Last updated 24 March 2024


Episode One

Series Episode Number: 334

World Premiere: Sat 27 Jan 1973 - 5:49pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 11 Sep 1983 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 46 seconds

10.30 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 36 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 19 Jun 1972 in TC4
Archive State: PAL 2 VT



The Doctor and Jo arrive in 1926 on the cargo ship SS Bernice. But when the TARDIS is taken by a huge hand and a dinosaur appears, the Doctor suspects that all is not as it seems.