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Episode One

Episode One

Series Episode Number: 289

World Premiere: Sat 13 Mar 1971 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 25 Nov 1975 - 6:30pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 23 minutes 51 seconds

7.30 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 57 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 22 Jan 1971 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: PAL 2 VT



Axos lands on Earth. The Axons ask only to be allowed to repair their damaged ship and offer the gift of the miraculous Axonite in return. But the Axons aren't all that they seem.


Characters hide uncredited
Doctor WhoJon Pertwee
Brigadier Lethbridge-StewartNicholas Courtney
The MasterRoger Delgado
Jo GrantKaty Manning
Mike YatesRichard Franklin
Sergeant BentonJohn Levene
ChinnPeter Bathurst
FilerPaul Grist
HardimanDonald Hewlett
WinserDavid Savile
Axon ManBernard Holley
Captain HarkerTim Pigott-Smith
1st Radar OperatorMichael Walker
2nd Radar OperatorDavid G March
Axon WomanPatricia Gordino
Axon BoyJohn Hicks (uncredited)
Axon GirlDebbie Lee London (uncredited)
Corporal BellFernanda Marlowe (uncredited)
Pigbin JoshDerek Ware (uncredited)
Stunt ManJack Cooper (uncredited)
Stunt ManSteve Emerson (uncredited)
Stunt ManStuart Fell (uncredited)
Stunt ManReg Harding (uncredited)
Stunt ManDerek Martin (uncredited)
UNIT SoldierRoy Brent (uncredited)
UNIT SoldierBill Hughes (uncredited)
Civil ServantPierce McAvey (uncredited)
Civil ServantGeorge Howse (uncredited)
SecretaryGloria Walker (uncredited)
Axon ManRoger Minnis (uncredited)
Axon GlobClinton Morris (uncredited)
Axon ManGeoff Righty (uncredited)
Axon GlobDouglas Roe (uncredited)
Axon GlobEden Fox (uncredited)
Axon GlobStuart Myers (uncredited)
Laboratory TechniciansBill Barnsley (uncredited)
Laboratory TechnicianPeter Holmes (uncredited)
UNIT SoldierSteve Smart (uncredited)