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{{quote|''Nothing in the world can stop me now!''|What '''Zaroff''' really said.}}
{{quote|''Nothing in the world can stop me now!''|What '''Zaroff''' really said.}}


The Doctor, with Polly, Ben and Jamie in tow, lands the TARDIS on a volcanic island where they are captured and taken into a cave complex. It soon becomes clear that this tiny island is all that remains of the ancient Atlantean civilisation.
The Doctor, with Polly, Ben and Jamie in tow, lands the TARDIS on a volcanic island where they are captured and taken into a cave complex. It soon becomes clear that this tiny island is all that remains of the ancient Atlantean civilisation.


Mad scientist Professor Zaroff (played with a [[Large Ham]] by Joseph Furst) has convinced the Atlanteans that he can raise the city from the sea, but in reality he plans to drain the ocean into the Earth's core and thereby destroy the planet. [[For the Evulz|Just because]], OK?
Mad scientist Professor Zaroff (played with a [[Large Ham]] by Joseph Furst) has convinced the Atlanteans that he can raise the city from the sea, but in reality he plans to drain the ocean into the Earth's core and thereby destroy the planet. [[For the Evulz|Just because]], OK?
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Polly is taken off to be converted into an aquatic [[Fish Person]], while the others meet two shipwrecked sailors who help them convince the Fish People to rebel. Eventually, the Doctor manages to foil Zaroff's plan by flooding the city before he can complete the drilling. Zaroff drowns, but everyone else makes it out and the Doctor and companions depart.
Polly is taken off to be converted into an aquatic [[Fish Person]], while the others meet two shipwrecked sailors who help them convince the Fish People to rebel. Eventually, the Doctor manages to foil Zaroff's plan by flooding the city before he can complete the drilling. Zaroff drowns, but everyone else makes it out and the Doctor and companions depart.


For a long time it was thought that [http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xvbzd_tardismedia_the-underwater-menace only episode 3] remained, until [http://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/doctor-who-galaxy-4-and-the-underwater-menace-missing-episodes-found/ episode 2] turned up in 2011.
For a long time it was thought that [https://web.archive.org/web/20100211182657/http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xvbzd_tardismedia_the-underwater-menace only episode 3] remained, until [http://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/doctor-who-galaxy-4-and-the-underwater-menace-missing-episodes-found/ episode 2] turned up in 2011.


=== Tropes ===
== Tropes ==
* [[Atlantis]]: Or at least the last remnants of that civilization, living underground.
* [[Atlantis]]: Or at least the last remnants of that civilization, living underground.
* [[Author Filibuster]]: Against organized religion in part 4.
* [[Author Filibuster]]: Against organized religion in part 4.
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* [[Human Sacrifice]]: The Atlanteans try to sacrifice the Doctor and company to the goddess Ando...using sharks.
* [[Human Sacrifice]]: The Atlanteans try to sacrifice the Doctor and company to the goddess Ando...using sharks.
* [[I Can't Believe I'm Saying This]]:
* [[I Can't Believe I'm Saying This]]:
{{quote| '''Jamie McCrimmon:''' You know I never thought I'd say this, but well it's great.}}
{{quote|'''Jamie McCrimmon:''' You know I never thought I'd say this, but well it's great.}}
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Zaroff is a classic example.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Zaroff is a classic example.
** At the end of the Episode 2 clip on the BBC site, he sounds like a proto-Davros, on how succeeding with his [[Omnicidal Maniac|omnicidal mania]] would be the ultimate power.
** At the end of the Episode 2 clip on the BBC site, he sounds like a proto-Davros, on how succeeding with his [[Omnicidal Maniac|omnicidal mania]] would be the ultimate power.
* [[Missing Episode]]: Only parts 2 and 3 survive.
* [[Missing Episode]]: Only parts 2 and 3 survive.
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Latest revision as of 17:17, 15 September 2018
Nossing in ze vorld can stop me now!
—What many fans think Zaroff said.
Nothing in the world can stop me now!
—What Zaroff really said.

The Doctor, with Polly, Ben and Jamie in tow, lands the TARDIS on a volcanic island where they are captured and taken into a cave complex. It soon becomes clear that this tiny island is all that remains of the ancient Atlantean civilisation.

Mad scientist Professor Zaroff (played with a Large Ham by Joseph Furst) has convinced the Atlanteans that he can raise the city from the sea, but in reality he plans to drain the ocean into the Earth's core and thereby destroy the planet. Just because, OK?

Polly is taken off to be converted into an aquatic Fish Person, while the others meet two shipwrecked sailors who help them convince the Fish People to rebel. Eventually, the Doctor manages to foil Zaroff's plan by flooding the city before he can complete the drilling. Zaroff drowns, but everyone else makes it out and the Doctor and companions depart.

For a long time it was thought that only episode 3 remained, until episode 2 turned up in 2011.

Tropes

Jamie McCrimmon: You know I never thought I'd say this, but well it's great.

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