4G. Pyramids of Mars

TRANSMISSION DETAILS:

410. Part One                      25.10.75   5.45pm - 6.10pm  10.5M/28th/---
411. Part Two                      01.11.75   5.45pm - 6.10pm  11.3M/15th/---
412. Part Three                    08.11.75   5.45pm - 6.10pm   9.4M/37th/---
413. Part Four                     15.11.75   5.45pm - 6.10pm  11.7M/22nd/60%

     Edited Compilation      Sat   27.11.76   5.50pm - 6.50pm  13.7M/7th

     Part One                Sun   06.03.94  12.00pm - 12.25pm         ~
     Part Two                      13.03.94  12.00pm - 12.25pm         ~
     Part Three                    20.03.94  12.00pm - 12.25pm         ~
     Part Four                     27.03.94  12.00pm - 12.25pm         ~

     ~ - all BBC2

PROFESSOR MARCUS SCARMAN: Bernard Archard; MUMMIES: Nick Burnell, Melvyn Bedford, Kevin Selway; LAURENCE SCARMAN: Michael Sheard (1-3); DR WARLOCK: Peter Copley (1-2); IBRAHIM NAMIN: Peter Maycock (1-2); AHMED: Vik Tablian (1); COLLINS: Michael Bilton (1); ERNIE CLEMENTS: George Tovey (2); SUTEKH: Gabriel Woolf (3-4). UNCREDITED: EGYPTIAN LABOURERS: Tony Alless (1), Oscar Charles (1); VOICE OF HORUS: Gabriel Woolf (4)

STORY:

Whilst travelling thrugh the vortex on the way back to U.N.I.T. HQ Sarah sees an apparition inside the TARDIS. The Doctor is more concerned with the console, and misses it. The TARDIS is drawn off course and lands in the correct place, but in 1911, when the priory is still in use.

A worshipper of an Egyptian God, Sutekh, has been killed, and the priory now houses the servant of Sutekh, Marcus Scarman. His brother, Lawrence, is concerned, but is killed.

Sutekh is trapped in a pyramid in Egypt. He is held in place by a beam from Mars. With the aid of robotic Mummies, Scarman plans to build a bomb to destroy the radio on Mars, which would free Sutekh.

The Doctor manages to destroy the bomb, but falls under the influence of Sutekh, and he unwittingly takes Scarman and Sarah to Mars. Scarman tried to kill him, and thinking he was dead Sutekh relinquishes his control. Scarman, under the control of Sutekh, destroys the radio beacon on Mars.

There is a two minute time difference between Mars. The Doctor and Sarah quickly travel back to Earth, and using equipment from the TARDIS the Doctor blocks Sutekh's freedom, and instead sends him far into history. By the twentieth century he will have died.

STUDIOS: Television Centre Studio 3, Television Centre Studio 6

LOCATIONS: Stargroves, East End, nr. Newbury, Hants

WORKING TITLE: Pyramid of Mars

NOVELISATION: The Pyramids of Mars Terrance Dicks

VIDEO: The Pyramids of Mars