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The Moonbase: Episode 1

Last updated 02 January 2017

Broadcast: Saturday 11th February 1967
5:50pm-6:15pm GMT « » Premiere

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(actually broadcast at 17:50:08)
BBC One

Featuring: Patrick Troughton, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Anneke Wills, Patrick Barr, Andre Maranne, Michael Wolf

The TARDIS lands on the Moon in 2070 and Jamie is injured during a spacewalk. The travellers are treated with suspicion at the weather control moonbase where a plague has struck.

Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide

Broadcast Source: BBC

Ratings Information:

Consolidated figures: 8.100m viewers (+7 days) (56th place), AI 50

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