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Episode Two

Series Episode Number: 294

World Premiere: Sat 17 Apr 1971 - 6:12pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 2 Dec 1975 - 6:30pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 22 minutes 43 seconds

8.50 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 28 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 06 Mar 1971 in Television Centre 4
Archive State: RSC conver



The Interplanetary Mining Corporation, represented by Captain Dent, arrives on the planet claiming that the colonists have no right to be there.