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Episode Two

Series Episode Number: 284

World Premiere: Sat 6 Feb 1971 - 5:14pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Mon 10 Nov 1975 - 6:30pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 31 seconds

8.80 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 54 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 21 Nov 1970 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: 16mm t/r



A full scale riot takes place at the Prison and Jo is taken hostage. Meanwhile, at the World Peace conference, the Chinese delegate's aid prepares to kill the American delegate.


Characters hide uncredited
Dr. WhoJon Pertwee
The MasterRoger Delgado
Brigadier Lethbridge-StewartNicholas Courtney
Jo GrantKaty Manning
Mike YatesRichard Franklin
Sergeant BentonJohn Levene
MailerWilliam Marlowe
VosperHaydn Jones
Dr. SummersMichael Sheard
BarnhamNeil McCarthy
Captain Chin LeePik-Sen Lim
Fu PengKristopher Kum
Prison GovernorRaymond Westwell
Senator AlcottTommy Duggan
Corporal BellFernanda Marlowe
Chief Prison Officer PowersRoy Purcell
Senior Prison Officer GreenEric Mason
Prison OfficerBill Matthews
Prison OfficerBarry Wade
Prison OfficerDave Carter
Prison OfficerMartin Gordon
Cheng Teik's corpseFrancis Botsoni (uncredited)
Chinese aidePaul Tann (uncredited)
Chinese chauffeurBasil Tang (uncredited)
CommissionaireCharles Saynor (uncredited)
Master's chauffeurFrancis Williams (uncredited)
Medical OfficerCharles Finch (uncredited)
Medical OfficerCharles Pickess (uncredited)
Passer ByJim Delaney (uncredited)
PhotographerCharles Marriott (uncredited)
PrisonerAlistair McFarlane (uncredited)
PrisonerCy Town (uncredited)
PrisonerDennis Balcombe (uncredited)
PrisonerDesmond Verini (uncredited)
PrisonerGeorge Ballantine (uncredited)
PrisonerLeonard Kingston (uncredited)
PrisonerNed Hood (uncredited)
PrisonerPaul Blomley (uncredited)
PrisonerPhilip Webb (uncredited)
UNIT SoldierNick Hobbs (uncredited)
UNIT SoldierStuart Fell (uncredited)