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The Powerful Enemy

Series Episode Number: 52

World Premiere: Sat 2 Jan 1965 - 5:40pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 3 Aug 1986 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 26 minutes 15 seconds

12.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 57 (UK)

Chart Position: 11 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 04 Dec 1964 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r



Arriving on the planet Dido, the Doctor, Barbara and Ian discover a crashed spaceship from Earth and survivors. They are terrorised by the monstrous Koquillion who attacks Barbara.