Contact has been lost with Mars Probe 7. When contact is also lost with the recovery ship, UNIT is called in and the Doctor learns that someone is sending messages to the vessel.
- Drama
- Year 1970
- 24 min
The Third Doctor: Jon Pertwee Bursting into colour, Doctor Who underwent a dramatic makeover when Jon Pertwee’s debonair dandy arrived, exiled to Earth for four years of action-packed, moralistic adventures.
- Year: 1970
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E1 • Spearhead from Space: Episode 1
The TARDIS takes the newly regenerated Doctor to Earth to begin his exile. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart leads a UNIT investigation into a mysterious meteorite shower.
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E2 • Spearhead from Space: Episode 2
A recovered Doctor escapes the hospital and joins UNIT in their investigation. Meanwhile, Channing directs one of his Auton servants to recover a meteorite.
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E3 • Spearhead from Space: Episode 3
Sam Seeley has found one of the meteorites but the Autons want it back and are closing in. General Scobie visits Auto Plastics, playing into the hands of Channing.
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E4 • Spearhead from Space: Episode 4
The invasion begins as Auton shop dummies come to life and attack the public. The Doctor and UNIT infiltrate Auto Plastics where the Doctor faces the Nestene consciousness.
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E5 • Doctor Who and the Silurians: Episode 1
UNIT are summoned to Wenley Moor research station which is experiencing mysterious power losses. In the nearby caves, one of the staff has been killed and another sent insane.
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E6 • Doctor Who and the Silurians: Episode 2
Investigating the caves, the Doctor is attacked by a dinosaur-like creature. Dr Quinn is hiding a secret that could endanger the lives of everyone.
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E7 • Doctor Who and the Silurians: Episode 3
The creature from the caves, wounded and dangerous, is on the loose on Wenley Moor. Dr Quinn attempts to recover it and is unwilling to listen to the Doctor’s warnings.
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E8 • Doctor Who and the Silurians: Episode 4
Fearful of a war breaking out between the Silurians and mankind, the Doctor attempts to make peace between the races. But there are those on both sides unwilling to listen.
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E9 • Doctor Who and the Silurians: Episode 5
When the Silurian leader is killed, all hopes of peace are lost. The Silurian’s infect Major Baker with a virus deadly to humans and release him to spread the infection.
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E10 • Doctor Who and the Silurians: Episode 6
As the Silurian plague quickly spreads, the Doctor desperately searches for a cure. But the Silurians are aware of the Doctor’s efforts and intend to stop him.
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E11 • Doctor Who and the Silurians: Episode 7
With the antidote to the plague found, the Silurians retaliate and take over the research centre. They now intend to destroy the Van Allen Belt, resulting in death for all mankind.
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E12 • The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 1
Contact has been lost with Mars Probe 7. When contact is also lost with the recovery ship, UNIT is called in and the Doctor learns that someone is sending messages to the vessel.
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E13 • The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 2
Recovery 7 has returned to Earth but the UNIT convoy transporting the capsule is ambushed. The Doctor is able to relocate the capsule, but is he too late?
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E14 • The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 3
The recovery capsule is empty with the astronauts seemingly kidnapped. But Liz notices that the radiation count is high and the Doctor deduces that the occupants were not human.
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E15 • The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 4
Liz has been captured by Reegan who is holding the three aliens captive. The Doctor suspects Quinlan’s part in the conspiracy, but Quinlan is killed before he can reveal the truth.
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E16 • The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 5
The Doctor prepares to pilot the Recovery 7 ship into space, but Reegan sabotages the fuel supply which will send the Doctor into the sun.
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E17 • The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 6
On board a vast spacecraft, the Doctor meets the alien captain who demands the return of the three ambassadors sent to Earth or he will destroy the world.
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E18 • The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 7
General Carrington is behind the kidnapping of the ambassadors and intends to turn the world against the aliens by revealing their true identity to the world in a TV broadcast.
