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The Steel Sky

Series Episode Number: 107

World Premiere: Sat 5 Mar 1966 - 5:15pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 28 Sep 1986 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes

5.50 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 55 (UK)

Chart Position: 102 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 18 Feb 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r



Arriving in the future on a spaceship carrying the remains of the Earth's population, the Doctor, Steven and Dodo are accused of bringing the plague when Dodo's cold turns deadly.


Characters hide uncredited
Dr. WhoWilliam Hartnell
DodoJackie Lane
Steven TaylorPeter Purves
CommanderEric Elliott
ZentosInigo Jackson
ManyakRoy Spencer
MelliumKate Newman
1st MonoidEdmund Coulter
2nd MonoidFrank George
Shrinking GuardianDavid Greneau (uncredited)
MonoidEric Blackburn (uncredited)
MonoidChris Webb (uncredited)
MonoidRaymond Byrom (uncredited)
MonoidBernard Barnsley (uncredited)
GuardianMark Allington (uncredited)
GuardianBill Hunter (uncredited)
GuardianGeorge Gibbs (uncredited)
GuardianRoy Douglas (uncredited)
GuardianTrevor Griffiths (uncredited)
GuardianRon Gregory (uncredited)
GuardianTony Kemp (uncredited)
GuardianJudith Webb (uncredited)
GuardianJackie Salt (uncredited)
GuardianJackie Duval (uncredited)
GuardianSheila McGarth (uncredited)
GuardianJan Williams (uncredited)
GuardianTerry Cashfield (uncredited)
GuardianDiane Chapman (uncredited)
GuardianIris Fry (uncredited)
Child GuardianHazel Graham (uncredited)
Child GuardianJacqueline Lewis (uncredited)
Child GuardianPaul Johnson (uncredited)
Child GuardianPhillip Harris (uncredited)