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Season 2 (1964-1965)


The Space Museum

Last Updated 13 Mar 2013 by Harry Ward

Doctor Who: The Space Museum

The Space Museum

Story Number: 15 (Q)

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Writer: Glyn Jones
Director: Mervyn Pinfield

Starring: : William Hartnell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, William Russell, Jeremy Bulloch, Peter Craze, Ivor Salter, Richard Shaw

No of Episodes: 4
First Broadcast: Sat 24 Apr 1965 - Sat 15 May 1965
Running Time: 91 minutes 26 seconds


Average Audience: 9.18 Million       Average AI: 55


When the Tardis lands among an assortment of spaceships on the planet Xeros, the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki discover a gigantic museum. They see inert versions of themselves among the exhibits and the Doctor realises they have jumped a time track. The planet has been taken over by the warlike Moroks, who have created the museum as a record of their military achievements. The travellers are anxious to avert the possible future they have been shown, and Vicki inspires the Xerons to rise up against their invaders …