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William Hartnell
Season Two

William Hartnell

Q. The Space Museum

Writer: Glyn Jones
Director: Mervyn Pinfield
Designer: Spencer Chapman
Incidental Music: Stock
Fight Arranger: Peter Diamond (3-4)

TRANSMISSION DETAILS:

68. The Space Museum              24.04.65   5.40pm - 6.05pm  10.5M/16th/61%
69. The Dimensions of Time        01.05.65   5.50pm - 6.15pm   NOT AVAILABLE
70. The Search                    08.05.65   6.00pm - 6.25pm   8.5M/22nd/56%
71. The Final Phase               15.05.65   5.40pm - 5.15pm   8.5M/27th/49%
CAST:

SITA: Peter Saunders; DAKO: Peter Craze; MOROK GUARDS: Billy Cornelius (3-4), Lawrence Dean, Peter Diamond (3-4), Ken Norris, Salvin Stewart; THIRD XERON: Bill Starkey (1); LOBOS: Richard Shaw (2-4); TOR: Jeremy Bulloch (2-4); MOROK MESSENGER: Salvin Stewart (2); MOROK TECHNICIAN: Peter Diamond (2); XERONS: (all 3-4) Michael Gordon, Edward Granville, Bill Starkey, David Walliscroft; MOROK COMMANDER: Ivor Salter (3-4); DALEK VOICE: Peter Hawkins (4); DALEK MACHINE OPERATED BY: Murphy Grumbar (4). UNCREDITED: EXTRA: Brian Proudfoot

STORY:

The TARDIS materialises on the planet Xeros, inside a museum created by the Moroks. Inside the exhibts the Doctor, along with his companions, notice many familiar creatures, including Daleks - and also themselves.

During their time in the museum niether the Moroks, not the enslaved Xerons, seem to be able to see the Doctor and his companions. The Doctor surmises that the time shift they experienced upon arrival has caused them to become invisible.

To prevent themselves ending up as exhibits inside the museum the Doctor and his companionsa must ensure that the future they are witnessing must not happen.

Vicki helps the native Xerons become armed, and they form a rebellion against the Moroks. The Xeron revolution is a success, and the Doctor and his companions go on their way happy that the future has been changed sufficiently.

STUDIOS: Television Centre Studio 4, Ealing Television Film Studios

NOTES: The lettering to the end credits of part three is much smaller than normal
William Hartnell only appears in the reprise at the start of part three

NOVELISATION: The Space Museum Glyn Jones

VIDEO: The Crusade/ The Space Museum


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