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Episode 5

Series Episode Number: 196

World Premiere: Sat 2 Mar 1968 - 5:24pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sat 14 Mar 2015 - 11:54pm CDT [Iowa Public TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 19 seconds

8.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 55 (UK)

Chart Position: 48 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 10 Feb 1968 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: Found (11-Oct-13)



Using Travers's body, the Great Intelligence demands that the Doctor allows his mind to be drained. Victoria is taken hostage and the Doctor has just 20 minutes to decide her fate.