TEXT: Planet of Giants [SCENE_BREAK] By Louis Marks 5:15pm - 5:40pm [SCENE_BREAK] 1, EXT: FLOWER BED BARBARA: But who'd kill insects in a perfectly ordinary garden? I mean pests one can understand, but surely it's wrong to kill bees and worms and things isn't it? DOCTOR: Quite so. Both are vital to the growth of things. However, we must leave this little mystery and get back to the ship. As I said my dear, it's fortunate for all of us that everything is dead... (Susan turns to leave and stiffens, transfixed.) SUSAN: Grandfather! (They all look up, and straight into the face of a cat the size of a house.) IAN: Don't move, any of you. DOCTOR: And whatever you do, don't look into the cat's eyes. Close your own if you want to. IAN: Doctor, I think the cat's losing interest. DOCTOR: Don't relax! One swipe of it's paw would smash us to pieces! [SCENE_BREAK] 2, EXT: PATIO (The cat slowly turns and walks off past the Farrow's feet towards the cottage.) [SCENE_BREAK] 3, EXT: FLOWER BED DOCTOR: Well we can't get back to the ship just yet, and you know how fast cats can move. And another thing, we could be mistaken for mice and I don't fancy being part of the cat's diet! BARBARA: Oh it gets more horrifying every moment! SUSAN: Look, couldn't we make contact with the people here somehow? DOCTOR: No, I'm afraid not. SUSAN: Well why not, they might be able to help us. DOCTOR: It's out of the question my dear, how could we possibly communicate with them? IAN: Imagine a record played at the wrong speed, Susan. We'd sound like a little squeak to them, and they'd sound like a low growl to us. BARBARA: Anyway,
SUMMARY:
The doors of the TARDIS open of their own accord just before it materialises, running out of control. On emerging, the travelers find the ship has been reduced in size and they are now only about an inch tall. As tiny people, they stumble across a plot by a ruthless businessman,Forester, and his misguided scientist colleague, Smithers, to launch a new insecticide, DN6 - a product so destructive that it would kill not only those insects harmful to agriculture but also those vital to it. Forester is willing to commit murder to ensure the success of his business, as civil servant Arnold Farrow discovers to his cost. The criminals are brought to justice when the Doctor and his friends - hampered by the fact that Barbara is ill from the insecticide - tamper with the telephone in Smithers' laboratory, fuelling the suspicions of the local exchange operator, Hilda Rowse, who sends her police constable husband Bert to investigate.