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Ben is affected by the Macra mind-control and starts to turn against the others, but the Doctor succeeds in breaking their hold and Ben destroys the gas-mining equipment, killing the Macra and freeing the colonists.
Ben is affected by the Macra mind-control and starts to turn against the others, but the Doctor succeeds in breaking their hold and Ben destroys the gas-mining equipment, killing the Macra and freeing the colonists.


The Macra had a slightly surprising cameo four decades later in the Tenth Doctor episode "[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S3 E3 Gridlock|Gridlock]]".
The Macra had a slightly surprising cameo four decades later in the Tenth Doctor episode "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E03 Gridlock|Gridlock]]".


== Tropes ==
== Tropes ==
* [[Deadly Gas]]
* [[Deadly Gas]]
* [[Extra-Strength Masquerade]]: The Macra so brainwashed the human colonists that an [[Extra-Strength Masquerade]] was relatively easy -- until the Doctor turned up.
* [[Extra-Strength Masquerade]]: The Macra so brainwashed the human colonists that an [[Extra-Strength Masquerade]] was relatively easy—until the Doctor turned up.
* [[Giant Enemy Crab]]: The Macra
* [[Giant Enemy Crab]]: The Macra
* [[Muck Monster]]
* [[Muck Monster]]
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* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: The quote above.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: The quote above.
* [[Take That]]:
* [[Take That]]:
{{quote| '''Ben''': They got that bloke all over the place like a blinking politician.<br />
{{quote|'''Ben''': They got that bloke all over the place like a blinking politician.
'''Pete''': He is our controller. We are always pleased to see him. He brings us encouragement.<br />
'''Pete''': He is our controller. We are always pleased to see him. He brings us encouragement.
'''Ben''': Oh, he's not a politician then! }}
'''Ben''': Oh, he's not a politician then! }}
* [[Title Sequence Replacement]]: The first one in the series debuts here. It's also the first to use the Doctor's face.
* [[Title Sequence Replacement]]: The first one in the series debuts here. It's also the first to use the Doctor's face.


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This is an emergency! Control must be believed and obeyed! No-one in the colony believes in Macra! There is no such thing as Macra! Macra do not exist! There are no Macra!
—Control protests too much.

The TARDIS arrives at a human colony that seems happy enough but, as it turns out, the colonists are being mind-controlled by a race of giant crabs called the Macra. The Macra are using the humans to mine the toxic gases they need to survive.

Ben is affected by the Macra mind-control and starts to turn against the others, but the Doctor succeeds in breaking their hold and Ben destroys the gas-mining equipment, killing the Macra and freeing the colonists.

The Macra had a slightly surprising cameo four decades later in the Tenth Doctor episode "Gridlock".

Tropes

Ben: They got that bloke all over the place like a blinking politician.
Pete: He is our controller. We are always pleased to see him. He brings us encouragement.
Ben: Oh, he's not a politician then!

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