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Episode Three

Series Episode Number: 306

World Premiere: Sat 15 Jan 1972 - 5:50pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Thu 9 Oct 1975 - 6:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 18 seconds

9.10 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 38 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 18 Oct 1971 in TC8
Archive State: PAL 2 VT



The Doctor arrives in a bleak future where Earth is ruled by the Daleks and mankind is enslaved. Rescuing Jo, the two escape but the brutish Ogrons are in pursuit.