Doctor Who
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An Unearthly Child (An Unearthly Child, Part One) 		  Previous Episode
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Mission to the Unknown 		Last Episode  
Survival, Part Three
 
 
The Exploding Planet (Galaxy 4, Part Four)
Season 3 - Episode 4
 
 
The Exploding Planet (Galaxy 4, Part Four)
Missing episode -animated recreation released by BBC.The Doctor, Vicki and Steven arrive on an arid planet where they meet the beautiful Drahvins and the hideous Rills. Each has crash-landed after a confrontation in space. The Rills are friendly, compassionate explorers. The Drahvins are dull-witted, cloned soldiers, terrorised by the intelligent, warlike matriarch Maaga.Both ships are damaged. The Drahvins' craft is irreparable, but the Rills' is almost ready to take off. Although unable to breathe the oxygen atmosphere, they employ efficient robot drones, which Vicki nicknames "Chumblies". Despite numerous offers by the Rills to take Maaga and her crew to safety, she refuses their aid. When the planet is discovered to be on the point of disintegration, Maaga tries to force the time travellers to help her steal the Rills' ship and kill the Rills. Instead, the Doctor allows the Rills to draw power from the TARDIS to refuel and escape, leaving the Drahvins to their fate.
 
Production Number: T
 
Aired On: Saturday 2nd of October 1965 on BBC One
 
Written by: William Emms ( Writer ) ( Writer )
 
Directed by: Derek Martinus
 
Starring: Lyn Ashley as Drahvin Three
Stephanie Bidmead as Maaga
Susanna Carroll as Drahvin Two
Robert Cartland as Rill Voice
Barry Jackson as Jeff Garvey
Marina Martin as Drahvin One
Angelo Muscat as Chumbley Operator
Pepe Poupee as Chumbley Operator
Tommy Reynolds as Chumbley Operator
Willie Shearer as Chumbley Operator
 
 
  First Episode
An Unearthly Child (An Unearthly Child, Part One) 		  Previous Episode
Air Lock (Galaxy 4, Part Three) 		  Next Episode  
Mission to the Unknown 		Last Episode  
Survival, Part Three
 

 

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