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The Web Planet was the fifth story of Season 2 of Doctor Who. As with the Voord before them, the creatures of Vortis were designed to be memorable, as the show was yet to produce a monster to rival the Daleks. Web had the highest average viewing figure for the Hartnell era with a rating of 13.5 million. Web was by far the most technically ambitious and experimental story produced by Verity Lambert. While some believe it nobly tried to extend the possibilities of Doctor Who, others felt it was simply over-ambitious. (DCOM: The Web Planet)

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  • The Web Planet was the fifth story of Season 2 of Doctor Who. As with the Voord before them, the creatures of Vortis were designed to be memorable, as the show was yet to produce a monster to rival the Daleks. Web had the highest average viewing figure for the Hartnell era with a rating of 13.5 million. Web was by far the most technically ambitious and experimental story produced by Verity Lambert. While some believe it nobly tried to extend the possibilities of Doctor Who, others felt it was simply over-ambitious. (DCOM: The Web Planet)
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  • The Web Planet was the fifth story of Season 2 of Doctor Who. As with the Voord before them, the creatures of Vortis were designed to be memorable, as the show was yet to produce a monster to rival the Daleks. Web had the highest average viewing figure for the Hartnell era with a rating of 13.5 million. The concept first came to Bill Strutton as he recalled being bitten by a bull-ant as a child and seeing insects fight. He also recognised the merchandising opportunities Doctor Who afforded, with Terry Nation's Daleks being his point of comparison. Script editor Dennis Spooner latched onto the idea, believing it could be a parable about socialism, with the Zarbi and the Menoptera as the oppressed and the oppressors respectively. (About Time 1) Web was by far the most technically ambitious and experimental story produced by Verity Lambert. While some believe it nobly tried to extend the possibilities of Doctor Who, others felt it was simply over-ambitious. (DCOM: The Web Planet) It was also novel in terms of its advertising, since it was the first Doctor Who story to ever have a trailer. (Doctor Who Yearbook 1994) Director Richard Martin was irked by this, as he felt it gave away too much of the plot as clips from later episodes were shown. Verity Lambert believed he was upset over the inclusion of a scene showing a Zarbi entering the television studio, justified by her as the application of a familiar setting, designed to stop children from fearing the alien. (About Time 1)
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