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Part Four

Series Episode Number: 359

World Premiere: Sat 5 Jan 1974 - 5:29pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Thu 27 Nov 2014 - 8:30pm EST [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 57 seconds

10.60 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 60 (UK)

Chart Position: 22 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 12 Jun 1973 in TC1
Archive State: PAL 2 VT



As the repairs to Linx's spaceship are completed and he prepares to take off, the Doctor races to save the captured scientists and to prevent the course of history being changed.


Characters hide uncredited
Doctor WhoJon Pertwee
Sarah Jane SmithElisabeth Sladen
LinxKevin Lindsay
Professor RubeishDonald Pelmear
IrongronDavid Daker
BloodaxeJohn J Carney
HalJeremy Bulloch
MegSheila Fay
EleanorJune Brown
Edward of WessexAlan Rowe
Stunt Double for The DoctorTerry Walsh (uncredited)
Irongron's SoldierAlan Lenoir (uncredited)
Irongron's SoldierAlan Charles Thomas (uncredited)
Irongron's SoldierBill Herbert (uncredited)
Irongron's SoldierBill Lodge (uncredited)
Irongron's SoldierEmmett Hennessy (uncredited)
Irongron's SoldierJimmy Lyon (uncredited)
Irongron's SoldierKeith Norrish (uncredited)
Irongron's SoldierDavid Buswell (uncredited)
Irongron's SoldierRay Dunbobbin (uncredited)
Irongron's SoldierSteve Brunswick (uncredited)
Scientist (Irongron)David Eynon (uncredited)
Scientist (Irongron)Eden Fox (uncredited)
Scientist (Irongron)George Ballantine (uncredited)
Scientist (Irongron)Paul Phillips (uncredited)
Scientist (Irongron)Roger Marston (uncredited)
UNIT SoldierDouglas Domingo (uncredited)
Kitchen HagMary Rennie (uncredited)
Soldier (Edward of Wessex)Ronald Nunnery (uncredited)
Kitchen HagBella Emberg (uncredited)