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Last updated 02 January 2017
The Edge of Destruction: Omnibus
Broadcast: Saturday 19th December 1998
12:35am-1:25am GMT < > « »
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Featuring: William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, William Russell

The TARDIS is suspended in space and the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan are confused and frightened by a series of mysterious events.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWiDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 18th December 1998:
UK Gold - satellite / cable
Late Friday from 12:35 to 1:25AM - The Edge of Destruction - movie version
Sunday from 9:30 to 11:20AM - The Time Warrior - movie version

As the weekend begins, the 1st Doctor's efforts to get Ian and Barbara home go awry, leaving the TARDIS crew with partial amnesia and on a course to destruction. At the end of the weekend, Sarah Jane Smith gets the biggest scoop of her young journalist career when she stows away on the TARDIS, hoping to find out why the Doctor would kidnap respected scientists.