The Web of Fear The Wheel in Space

Fury from the Deep

Author	Victor Pemberton
Cover artist	David McAllister
Series	Doctor Who book: Target novelisations
Release number	110
Publisher	Target Books
Publication date	May 1986 (Hardback) 16 October 1986 (Paperback)
ISBN

Fury from the Deep is the completely missing sixth serial of the fifth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from 16 March to 20 April 1968. This story is the last to feature Deborah Watling as Victoria Waterfield. It also marks the first appearance of the sonic screwdriver. Although audio recordings, still photographs, and clips of the story exist, no episodes of this serial are known to have survived.

When the TARDIS lands in the sea off the eastern coast of England, the Second Doctor, Jamie, and Victoria investigate a nearby beach, which seems to have an improbably large amount of sea foam as well as a major gas pipe marked “Euro Sea Gas”. When the Doctor examines the pipe, he thinks he hears a heartbeat from within. The trio are captured and put in a cell by Robson, a ruthless gas refiner who heads a pumping operation with a network of rigs spanning the North Sea. His assistant is Harris. Robson is unnerved by the loss of contact with gas drilling Rig D at sea, plus an unexplained drop in the feed line from the rigs. The Doctor suggests that the supposed heartbeat could be a creature inside the pipe and suggests that the gas flow be suspended while he investigates, but Robson refuses to do so.

Harris has prioritised the capture of Robson, who is found sedate in his room, and Megan Jones demands to see him. He has sunk into a depressed state but briefly rallies and begs his old friend to help him. They leave him and he rests. On awakening, the heartbeat sound returns to his head, and he heads off. Within minutes, he finds Victoria and takes her hostage. He forces her into a helicopter and flies it out to sea.