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Last updated 02 January 2017
The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 1
Broadcast: Sunday 16th July 2000
7:00am-7:30am AEST (21:00 GMT) < > « »
BBC UKTV (adverts during broadcast)
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Featuring: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Caroline John, Ronald Allen

Contact has been lost with Mars Probe 7. When contact is also lost with the recovery ship, UNIT is called in and the Doctor learns that someone is sending messages to the vessel.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 14th July 2000:
UKTV Australia
http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/
Sun 7AM, Late Sun 1AM AEST The Ambassadors of Death all 7 eps
Announcer's voice: Next time on Doctor Who:
Ralph Cornish: Well something took off from Mars.
Announcer: An exciting adventure, featuring UNIT.
The Doctor: Someone's threatening to kill Miss Shaw!
Announcer: A manned mission to Mars returns, with a mystery!
The Doctor: I don't know what came down in Recovery 7, but it certainly wasn't human!
Announcer: Alien ambassadors, but are they good, or evil?
Reegan: With these three you can do anything. Walk into Fort Knox and help yourself.
Announcer: Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death.
General Carrington: I'm surprised to see you, Doctor. My instructions were that you should be killed.
Announcer: Coming to UKTV July 16 at 7AM.
General Carrington: I shall have to attend to the matter myself.
[Carrington raises the automatic to the Doctor's head.]
General Carrington: I'm sorry, Doctor, its my moral duty.
Announcer: Don't miss it - Cameron Mason
Mon-Wed 11:30PM AEST Inferno eps 5 - 7 of 7
Thu-Fri 11:30PM AEST Terror of the Autons eps 1 - 2 of 4

"Two other Time Lords come looking for the Doctor: One with a warning, the other with a Nestene sphere, a plastics factory and an invasion plan..." - Jason Fraser