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The Robots of Death: Part One
Last updated 13 January 2025
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BBC UKTV (adverts during broadcast)
Featuring: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, David Collings, Russell Hunter, Pamela Salem
The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Leela to a huge sandminer on an alien world. One of the crew is killed and the murderer may not be human.
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast notes:
Voted #10 of the UK-TV ten most popular stories.
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:
Friday 17th September 1999:
UKTV
http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/ and http://www.uktv.com.au/
Sat 1PM, Sun 2 and 8AM AEST The Caves of Androzani all 4 eps
Sat 3PM, Sun 4 and 10AM AEST The Trial Of A Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe eps 13+14 of 14
Mon - Wed 11:30PM AEST Survival eps 1 - 3 of 3
Thu - Fri 11:30PM AEST '' eps 1 - 2 of (#10) (confirmed as The Robots of Death)
The Who-Files finally come to an end, at least for a while. Over the weekend, the 5th and 6thDoctors say their goodbyes to the Who universe. As the weekday episodes begin, the 7th Doctor takes Ace home to Perivale. Everyone she knows is disappearing. Shortly before each person disappears, a black cat hisses. Rumours that this is the same cat that stars on Sabrina, The Teenage Witch are unfounded. As the week ends, UKTV starts airing the 10 most popular Doctor Who stories, as determined by an online poll. First up, #10, (not announced at publication time).
UKTV
http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/ and http://www.uktv.com.au/
Sat 1PM, Sun 2 and 8AM AEST The Caves of Androzani all 4 eps
Sat 3PM, Sun 4 and 10AM AEST The Trial Of A Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe eps 13+14 of 14
Mon - Wed 11:30PM AEST Survival eps 1 - 3 of 3
Thu - Fri 11:30PM AEST '' eps 1 - 2 of (#10) (confirmed as The Robots of Death)
The Who-Files finally come to an end, at least for a while. Over the weekend, the 5th and 6thDoctors say their goodbyes to the Who universe. As the weekday episodes begin, the 7th Doctor takes Ace home to Perivale. Everyone she knows is disappearing. Shortly before each person disappears, a black cat hisses. Rumours that this is the same cat that stars on Sabrina, The Teenage Witch are unfounded. As the week ends, UKTV starts airing the 10 most popular Doctor Who stories, as determined by an online poll. First up, #10, (not announced at publication time).
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