Last updated 24 March 2024


Part Three

Series Episode Number: 532

World Premiere: Sat 11 Oct 1980 - 5:42pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 24 Sep 2017 - 5:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 21 minutes 19 seconds

4.70 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 129 () (UK)

Recorded on Thu 10 Jul 1980 in Television Centre 3



Meglos escapes with the Dodecahedron and the Doctor is mistakenly held responsible for the theft. He is sentenced to a gruesome death as punishment for his crime.


Characters hide uncredited
Doctor WhoTom Baker
RomanaLalla Ward
General GruggerBill Fraser
Lieutenant BrotadacFrederick Treves
ZastorEdward Underdown
LexaJacqueline Hill
CarisColette Gleeson
DeedrixCrawford Logan
EarthlingChristopher Owen
Voice of K-9John Leeson
Tigellan GuardSimon Shaw
MeglosTom Baker (uncredited)Info
Voice of MeglosChristopher Owen (uncredited)
GaztakRanjit Nakara (uncredited)
GaztakJames Muir (uncredited)
GaztakBruce Callender (uncredited)
GaztakTony Allef (uncredited)
GaztakHi Ching (uncredited)
GaztakJohn Holland (uncredited)
DeonMichael Brydon (uncredited)
DeonDavid Cleeve (uncredited)
TigellanHarry Fielder (uncredited)
TigellanLaurie Good (uncredited)
TigellanPeter Gates Fleming (uncredited)
TigellanGeoff Whitestone (uncredited)
TigellanMichael Gordon Browne (uncredited)
SavantEddie Sommer (uncredited)
SavantRay Knight (uncredited)
SavantChris Marks (uncredited)
SavantLewis Hopper (uncredited)
SavantStephen Nagy (uncredited)
SavantSylvia Marriott (uncredited)
DeonTerence Creasey (uncredited)