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Episode 5

Series Episode Number: 219

World Premiere: Sat 12 Oct 1968 - 5:20pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Wed 24 Sep 2014 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 18 minutes

6.70 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 49 (UK)

Chart Position: 84 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 19 Jul 1968 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: 35mm t/r



The Doctor engages in a battle with the Master, both summoning characters from fiction to fight each other. If the Doctor loses, he will be trapped in the Land of Fiction forever.