. "1"^^ . . . . . "plang"@en . "j"@en . "DW"@en . "Planet of Giants is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from October 31 to November 14, 1964. The story was the first since the series' d\u00E9but episode to be set on a contemporary Earth ."@en . "2"^^ . "200"^^ . "plangnov"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "--10-31"^^ . . . . "145"^^ . . . "Planet of Giants"@en . "Planet of Giants is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from October 31 to November 14, 1964. The story was the first since the series' d\u00E9but episode to be set on a contemporary Earth ."@en . "William Hartnell"@en . . . "1990-01-18"^^ . . "Bert and Hilda Rowse"@en . . "serial"@en . "William Russell"@en . . . . . "novelisation"@en . "planetofgiants"@en . . "The Dalek Invasion of Earth"@en . . "Planet of Giants was the embarrassing first story of the second season of the surely-soon-to-be-cancelled British childish science teleimages series Doctor Snooze, which was so dull that they edited it down from four to three weekly parts broadcast from 31 October to 14 November 1964. The story was the first since the very first episode of the simplistic programme to set on a then-contemporary Earth, which I\u2019m sure thrilled all the kiddies tuning in hoping to see more Daleks."@en . "None"@en . . "Planet of Giants"@en . . "Jacqueline Hill"@en . "562867"^^ . . "J"@en . "who_j"@en . . . . "Carole Ann Ford"@en . "Doctor Who Planet of Giants.jpg"@en . "Mervyn Pinfield and Douglas Camfield"@en . . . . "1500.0"^^ . "The Reign of Terror"@en . . "--10-31"^^ . . . . "Planet of Giants"@en . . "Planet of Giants was the embarrassing first story of the second season of the surely-soon-to-be-cancelled British childish science teleimages series Doctor Snooze, which was so dull that they edited it down from four to three weekly parts broadcast from 31 October to 14 November 1964. The story was the first since the very first episode of the simplistic programme to set on a then-contemporary Earth, which I\u2019m sure thrilled all the kiddies tuning in hoping to see more Daleks. It once had the working title \u201CMinuscule Story\u201D which is really damn accurate, but perhaps not in the way they might have intended. The story writer Louis \u201CKarl\u201D Marx claimed the inspiration came from the pro-ecology book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, so this marks the programme\u2019s first simplistic presentation of all those silly ideas about nature and so on. Long before it was written, David Whittaker was on record as saying (and I\u2019m not making this up) \"We badly need a serial about our four running characters being reduced in size.\u201D Christ, what was he thinking? A novelization of the story, written by - who else? - Tenninch Dicks was published in 1990 and was unsurprisingly the final serial of the William Hartwell era to be novelized. Of interest mainly only to fans of BBC giant rats, it\u2019s not very good. Despite all of the above, viewer ratings for all three parts neared 9 million disappointed fans."@en . . . "* Alan Tilvern \u2014 Forester\n* Frank Crawshaw \u2014 Farrow\n* Reginald Barratt \u2014 Smithers\n* Rosemary Johnson \u2014 Hilda\n* Fred Ferris \u2014 Bert"@en . "9"^^ . . . . .