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The Time Meddler: Checkmate
Broadcast: Monday 29th March 1999
3:30am-4:00am EST (08:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: William Hartnell, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves, Peter Butterworth, Alethea Charlton

Discovering the Monk's plan, the Doctor is determined to stop him meddling with history. As the Viking fleet approaches, time is running out for both the Monk and the Doctor.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 26th March 1999:
SPACE: The Imagination Station
http://www.spacecast.com/ and
http://www.hwcn.org/~an933/spacedw.htm
Early Monday at 3:30AM EST The Time Meddler: Checkmate episode 4 of 4
Monday through Friday at 7:30AM 'Doctor Who And The Silurians' episodes 1 through 5 of 7

In the middle of the night broadcast, the 1st Doctor discovers the Meddler's plans, and prepares to stop them. So naturally, Vikings arrive and mess things up. The weekday episodes are from the Black & White version of Silurians, a 3rd Doctor story. An underground nuclear power station is disrupted by power failures. The Doctor discovers evidence of prehistoric creatures. The creatures want to revive their culture.