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Episode Seven

Series Episode Number: 250

World Premiere: Sat 31 May 1969 - 5:16pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 7 Dec 1986 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 22 minutes 28 seconds

4.90 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 53 (UK)

Chart Position: 83 () (UK)

Recorded on Thu 22 May 1969 in Television Centre 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r



The Doctor, Jamie and Carstairs have escaped back to the 1917 war zone, but General Smythe is waiting for them and opens fire on them with a machine gun.


Characters hide uncredited
Dr. WhoPatrick Troughton
JamieFrazer Hines
Lieutenant CarstairsDavid Savile
War ChiefEdward Brayshaw
Security ChiefJames Bree
War LordPhilip Madoc
General SmytheNoel Coleman
Sgt. Major BurnsEsmond Webb
ZoeWendy Padbury
RussellGraham Weston
Du PontPeter Craze
(extra)Allan Travell (uncredited)
(extra)Bill Richards (uncredited)
(extra)Bruce Wells (uncredited)
(extra)Bryan Nolan (uncredited)
(extra)Denis Balcombe (uncredited)
(extra)Richard King (uncredited)
(extra)Terry Munro (uncredited)
Alien GuardLes Conrad (uncredited)
Alien GuardRaoul Skinner (uncredited)
Alien TechnicianDerek Calder (uncredited)
Alien TechnicianTerence Danville (uncredited)
British SoldierAlex Hood (uncredited)
British SoldierAlistair Meldrum (uncredited)
British SoldierBill Willyman (uncredited)
British SoldierDavid Melbourne (uncredited)
British SoldierDerek Hunt (uncredited)
British SoldierRoger Graham (uncredited)
British SoldierTony Starr (uncredited)
Machine GunnerHein Viljoan (uncredited)
Machine GunnerRoger Charles (uncredited)
Resistance ManDerek Crick (uncredited)
Resistance ManHarry Tierney (uncredited)
Resistance ManJim Delaney (uncredited)
Resistance ManJoe Santo (uncredited)
Resistance ManJoe Santo (uncredited)
Resistance ManPatrick Milner (uncredited)
Resistance ManRobin Scott (uncredited)