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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 (TV)/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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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.

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.

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".

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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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