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Black Orchid: Part One
Broadcast: Friday 12th January 2001
12:40am-1:10am CET (23:40 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse, Michael Cochrane, Gareth Milner, Barbara Murray, Sarah Sutton, Moray Watson

A murder is committed in Cranleigh Hall. The Cranleighs ask the Doctor to play cricket and then join them for a masked ball, enabling the killer to hide in plain sight.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWiDW
 

Reports from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 5th January 2001:
BBC Prime http://www.bbcprime.com/
Late Fri 1AM*, Sat 3:30PM, Sun 11:30AM CET The Visitation ep 4 of 4
*Not seen in all regions. The Terrileptils prepare to wipe out the human race with Black Death.  The Doctor races to London to stop them.
Late Thu 12:40AM CET Black Orchid ep 1 of 2
(To the tune of Xena.) In 1925, a cricket game in trouble cried out for a wicked good bowler. He was The Doctor. A mighty Cricketer, forged in the funless world of Gallifrey. His efforts would inspire a rout.

Friday 12th January 2001:
BBC Prime http://www.bbcprime.com/
Late Fri 1AM*, Sat 3:30PM, Sun 11:30AM CET Black Orchid ep 1 of 2
Late Thu 12:30AM CET Black Orchid ep 2 of 2
*Not seen in all regions. A cricket match and a masquerade ball go awry when the 5th Doctor is accidentally framed for murder. Perhaps the only instance in the show's history where someone was framed by MISTAKE.