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The Robots of Death: Movie Version: Part One (of 2)
Broadcast: Tuesday 27th March 2001
8:00am-9:00am EST (13:00 GMT) < > « »
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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 Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 23rd March 2001:
BBC America http://www.bbcamerica.com/
Mon-Thu 8AM EST (5AM PST)/Tue-Fri 5AM EST (2AM PST) - 2 episodes in movie format daily
Mon-Tue/Tue-Wed The Robots of Death movie, pts 1 - 2 of 2

The 4th Doctor and Leela find themselves in a web of murder and mayhem on board a Sandminer.
Wed-Thu/Thu-Fri Genesis of the Daleks movie, pts 1 - 2 of 3
The Doctor is sent back in time to prevent the creation of the Daleks. If the Doctor succeeds, all of history will be changed.

ยป it was later reported that the episodes were awry: should have been The Android Invasion 3-4, The Robots of Death 1-4, and Genesis of the Daleks 1-2