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Episode Six

Series Episode Number: 343

World Premiere: Sat 31 Mar 1973 - 5:52pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 44 seconds

8.90 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 40 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 31 Oct 1972 in TC3
Archive State: PAL 2 VT



The Doctor leads a mission to the Ogron home world to apprehend the Master and rescue Jo. But the Master is in league with some old enemies of the Doctor.


Characters hide uncredited
Dr. WhoJon Pertwee
The MasterRoger Delgado
Jo GrantKaty Manning
President of EarthVera Fusek
General WilliamsMichael Hawkins
Draconian PrincePeter Birrel
Congressman BrookRamsay Williams
NewscasterBill Mitchell
Pilot of Space ShipStanley Price
First OgronStephen Thorne
Second OgronMichael Kilgarriff
Third OgronRick Lester
Dalek OperatorJohn Scott Martin
Dalek OperatorCy Town
Dalek OperatorMurphy Grumbar
Dalek VoiceMichael Wisher
OgronMaurice Bush (uncredited)
OgronGeoffrey Todd (uncredited)
OgronChris Stevens (uncredited)
OgronMaurice Purvis (uncredited)
1st Williams' GuardLeslie Bates (uncredited)
Earth GuardRichard King (uncredited)
Earth GuardSteve Tierney (uncredited)
Earth GuardDavid Waterman (uncredited)
MutantJohn Scott Martin (uncredited)
Earth GuardGeoffrey Witherick (uncredited)
Sea DevilPat Gorman (uncredited)
OgronBruce Wells (uncredited)