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Spearhead From Space: Episode 1
Last updated 02 January 2017
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WQED
Featuring: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Caroline John, Hugh Burden
The TARDIS takes the newly regenerated Doctor to Earth to begin his exile. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart leads a UNIT investigation into a mysterious meteorite shower.
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast notes:
Timing approximate, pledge evening.
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:
Wednesday 21st November 2001:
WQED/WQEX 13,16 Pittsburgh, PA http://www.wqed.org/
Sat 11PM-1AM EST Spearhead From Space all 4 eps
(start and end times approximate - pledge special. Logopolis episodes 3+4 will air on December 15.)
Quick guess - the Spearhead From Space DVD will be among the pledge premiums. The first color story. The one that changed the rules of the series. Modern day Earth. Modern day threat. A companion who may be as smart as the Doctor. And a classic car. The era of the 3rd Doctor begins. With Nicholas Courtney as The Brigadier.
WQED/WQEX 13,16 Pittsburgh, PA http://www.wqed.org/
Sat 11PM-1AM EST Spearhead From Space all 4 eps
(start and end times approximate - pledge special. Logopolis episodes 3+4 will air on December 15.)
Quick guess - the Spearhead From Space DVD will be among the pledge premiums. The first color story. The one that changed the rules of the series. Modern day Earth. Modern day threat. A companion who may be as smart as the Doctor. And a classic car. The era of the 3rd Doctor begins. With Nicholas Courtney as The Brigadier.