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Pyramids of Mars: Part Four

Last updated 02 January 2017

Broadcast: Saturday 15th November 1975
5:45pm-6:10pm GMT « » Premiere

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(actually broadcast at 17:45:02)
BBC One

Featuring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Bernard Archard, Gabriel Woolf

Inside the pyramid on Mars, the Doctor and Sarah must solve puzzles and escape traps to prevent Sutekh's release from his imprisonment but are they too late?

Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide

Broadcast Source: BBC

Ratings Information:

Consolidated figures: 11.700m viewers (+7 days) (22nd place), AI 60

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