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First Aired: November 23rd, 1963

Status: Ended

Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama

Network: BBC One

Summary: The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

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Season 4

Episode 1: The Smugglers (1)

Air Date: September 10th, 1966

Summary: The Doctor discovers Polly and Ben aboard the TARDIS shortly before the ship arrives in 17th century Cornwall, where the local churchwarden gives the Doctor a cryptic message shortly before being murdered.

Episode 2: The Smugglers (2)

Air Date: September 17th, 1966

Summary: Pike is convinced that the Doctor knows the location of Avery's treasure while Polly and Ben try to convince the locals they were not responsible for Longfoot's murder.

Episode 3: The Smugglers (3)

Air Date: September 24th, 1966

Summary: Polly and Ben are placed in the custody of Blake, who reveals he also has his suspicions about the Squire, while the Doctor and Kewper are forced to team up to escape from Pike's ship.

Episode 4: The Smugglers (4)

Air Date: October 1st, 1966

Summary: The Doctor and his friends are at the mercy of Cherub, who is now seeking Avery's treasure for himself, while Pike prepares to attack the village.

Episode 5: The Tenth Planet (1)

Air Date: October 8th, 1966

Summary: In 1986 a new planet appears in the Solar System which turns out to be a long-lost twin of Earth's named Mondas. Its inhabitants are the Cybermen.

Episode 6: The Tenth Planet (2)

Air Date: October 15th, 1966

Summary: The Doctor's warnings are ignored and the Cybermen take over the base, hampering the crew's efforts to help Zeus IV.

Episode 7: The Tenth Planet (3)

Air Date: October 22nd, 1966

Summary: With the Doctor out of action, it is up to Polly, Ben and Barclay to stop Cutler using the Z-Bomb and devastating half the world.

Episode 8: The Tenth Planet (4)

Air Date: October 29th, 1966

Summary: The Cybermen take over the base again, apparently to stop the humans using the Z-Bomb, but then the Doctor realises they intend to use it themselves to destroy Earth.

Episode 9: The Power of the Daleks (1)

Air Date: November 5th, 1966

Summary: The TARDIS arrives on the Earth colony of Vulcan where the newly-regenerated Doctor assumes the identity of an Earth Examiner.

Episode 10: The Power of the Daleks (2)

Air Date: November 12nd, 1966

Summary: While the Doctor worries about the inert Daleks in the capsules, Lesterson makes plan to reactivate one of them.

Episode 11: The Power of the Daleks (3)

Air Date: November 19th, 1966

Summary: The Doctor fails to convince the colonists of the danger posed by the Daleks and soon the other two are also reactivated.

Episode 12: The Power of the Daleks (4)

Air Date: November 26th, 1966

Summary: With Polly being held prisoner by the rebels, the Doctor and Ben decide to investigate them, while Lesterson discovers the Daleks are reproducing.

Episode 13: The Power of the Daleks (5)

Air Date: December 3rd, 1966

Summary: The Doctor and Quinn attempt to escape in order to stop Bragen using the Daleks to take over the colony.

Episode 14: The Power of the Daleks (6)

Air Date: December 10th, 1966

Summary: With Bragen having taken over, the Daleks trick the rebels into turning them loose and only the Doctor can stop them wiping out the entire colony.

Episode 15: The Highlanders (1)

Air Date: December 17th, 1966

Summary: The Doctor, Polly and Ben arrive in 1746, in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden, and are captured by a group of Highlanders shortly before they themselves are captured by redcoats.

Episode 16: The Highlanders (2)

Air Date: December 24th, 1966

Summary: Polly and Kirsty capture Lieutenant Ffinch to try and enlist his help while the Doctor tricks Grey in order to escape.

Episode 17: The Highlanders (3)

Air Date: December 31st, 1966

Summary: With the Highlanders imprisoned aboard Trask's ship, the Doctor attempts to expose Grey's plan.

Episode 18: The Highlanders (4)

Air Date: January 7th, 1967

Summary: Ben manages to join up with the Doctor, Polly and Kirsty and together they work to free the Highlanders from Trask's ship before Grey sells them into slavery.

Episode 19: The Underwater Menace (1)

Air Date: January 14th, 1967

Summary: The TARDIS materialises on a deserted beach where the Doctor and his friends are captured by primitive warriors and taken to the fabled city of Atlantis.

Episode 20: The Underwater Menace (2)

Air Date: January 21st, 1967

Summary: While Ara tries to save Polly from being turned into a Fish Person and Ben and Jamie try to escape from the mines, the Doctor discovers the full extent of Zaroff's plans.

Episode 21: The Underwater Menace (3)

Air Date: January 28th, 1967

Summary: The Doctor and Ramo are sentenced to be sacrificed to the goddess Amdo and must escape to put a stop to Zaroff's plan.

