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Underworld: Part One
Broadcast: Sunday 12th January 2003
2:00am-2:30am EST (07:00 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, John Leeson, Alan Lake, James Maxwell

The TARDIS arrives on Pluto which has been made habitable and turned into a giant factory where the ruthless Company exploits its under-paid workers.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWiDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Wednesday 8th January 2003:
BBC Kids http://www.bbckids.ca
Weeknights 7:30PM, 10:30PM, 2AM, 4AM EST (4:30PM, 7:30PM, 11PM, 1AM PST)
Wed-Thu The Leisure Hive pts 3 - 4 of 4
Accused of murder and accidentally aged, the 4th Doctor is in bad shape. Romana discovers the truth behind the science of the Leisure Hive.
Fri Meglos pt 1 of 4
A superintelligent life form that looks like a cactus traps the 4th Doctor in a Chronic Hysteresis and steals his identity.
Late Sat 2AM EST (1AM CST, Mid MST, 11PM PST, 3AM AST, 3:30AM Newfoundland) Underworld all 4 pts
The 4th Doctor, Leela, and K9 help a bunch of cretins - The Minyans - victimized by their misuse of Time Lord technology in a quest to find a racebank that can rebuild their civilization.
Late Sun 2AM EST (1AM CST, Mid MST, 11PM PST, 3AM AST, 3:30AM Newfoundland) The Invasion of Time all 6 pts
The 4th Doctor becomes President of Gallifrey as a wild plot begins. Is the Doctor selling out the planet to an alien invasion? Is it all a bluff? And can Leela find love on a planet of people without emotion?
Mon Meglos pt 2 of 4
Tue Meglos pts 3+4 of 4

Meglos' impersonation of the Doctor enables him to perform a daring robbery, threatening a world with extinction. Naturally, the Doctor gets the blame. Jacqueline Hill, "Barbara" from the early seasons of Doctor Who, guest stars as the leader of a religious order in her final appearance of the series.
Coming 15 January, BBC Kids will air Doctor Who at these new times. Weeknights at Midnight and 4AM Eastern (2 episodes a day). Saturdays & Sundays at Midnight and 3:30AM Eastern (complete stories).