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The Chase: The Death of Doctor Who
Last updated 02 January 2017
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Featuring: William Hartnell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, William Russell
The Daleks follow the TARDIS to the jungle world of Mechanus which is infested with lethal plants. There the Daleks release a robot double of the Doctor that is programmed to kill.
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:
Friday 19th February 1999:
SPACE: The Imagination Station
http://www.spacecast.com/ and http://www.hwcn.org/~an933/spacedw.htm
Early Monday at 3:30AM The Chase: The Death of Doctor Who episode 5 of 6
Monday at 7:30AM EST The Mind Robber episode 5 of 5
Tuesday through Friday at 7:30AM The Krotons episodes 1 through 4 of 4
In the early Monday broadcast, the Daleks create a 'perfect replica' of the 1st Doctor, programmed to kill the TARDIS crew. Later Monday, in the shortest regular episode of the entire series (18 minutes), the 2nd Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe fight a battle of wits with the Master of the Land of Fiction. For the rest of the week, they visit a planet where a peaceful people live life unaware that they are being used in a plot to restore power to an alien spacecraft. This spacecraft will destroy their civilization when it takes off. 1st story written by famous Who writer Robert Holmes, and first appearance by the popular Philip Madoc in the series.
SPACE: The Imagination Station
http://www.spacecast.com/ and http://www.hwcn.org/~an933/spacedw.htm
Early Monday at 3:30AM The Chase: The Death of Doctor Who episode 5 of 6
Monday at 7:30AM EST The Mind Robber episode 5 of 5
Tuesday through Friday at 7:30AM The Krotons episodes 1 through 4 of 4
In the early Monday broadcast, the Daleks create a 'perfect replica' of the 1st Doctor, programmed to kill the TARDIS crew. Later Monday, in the shortest regular episode of the entire series (18 minutes), the 2nd Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe fight a battle of wits with the Master of the Land of Fiction. For the rest of the week, they visit a planet where a peaceful people live life unaware that they are being used in a plot to restore power to an alien spacecraft. This spacecraft will destroy their civilization when it takes off. 1st story written by famous Who writer Robert Holmes, and first appearance by the popular Philip Madoc in the series.
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