Last updated 23 March 2024


Planet of Giants

Series Episode Number: 43

World Premiere: Sat 31 Oct 1964 - 5:13pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 13 Jul 1986 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 23 minutes 15 seconds

8.40 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 57 (UK)

Chart Position: 37 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 21 Aug 1964 in Television Centre 4
Archive State: 16mm t/r



An accident in flight leads to the TARDIS and the travellers being miniaturised. Now only an inch high, the Doctor, Barbara, Ian and Susan explore an English country garden.