#The Sun Makers

[cleowho]

“I feel fear.”

The Sun Makers - season 15 - 1977

[sarahwatchesthings]

S15 E13 "The Sun Makers," Part 1

[giddyaunt425]

Just watched The Sun Makers again and oh my word. What a hoot. Tom Baker is a riot.

Bonus points for the creepy baddie playing with his hair. Like what the heck.

Bonus bonus points to the Doctor for being such a cutie and silly boy in this one.

[twingeof-cosmic-angst]

I just finished The Sun Makers, and I never thought this would happen because of how anti-capitalist Doctor Who is in general, but I think I found THE most staunchly anti-capitalist episode of Doctor Who?? (If I'm wrong that only makes me so much more excited for the episode that could be more anticapitalist than this) Within seconds of the unjust system being explained to the Doctor and Leela, Leela without missing a beat simply goes "Oh. Have you considered Murdering That Bitch?" AND THATS THE SOLUTION !!! THATS THE MORAL OF THE STORY !!! The entire city unites together for the sole purpose of murdering these evil capitalist scum!!! AND THEY DO!! They push the motherfucker who had wronged them and oppressed them off a motherfuckin building and he FALLS TO HIS DEATH !! 1000 meters! There's no "Maybe if you were a good little worker you can change the system from the inside" or "If you actually just talk to these people you'll find a peaceful solution!" The Doctor gets on the speakerphones and says "long live the revolution"!!!! When they had successfully concluded the uprising and its time for the Doctor and Leela to leave, a whole crowd of people waves them off and they all look so happy! AND then the episode finishes with the Doctor being a little shit and purposefully ruining the chess game between him and K-9 because his little dog was simply too good!

all in all, 10/10 episode no notes

[do-you-know-this-dw-story]

the sun makers (tv: 1977)

[6-and-7]

The Sun Makers Far in the distant future, Earth has become uninhabitable, forcing mankind to colonise first Mars and then Pluto. No longer the coldest planet in the solar system, Pluto is now warmed by artificial suns. The Doctor, Leela and K9 arrive to discover the exploitation of the Megropolis people by the ruling elite, led by the Collector.

Deep in the Undercity, a small group of revolutionaries plot to overthrow the company and the Doctor is forced to fight the oppression of the people using fire against fire…

In the Forest of the Night One morning, in every city and town in the world, the human race wakes up to face the most surprising invasion yet.

Everywhere, in every land, a forest has grown overnight and taken back the Earth. It doesn't take the Doctor long to discover that the final days of humanity have arrived…

[doyoushipthisdweuship]

(submitted by anon!)

[kamiphoenix]

LIL NAS X TROGLODYTE???

[serpercival]

I have never been more enchanted by an episode of a show than by The Sun Makers. Violent anti-capitalism? Check! Absolutely bonkers villain? Also check!

All of CDW Season 15 that I've seen so far feels very Tenth Doctor. If the general vibe of Tennant's Doctor didn't come from this season I'd be shocked.

[reachingforthevoid]

Doctor Who: The Sun Makers

I rewatched this suddenly relevant again serial on 19 March 2023. It’s all about the skyrocketing cost of living and what workers can do against appalling conditions.

We begin with Citizen Cordo farewelling his recently deceased father and being liable for a dramatically increased cost of the death and its aftermath. They call it taxes but it’s a private company. The Doctor and Leela arrive and help Cordo survive a suicide attempt. Our heroes learn quickly that while the society looks shiny and comfortable, it’s a dystopia. Like all good dystopias there’s a rebellion, and like all good Doctor Who serials the Doctor is right smack bang in the middle of it. 

It’s a lively story, with good humour as well as drama and loads of lefty libertarian politics.

[cleowho]

“Would you care for a Jelly Baby?”

Actually, Tom, that is quite clearly a Liquorice Allsort.

The Sun Makers - season 15 - 1977

[andthentheywilleatthestars]

Sad that Cordo Sunmakers got bodied in the Doctor Who guest character bracket. I love Cordo, he's like if Connecticut Clarke was an anarcho-communist

[wheelybard]

The Sun Makers, where Riff Raff is head of a Company.

[thedoctorwhocompanion]

The Doctor Who Companion Christmas Quiz 2024: The Answers

The #DoctorWho Companion Christmas Quiz 2024: The Answers

Cast your mind back to before the Time Hotel! You’ll recall, in those dim and distant times, we set you a series of tough Doctor Who questions for you to puzzle out over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We hope you’ve jotted down your thoughts for each question because here are… Answers to The Doctor Who Companion 2024 Christmas Quiz! How did you do? 1. Currency a. The inhabitants of Pluto…

[dwimpossblog]

The Sun Makers

The Doctor, Leela and K9 land on Pluto, where they find the human race subjugated into conforming and paying taxes to a mysterious Company in The Sun Makers!

[rawwkfingers]

The Sun Makers

Just from the title, I went in expecting either a story similar to last serial, about mysticism and the occult, or something on the more cosmic scale of Doctor Who. Instead, we got a parody of capitalism and the IRS complete with a communist revolution

Tbh, it was almost TOO on the nose for it to be effective, especially the comedic elements of the story. Like, an insufferable kiss-ass as a middle manager calling his boss "Your Flatulence" is just a bit too... British for my liking. Though maybe that's just because I've been in middle management basically my entire career who knows

But its heart was in the right place and unlike a majority of the other attempts this show makes at communist propaganda, it didn't fall back onto liberalism to soften the blow. Well, they did a little by making the corporate office be aliens rather than having the uprising be against fellow humans, BUT the revolutionaries never knew that so it still counts

I do wish it had had a different title though because now I want a serial about celestial beings who made the sun