Lungbarrow (TV Story)

***Lungbarrow*** was the fourth & final serial of Season 28 of *Doctor Who*. It was written by Marc Platt, directed by Chris Clough and starred Richard Griffiths as the Eighth Doctor and Julia Ormond as Raine Cunningham.

## Synopsis

All is not well on Gallifrey. Raine is having someone else's nightmares. Romana is talking to herself. So is K9. Leela has stumbled on a murderous family conspiracy. And the beleaguered Lady President, Flavia, foresees one of the most tumultuous events in her planet's history.

At the root of all is an ancient and terrible place, the House of Lungbarrow in the southern mountains of Gallifrey. Something momentous is happening there. But the House has inexplicably gone missing.

673 years ago the Doctor left his family in that forgotten House. Abandoned, disgraced and resentful, they have waited. And now he's home at last.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Richard Griffiths
* Raine Cunningham - Julia Ormond
* Leela - Louise Jameson
* Romana - Lalla Ward
* Voice of K9 - John Leeson
* Andred - Christopher Tranchell
* Rodan - Hilary Ryan
* Lord Ferain - John Franklin-Robbins
* Glospin - Peter Cook
* Innocent - Frances de la Tour
* Satthralope -  Margot Van der Burgh
* Arkhew - Andrew Sachs
* Quences - Darren Nesbitt
* Badger -  David John Pope

## References

### Books

* Lord Ferain kept a book called An Alternative History of Skaro: The Daleks without Davros.

* The books The Triumphs of Rassilon, The Book of Rassilon and The Record of Rassilon are books that contain interpretations of Rassilon, Omega and the Other.

### The Doctor

* Before leaving Gallifrey the Doctor worked in the Bureau of Possible Events as a Scrutationary Archivist.

* He left his post in the Prydonian Chapterhouse's Bureau of Possibility "after disagreements about his overzealous political involvements".

* When he was leaving Gallifrey, the Doctor nearly stole a Type 53, but dismissed this TARDIS as "new fangled" and went with his Type 40.

### Gallifreyan culture

* Sepulchasm is a Time Lord game, and quite possibly a profanity.

* The play Mystery of the New Time is usually conducted during Otherstide.

### Gallifreyan lifeforms

* Gallifreyan forests have striped pig bears in them.

### Gallifreyan locations

* The Doctor returns to his house, the House of Lungbarrow.

### Gallifreyan technology

* Looms create new Gallifreyans.

* The Hand of Omega befriended the Doctor because it sensed the Other's essence in him.

* The Time Vortex is red when travelling forward in time and blue when travelling backwards.

### Gallifreyan organisations

* An organisation called Space-Time Accessions Bureau exists.

* The Ordinal-General does not allow members of the House of Redlooms into the Bureau of Temporal Anomalies.

### Individual Gallifreyans

* Andred belongs to the House of Redlooms.

* Susan's mother died as Pythia cursed Gallifrey.

* Susan's nanny was called Mamlaurea.

* Pythia threw herself into the Crevice of Memories That Will Be.

* Omega was lost in the constellation of Ao.

### Species

* President Flavia is successfully negotiating with the Tharils.

* Flavia did not attend the reception for the Chelonian envoy.

* Fledershrews are present in the House of Lungbarrow.

## Story Notes

* Stephen Fry was offered the role of Glospin but declined as he didn't wish to play a villain two seasons in a row.

## Home video and audio releases

### DVD

* This story along with the other stories in Season 28 were released as *Doctor Who: The Complete Twenty-Eighth Season* in 2003.

### Blu-ray

* This story along with the other stories in Season 28 were upscaled in 1080i50 high definition and were released as *Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 28* in the UK.