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The TARDIS lands on an island made of glass, surrounded by a deadly sea of acid on the planet Marinus. There, the Doctor and his companions meet Arbitan, keeper of a machine called the Conscience of Marinus. Arbitan enlists them to find the five hidden keys that power the machine, which can control minds across…
“The Roof of the World” is episode 1 of the 7-part 1964 serial Marco Polo, and the 14th episode overall of Classic Doctor Who Season 1. The TARDIS suffers a total power failure and lands in the Himalayas in 13th-century Asia. The First Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara are taken in by the caravan of famed explorer…
Aired Feb 15, 1964, “The Brink of Disaster” is the second half of the two-part serial The Edge of Destruction. Coming right after the high-stakes Dalek story, this bottle episode traps the Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara entirely inside the TARDIS as strange events escalate. The crew wakes disoriented, the ship’s systems go haywire, and…
“The Edge of Destruction” (Season 1, Episode 12) is a two-part psychological thriller in which a TARDIS explosion leaves the crew unconscious, disoriented, and experiencing temporary amnesia. Paranoia ensues as the malfunctioning ship causes the Doctor to believe Ian and Barbara are sabotaging the navigation circuits, resulting in intense conflict among the travelers.
So Susan is on a first name basis with Ian and Barbara. Not a bad episode, but the Daleks have been defeated, and the team is back in the TARDIS. But where the crew stops next is a mystery. The Doctor is very excited about his findings on the last destination and is eager to…
The group escapes the Daleks but realizes the Doctor left a vital component of the TARDIS, the fluid link, behind. To get it back, Ian convinces the pacifist Thals that they must fight the Daleks. In Episode 9, Ian, Barbara, and a Thal party set out on a dangerous expedition through mountains and caves to…
After being captured by the Daleks in their metal city, the Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara are trapped and suffering from radiation sickness. The Daleks, confined to their travel machines, need the Thals, a peaceful, blond humanoid race to survive. Susan is sent out to retrieve anti-radiation drugs from the TARDIS. When she returns, she…
“The Escape” picks up with the Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara still imprisoned by the Daleks in their city on Skaro and suffering from radiation sickness. The Daleks give them anti-radiation drugs to keep them alive, but only so they can be used as bait. The Daleks plan to trick the Thals, the peaceful, humanoid…
Part of the first Dalek serial, this is the 1960s episode that aired on 28 December 1963. The TARDIS crew, the First Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara, are still on the planet Skaro, suffering from radiation sickness after exploring the petrified forest and the Dalek city. The Doctor and his companions are prisoners of the…
After escaping the Stone Age in “The Firemaker”, the TARDIS lands in a petrified forest on an unknown planet. The landscape is eerie and still — everything looks like stone, even the plants. The Doctor is fascinated by a gleaming metal city visible in the distance and insists on exploring it, over Barbara’s objections. Inside…