Last updated 24 March 2024


Part Three

Series Episode Number: 611

World Premiere: Thu 2 Feb 1984 - 6:40pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Thu 14 May 2015 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 30 seconds

7.80 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 65 (UK)

Chart Position: 59 () (UK)




Turlough's race memories of the Frontios threaten to overwhelm him as the Doctor finally convinces Brazen that the threat from underground is very real


Characters hide uncredited
The DoctorPeter Davison
TeganJanet Fielding
TurloughMark Strickson
BrazenPeter Gilmore
NornaLesley Dunlop
RangeWilliam Lucas
PlantagenetJeff Rawle
GravisJohn Gillett
CockerillMaurice O'Connell
DeputyAlison Skilbeck
RetrogradeRaymond Murtagh
TractatorGeorge Campbell
TractatorMichael Malcolm
TractatorStephen Speed
TractatorWilliam Bowen
TractatorHedi Khursandi
Captain RevereJohn Beardmore (uncredited)
ColonistCaroline Hatch (uncredited)
ColonistFernando Monast (uncredited)
ColonistJudith Jeffery (uncredited)
ColonistLaurie Goode (uncredited)
ColonistMonica Ramone (uncredited)
ColonistPenny Rigden (uncredited)
ColonistPeter Gates Fleming (uncredited)
ColonistRobert Goodman (uncredited)
ColonistRobert Peters (uncredited)
ColonistTerry Bradford (uncredited)
OrderlyBarry McKenna (uncredited)
OrderlyChris Holmes (uncredited)
OrderlyDaniel D'Arcy (uncredited)
OrderlyIan Marshall (uncredited)
OrderlyJohn Greening (uncredited)
OrderlyJohn Hamilton Russell (uncredited)
OrderlyKeith Norrish (uncredited)
OrderlyMiles Ross (uncredited)
RetrogradeAnthony Freeman (uncredited)
RetrogradeJames Lyon (uncredited)
RetrogradeMike Mulloy (uncredited)
RetrogradePeter Creasey (uncredited)
RetrogradeTerence Brook (uncredited)