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See broadcasts for UKTV GoldThe Sensorites: Omnibus
(incorporating: Strangers in Space / The Unwilling Warriors / Hidden Danger / A Race Against Death / Kidnap / A Desperate Venture)

Last updated 02 January 2017
The Sensorites: Omnibus
Broadcast: Saturday 23rd January 1999
12:00am-2:30am GMT < > « »
UKTV Gold (adverts during broadcast)
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Featuring: William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, William Russell, Lorne Cossette, Stephen Dartnell, Ilona Rogers

The TARDIS lands inside a spaceship orbiting the planet Sense-Sphere. The ship's crew are apparently dead but surprise the travellers when they abruptly return to life.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWiDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 22nd January 1999:
UK Gold - satellite / cable
Friday from 12:00 to 2:30 AM - The Sensorites - movie version
Sunday from 9:30 to 11:20AM - Robot - movie version

In The Sensorites, the TARDIS crew encounter a semi-paralyzed human crew on a spaceship orbiting the Sense-Sphere. But it seems that the Doctor and his companions may be stranded forever when he discovers that the TARDIS lock has been stolen. Will the Doctor be able to retrieve in time or go mad trying? And in the first Tom Baker story, the Doctor, after having recently regenerated joins UNIT in investigating the disappearance of top secret plans and equipment. His investigation leads to a scientist named Professor Kettiwell who is working for the Think Tank. Can the Doctor stop Kettiwell's creation in time?