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Season 6 (1968-1969)


The Space Pirates

Last Updated 06 May 2013 by Marcus

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

The Space Pirates

Story Number: 49 (YY)

BBC
Radio Times



Writer: Robert Holmes
Director: Michael Hart

Starring: : Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Gordon Gostelow, Esmond Knight

No of Episodes: 6
First Broadcast: Sat 08 Mar 1969 - Sat 12 Apr 1969
Running Time: 144 minutes 38 seconds


Average Audience: 5.93 Million       Average AI: 54


The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves inside a space beacon being attacked by space pirates. The travellers are separated from the TARDIS and flung into the depths of space.