Episode 22: The Underwater Menace (4)

Air Date: February 4th, 1967

Summary: With Zaroff's plan nearing completion, the Doctor and Ben realise the only way to save the world is to destroy Atlantis.

Episode 23: The Moonbase (1)

Air Date: February 11st, 1967

Summary: The TARDIS arrives on the Moon in the year 2070.When Jamie is injured, the other travellers are forced to seek the help of a moonbase afflicted with a space plague.

Episode 24: The Moonbase (2)

Air Date: February 18th, 1967

Summary: The Doctor and his friends attempt to convince the Moonbase crew that the Cybermen are responsible for the disappearances and find a cure for the plague.

Episode 25: The Moonbase (3)

Air Date: February 25th, 1967

Summary: The Cybermen take over the Moonbase and begin using the Gravitron to attack Earth but Polly, Ben and Jamie come up with a way to fight back.

Episode 26: The Moonbase (4)

Air Date: March 4th, 1967

Summary: With the Cybermen preparing to launch a full attack, the Doctor and his friends must keep the Moonbase and the Gravitron out of their hands until help arrives from Earth.

Episode 27: The Macra Terror (1)

Air Date: March 11st, 1967

Summary: The TARDIS arrives at a holiday camp company with the crew worried by a prediction of giant crabs and the Doctor becomes interested in the apparent madman Medok's stories of creatures that roam the colony at night.

Episode 28: The Macra Terror (2)

Air Date: March 18th, 1967

Summary: The Doctor is unable to convince the colonists that the Macra exist and an attempt to brainwash his companions results in Ben betraying his friends.

Episode 29: The Macra Terror (3)

Air Date: March 25th, 1967

Summary: The Doctor, Polly and Jamie are sentenced to work in the pits and an escape attempt sees Ben's loyalties called into question again.

Episode 30: The Macra Terror (4)

Air Date: April 1st, 1967

Summary: The Doctor and Polly manage to save Jamie from the Macra and then try to show the Pilot who is really in charge of the colony.

Episode 31: The Faceless Ones (1)

Air Date: April 8th, 1967

Summary: The TARDIS materialises on the runway of Gatwick Airport, where Polly witnesses a murder only to be kidnapped before she can report it.

Episode 32: The Faceless Ones (2)

Air Date: April 15th, 1967

Summary: With Polly having apparently forgotten them, the Doctor, Ben and Jamie decide to carry out their own investigation of Chameleon Tours.

Episode 33: The Faceless Ones (3)

Air Date: April 22nd, 1967

Summary: The Doctor, Jamie and Sam manage to convince Crossland to trust them and he persuades the Commandant to let them continue their investigation.

Episode 34: The Faceless Ones (4)

Air Date: April 29th, 1967

Summary: When Spencer attempts to kill them, the Doctor, Jamie and Sam become convinced Chameleon Tours are hiding something and Sam decides to book a ticket on one of their flights.

Episode 35: The Faceless Ones (5)

Air Date: May 6th, 1967

Summary: Jamie finds himself aboard the Chameleons' satellite and meets their Director while the Doctor forces the Chameleon Meadows to tell him the aliens' plans.

Episode 36: The Faceless Ones (6)

Air Date: May 13rd, 1967

Summary: The Doctor and Pinto are captured by the Chameleons but the Doctor manages to use their dependence on their human originals to create dissent in their ranks.

Episode 37: The Evil of the Daleks (1)

Air Date: May 20th, 1967

Summary: Trying to find the stolen TARDIS, the Second Doctor and Jamie are lured into a trap by the Doctor's old enemies the Daleks.

Episode 38: The Evil of the Daleks (2)

Air Date: May 27th, 1967

Summary: The Doctor and Jamie investigate Waterfield's antiques shop, where they are knocked unconscious and transported back to the 19th century.

Episode 39: The Evil of the Daleks (3)

Air Date: June 3rd, 1967

Summary: As part of the Daleks' experiment, the Doctor manipulates Jamie into attempting to rescue Victoria.

Episode 40: The Evil of the Daleks (4)

Air Date: June 10th, 1967

Summary: Jamie and Kemel team up to try and find Victoria, while the Doctor and the Daleks continue to monitor their progress.

Episode 41: The Evil of the Daleks (5)

Air Date: June 17th, 1967

Summary: With the experiment at an end, the Doctor begins to suspect the key to rescuing Jamie, Victoria and Kemel from the Daleks lies with Terrall.

Episode 42: The Evil of the Daleks (6)

Air Date: June 24th, 1967

Summary: The Doctor, Jamie and Waterfield follow the Daleks to Skaro, where they discover an unforeseen consequence to their experiment.

Episode 43: The Evil of the Daleks (7)

Air Date: July 1st, 1967

Summary: The Daleks are poised to spread the Dalek Factor throughout the history of Earth and begin by implanting the Doctor.

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