The High Brain Revolution (Crystalizing "The Krotons")

When you hear the words, "a Doctor Who monster created to succeed the Daleks," you know the chances of a train wreck are high. Sometimes you get something so bad it's good (hello, Mechanoids!), and sometimes you get The Krotons. The Krotons don't always attempt to influence primitive civilizations, but when they do, they're obsessed with finding high brains — which makes them a lot like today's Big Tech CEOs, just made of crystal and with a propensity to "disperse" those who don't meet the bar. They might be hard to take seriously, but at least Patrick Troughton is here to reassure us that it's OK to laugh.

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Story Essentials:

• Season 6, Serial 4

• Story number: 46, per the The Pull To Open Codex

• Production Code: WW

• Writer: Robert Holmes

• Producer: Peter Bryant

• Aired 28 December 1968 – 18 January 1969

Pull To Open: The Krotons

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• Episode 15

Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor

Outro music: Chronos by Alexander Nakarada