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Episode Three

Series Episode Number: 320

World Premiere: Sat 22 Apr 1972 - 5:50pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Wed 1 Oct 1975 - 6:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 32 seconds

7.90 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 36 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 13 Mar 1972 in TC8
Archive State: PAL 2 VT



Ky opens the message box but cannot understand the ancient carved tablets inside. The Marshal seals the Doctor and his friends in the caves and prepares to gas them to death.


Characters hide uncredited
Dr. WhoJon Pertwee
Jo GrantKaty Manning
MarshalPaul Whitsun-Jones
VaranJames Mellor
KyGarrick Hagon
StubbsChristopher Coll
CottonRick James
JaegerGeorge Pravda
SondergaardJohn Hollis
Old ManSidney Johnson
Skybase GuardRonald Gough (uncredited)
SolonianDavid Waterman (uncredited)
Solos GuardGeoffrey Witherick (uncredited)
Solos GuardRoy Pearce (uncredited)
Solos GuardDennis Plenty (uncredited)
Solos GuardBrian Nolin (uncredited)
MuttJohn Scott Martin (uncredited)
MuttMike Torres (uncredited)
MuttEddie Sommer (uncredited)
MuttLaurie Goode (uncredited)
MuttNick Thompson Hill (uncredited)
MuttMike Mungarvan (uncredited)
WarriorDerek Chafer (uncredited)
WarriorAlex Hood (uncredited)
WarriorTerry Sartain (uncredited)
Solos GuardTerry Walsh (uncredited)
Skybase AnnouncementsGarrick Hagon (uncredited)