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Episode Three

Series Episode Number: 281

World Premiere: Sat 16 Jan 1971 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 24 Oct 1975 - 6:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 23 minutes 28 seconds

8.10 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 58 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 24 Oct 1970 in Television Centre 6
Archive State: PAL Restor



The Doctor and the Brigadier trace the Master to the plastics factory but they are too late. The only clue to the Master's plans is a single plastic daffodil


Characters hide uncredited
Dr. WhoJon Pertwee
Brigadier Lethbridge-StewartNicholas Courtney
The MasterRoger Delgado
Jo GrantKaty Manning
Mike YatesRichard Franklin
BrownroseDermot Tuohy
Rex FarrelMichael Wisher
Mrs. FarrelBarbara Leake
Telephone MechanicNorman Stanley
PolicemanWilliam McGuirk
Auton PolicemanTerry Walsh
Auton LeaderPat Gorman
Auton VoiceHaydn Jones
Daffodil ManLes Clark (uncredited)
Daffodil ManBob Baine (uncredited)
Daffodil ManIan Elliott (uncredited)
Daffodil ManCharles Pickles (uncredited)
Daffodil ManNick Hobbs (uncredited)
Daffodil ManBrian Gilman (uncredited)
Daffodil ManStuart Harwood (uncredited)
Daffodil ManPaul Warren (uncredited)
UNIT SoldierLes Conrad (uncredited)
StuntsRoy Street (uncredited)
StuntsDerek Ware (uncredited)
StuntsMarc Boyle (uncredited)
StuntsAlan Chuntz (uncredited)
StuntsStuart Fell (uncredited)
StuntsBrian Gilman (uncredited)
StuntsStan Hollingsworth (uncredited)
StuntsBilly Horrigan (uncredited)
StuntsDiney Powell (uncredited)
StuntsRoy Scammell (uncredited)
StuntsMike Stevens (uncredited)