A member of the Tribunal of Admissions, set up to supervise the arrival of aliens to the planet Inter Minor after many generations of isolationism. This had followed a terrible space plague. Orum was a friend to the ruthless and power-hungry Kalik, who was a fellow member of the Tribunal. He was brother of President Zarb. It had been Zarb who had decided to allow aliens to visit once more, and Kalik sought to undermine him by creating a situation which could be blamed on the new policy.
Orum tried to act as conscience to his friend but was weak-willed and easily dominated. The Tribunal was led by an officious bureaucrat named Pletrac, and Orum assisted Kalik in undermining his authority in order for their scheme to take place. This involved the release of savage Drashig creatures into the space port - allowing them to escape from miniaturised form within a Miniscope. Once the omnivorous Drashigs were free, their scheme backfired and Orum perished along with his ambitious friend.
Played by: Terence Lodge. Appearances: Carnival of Monsters (1973).
- Lodge first appeared in the series as Medok in The Macra Terror. He also featured as Moss, one of Lupton's followers, in Planet of the Spiders.
- In 1990 he played Inspector Lestrade in Hands of a Murderer, a US TV movie starring Edward Woodward as Sherlock Holmes.
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