YY. The Space Pirates

TRANSMISSION DETAILS:

238. Episode 1                     08.03.69   5.15pm - 5.40pm   5.8M/96th/57%
239. Episode 2                     15.03.69   5.15pm - 5.40pm   6.8M/74th/52%
240. Episode 3                     22.03.69   5.15pm - 5.40pm   6.4M/75th/53%
241. Episode 4                     29.03.69   5.15pm - 5.40pm   5.8M/83rd/53%
242. Episode 5                     05.04.69   5.15pm - 5.40pm   5.5M/70th/56%
243. Episode 6                     12.04.69   5.15pm - 5.40pm   5.3M/98th/52%

GENERAL NICOLAI HERMACK: Jack May; MAJOR IAN WARNE: Donald gee; TECHNICIAN PENN: George Layton; MAURICE CRAVEN: Dudley Foster (1,3-6); DERVISH: Brian Peck; LT SORBA: Nik Zaran (1,4,5); SPACE GUARD: Anthony Donovan (1); MILO CLANCEY: Gordon Gostelow (2-6); MADELEINE ISSIGRI: Lisa Daniely (2-6); PIRATE GUARD: Steve Peters (4-6); DOM ISSIGRI: Esmond Knight (5-6). UNCREDITED: DOUBLE FOR THE DOCTOR: Tom Laird; ISSIGRI HQ SECRETARY: Valerie Stanton; PIRATE GUARDS: John Caeser, Edward Cogdell, Leslie Conrad, Bill Richards; SPACE CORPS TECHNICIANS: Terry Nelson, Tom Segal, Neville Simons; SPACE CORPS GUARDS: Alf Coster, Tony Hutchins, Clive Rogers, Peter Roy, Neville Simons, Ray Turton; WALKS ONS AND NON-SPEAKING ARTISTS: Derek Chafer, James Haswell, Paul Kirby

STORY:

The TARDIS materialises on board a space beacon in the far future. Whilst they are there the beacon is split up into several sections by a group of space pirates in an attempt to steal it.

The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe become caught in a conflict between the Interstellar Mining Corps, led by General Hermack and Major Warne, and the space pirates led by the murderous Craven.

The ISC believes that the eccentric mining pioneer Milo Clancey is to blame. Craven has a base on the planet Ta, assisted by his ex-partner's, Dom, daughter Madeleine Issigri. Unbeknown to her he is holding Dom captive.

Discovering Craven's treachery, Madeleine helps to bring him to justice. The Doctor and his companions are given a lift back to the TARDIS by Clancey in a rickety spacecraft.

STUDIOS: Television Centre Studio 4, Television Centre Studio 6, Lime Grove Studio D, Ealing Television Film Studios

NOTES: The story title, etc, is in black on a white caption slide, the inverse to normal
The incidental music score includes vocals by Mary Thomas.

NOVELISATION: The Space Pirates Terrance Dicks