Season 1 (1963-1964)
The Sensorites
Last Updated 13 Mar 2013 by Harry Ward
The Sensorites
Story Number: 7 (G)
Writer: Peter Richard Newman
Director: Frank Cox, Mervyn Pinfield
Starring: : William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, William Russell, John Bailey, Lorne Cossette, Stephen Dartnell, Eric Francis, Peter Glaze, Joe Greig, Ilona Rogers, Ken Tyllson
No of Episodes: 6
First Broadcast: Sat 20 Jun 1964 - Sat 01 Aug 1964
Running Time: 147 minutes 58 seconds
Average Audience: 6.92 Million Average AI: 58
The TARDIS arrives on a lifeless spaceship. The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan are shocked to find the bodies of the crew slumped over their stations. Yet the crewmembers are far from dead - they are under some form of mental attack that keeps them prisoners in space. The ship is trapped in orbit around the Sense-Sphere, home world of the alien Sensorites. The Doctor and his companions are warned to leave, but before they can do so, the TARDIS is sabotaged, and its lock is stolen. Using telepathic powers, the Sensorites have managed to keep the human visitors from exploiting the mineral wealth of their world. Now the TARDIS crewmembers also find themselves subject to the Sensorites and their mental powers.
