Last updated 24 March 2024


Episode 1

Series Episode Number: 157

World Premiere: Sat 8 Apr 1967 - 5:50pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Wed 7 Oct 2020 - 8:00pm EDT [BBC America]
Running Time: 23 minutes 47 seconds

8.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 51 (UK)

Chart Position: 47 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 01 Apr 1967 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r



The TARDIS arrives at Gatwick airport in 1966 where Polly witnesses a murder. When the Doctor alerts the authorities they find the body has vanished and Polly has been kidnapped.


Characters hide uncredited
Dr. WhoPatrick Troughton
BenMichael Craze
PollyAnneke Wills
JamieFrazer Hines
PolicemanJames Appleby
CommandantColin Gordon
MeadowsGeorge Selway
Jean RockWanda Ventham
SpencerVictor Winding
Inspector GascoignePeter Whitaker
BladeDonald Pickering
JenkinsChristopher Tranchell
Samantha BriggsPauline Collins (uncredited)
Airport PersonnelAnthony Lang (uncredited)
Ann DavidsonGilly Fraser (uncredited)
ChamelonBarry Dupres (uncredited)
Policeman (Gatwick)Geoffrey Witherick (uncredited)
Policeman (Gatwick)Kedd Fenton (uncredited)
Double for BladeTerence Denville (uncredited)
Policeman (Immigration)Robin Dawson (uncredited)
Policeman (Immigration)Roy Pearce (uncredited)
Passenger (Chamelon Tours)Donald Sinclair (uncredited)
WorkerRobin Burns (uncredited)
WorkerCharles Erskine (uncredited)
Airport Police SergeantPeter Roy (uncredited)