Last updated 18 August 2023


Part One

Series Episode Number: 500

World Premiere: Sat 20 Jan 1979 - 6:25pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 27 Sep 1981 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 39 seconds

7.50 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 65 (UK)

Chart Position: 93 () (UK)

Recorded on Sun 05 Nov 1978 in Television Centre 3



Looking for the final segment of the Key to Time, the Doctor and Romana arrive on the planet Atrios which is in a major nuclear war with the neighbouring world of Zeos.


Characters hide uncredited
Doctor WhoTom Baker
RomanaMary Tamm
MarshalJohn Woodvine
Princess AstraLalla Ward
ShappDavyd Harries
MerakIan Saynor
Voice of K-9John Leeson
'Hero'Ian Liston
'Heroine'Susan Skipper
GuardJohn Cannon
Nurse (Armageddon Factor)Val McKinnon (uncredited)
Nurse (Armageddon Factor)Judy Roger (uncredited)
Technician (Armageddon Factor)Peter Bithiel (uncredited)
Technician (Armageddon Factor)Constance Carling (uncredited)
Technician (Armageddon Factor)Gary Dean (uncredited)
Technician (Armageddon Factor)Bill Hughes (uncredited)
Technician (Armageddon Factor)David Wilde (uncredited)
Technician (Armageddon Factor)Malcolm Ross (uncredited)
Guard (Armagaddon Factor)Peter Eaton (uncredited)
Guard (Armagaddon Factor)Tony O'Leary (uncredited)
Guard (Armagaddon Factor)Reg Turner (uncredited)
Guard (Armagaddon Factor)Richard Sheekey (uncredited)
Guard (Armagaddon Factor)Peter Roy (uncredited)
Guard (Armagaddon Factor)Barry Summerford (uncredited)
Mute (ArmagaddonFactor)Ridgewell Hawkes (uncredited)
Paitent (Armagaddon Factor)Albert Welch (uncredited)