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Spearhead From Space: Episode 2
Broadcast: Wednesday 14th July 1999
11:30pm-12:00am AEST (13:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Caroline John, Hugh Burden, Derek Smee, John Woodnutt

A recovered Doctor escapes the hospital and joins UNIT in their investigation. Meanwhile, Channing directs one of his Auton servants to recover a meteorite.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 9th July 1999:
FOXTEL's UK-TV http://www.foxtel.com.au/ and
http://varos.simplenet.com/drwho/uktv/
Saturday at 1PM, Sunday at 2 and 8AM Trial Of A Time Lord: Mindwarp all 4 episodes (episodes 5 through 8 of 14)
Monday at 11:30PM An Unearthly Child - The Firemaker episode 4 of 4
Tuesday through Friday at 11:30PM Spearhead From Space episodes 1 through 4 of 4

Over the weekend, the Valeyard presents the more damaging part of his evidence in the Doctor's trial, an incident where the Doctor seemingly sacrificed everything he cared about to save his own neck. On Monday, the original Doctor Who story concludes with the savages recapturing the Doctor and company, planning to kill them if the Doctor does not create fire. The rest of the week covers the events surrounding the beginning of the 3rd Doctor's reign, when an alien invasion was brought about through the use of plastic.