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Episode Two

Series Episode Number: 245

World Premiere: Sat 26 Apr 1969 - 5:14pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 25 minutes

6.30 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 54 (UK)

Chart Position: 68 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 18 Apr 1969 in Television Centre 4
Archive State: 16mm t/r



Finding evidence of alien technology in Smythe's office, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe make their escape in Lady Jennifer's ambulance, but Smythe gives orders to have them killed.


Characters hide uncredited
Dr. WhoPatrick Troughton
Captain RansomHubert Rees
ZoeWendy Padbury
General SmytheNoel Coleman
JamieFrazer Hines
RedcoatTony McEwan
Commandant GortonRichard Steele
Lieutenant CarstairsDavid Savile
Lady Jennifer BuckinghamJane Sherwin
Military ChauffeurPeter Stanton
Military PolicemanPat Gorman
Alien TechnicianDerek Crick (uncredited)
Machine GunnerEden Fox (uncredited)
Prison SentryRoy Brent (uncredited)
Prison SentryPaul Phillips (uncredited)
Prison SentryBill Hughes (uncredited)
Prison SentryAlex Hughes (uncredited)
Prison SergeantTom O'Leary (uncredited)
PrisonerJames Haswell (uncredited)
PrisonerDouglas Roe (uncredited)
Roman SoldierEmmett Hennessy (uncredited)
Roman SoldierRoger Howton (uncredited)
Roman SoldierTom Laird (uncredited)
Roman SoldierRoyston Farrell (uncredited)
Roman SoldierPatrick Scott (uncredited)
Roman SoldierRay Cornell (uncredited)
Roman SoldierCrawford Lyall (uncredited)
SniperClive Rodgers (uncredited)
Stunt DriverReg Dent (uncredited)