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The Bomb

Series Episode Number: 110

World Premiere: Sat 26 Mar 1966 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Thu 11 Sep 2014 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 37 seconds

7.30 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 50 (UK)

Chart Position: 71 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 11 Mar 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r



Unwilling to share the new world, Refusis, with their human slaves, the Monoids plan to blow up the Ark with a bomb which is hidden somewhere on the ship.


Characters hide uncredited
Dr. WhoWilliam Hartnell
Steven TaylorPeter Purves
Monoid OneEdmund Coulter
DodoJackie Lane
Monoid ThreeFrank George
Monoid FourJohn Caesar
VenussaEileen Helsby
DassukBrian Wright
MaharisTerence Woodfield
Refusian VoiceRichard Beale
Monoid VoicesRoy Skelton
Monoid VoicesJohn Halstead
MonoidEric Blackburn (uncredited)
MonoidChris Webb (uncredited)
MonoidBill Richards (uncredited)
MonoidBernard Barnsley (uncredited)
MonoidDenis Marlow (uncredited)
Slave GuardianJohn Moycs (uncredited)
Slave GuardianPaul Linley (uncredited)
Slave GuardianRoyston Farrell (uncredited)
Slave GuardianVictor Munt (uncredited)
Slave GuardianAlan Norburn (uncredited)
Slave GuardianMichael Osborne (uncredited)
Slave GuardianSara Negus (uncredited)
Slave GuardianAndrea Beddows (uncredited)
Slave GuardianRosemary Chalmers (uncredited)
Slave GuardianGloria Williams (uncredited)
Slave GuardianRosemary Lord (uncredited)
Slave GuardianDeryn Fisher (uncredited)