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Part Three

Series Episode Number: 556

World Premiere: Mon 11 Jan 1982 - 6:55pm GMT [BBC One: Not Wales] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Thu 9 Apr 2015 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 23 minutes 35 seconds

10.20 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 47 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 29 Sep 1981 in Television Centre 3



Something is wrong with Castrovalva, but the Portreeve cannot help the Doctor identify the problem. And the Master is taunting Adric, caught in his web of power�


Characters hide uncredited
The DoctorPeter Davison
TeganJanet Fielding
NyssaSarah Sutton
AdricMatthew Waterhouse
The MasterAnthony Ainley
ShardovanDerek Waring
MergraveMichael Sheard
RutherFrank Wylie
PortreeveNeil Toynay
ChildSouska John
TownsmanDavid Bulbeck (uncredited)
TownsmanDavid Payne (uncredited)
TownsmanEric Corlett (uncredited)
TownsmanGeorge Ballantine (uncredited)
TownsmanGiles Melville (uncredited)
TownsmanJames Gregory (uncredited)
TownsmanMalcolm Ross (uncredited)
TownsmanMike Vinden (uncredited)
TownsmanSteven Griffiths (uncredited)
TownswomanDelphine Auchterlonie (uncredited)
TownswomanDoreen Croft (uncredited)
TownswomanDorothy Grumbar (uncredited)
TownswomanHelen Hembrough (uncredited)
TownswomanIlana Barry (uncredited)
TownswomanJean Channon (uncredited)
TownswomanJennie Piper (uncredited)
TownswomanJune Parkhurst (uncredited)
TownswomanLucy Gwynn (uncredited)
TownswomanLynn Austin (uncredited)
TownswomanMaureen Stevens (uncredited)
TownswomanRosemary Smith (uncredited)
TownswomanSally Gardiner (uncredited)
TownswomanSheila Vivian (uncredited)
TownswomanValerie Needham (uncredited)
WarriorColin Cook (uncredited)
WarriorCy Town (uncredited)
WarriorDavid Harrison (uncredited)
WarriorErnie Goodyear (uncredited)
WarriorMark Allington (uncredited)
WarriorRay Martin (uncredited)