Trying to give the Arwell children the best Christmas present ever - a trip to an alien planet which was covered in snowbound forests - the Doctor did not realise that the planet he had chosen was about to have its trees dissolved by acid. This was the work of a trio of Harvest Rangers from the planet Androzani Major - Droxil, Ven-Garr and Billis. They wore yellow armour, and travelled in a large bipedal machine known as a Harvester. An incompetent trio, their sensors couldn't differentiate weapons from natural fibres, and they easily fell for a trick by Madge Arwell, who was able to take them captive and tie them up in their own Harvester. They teleported themselves to safety, whilst Madge used the Harvester to help rescue her children.
Played by: Bill Bailey (Droxil), Paul Bazely (Ven-Garr) and Arabella Weir (Billis). Appearances: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011).
- A terrible waste of three great guest actors.
- Weir had previously played, on audio, an alternative female Doctor. She had also once been David Tennant's landlady.
- Bazely is best known for his recurring role as gay hairdresser Troy in the long-running ITV comedy series Benidorm. He has also appeared in a Star Wars film - playing one of General Hux's officers in The Last Jedi.
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