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1963: The Space Race

1963: The Space Race

Series Episode Number: 179

First Broadcast: Thu 31 Oct 2013 - ~9:00pm UTC (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 120 minutes


Recorded on Tue 28 May 2013 in The Moat Studios



November 1963, and the Soviet space programme reigns supreme. Having sent the first animals, then the first men beyond Earth's atmosphere, now they're sending a manned capsule into orbit around the Moon.

Just as Vostok Seven passes over into the dark side, however, its life support system fails. Only the intervention of the Sixth Doctor and Peri, adopting the identities of scientists from Moscow University, means that contact with the capsule is regained.

But something has happened to the cosmonaut on board. She appears to have lost her memory, and developed extreme claustrophobia. Maybe she’s not quite as human as she used to be…