Episode
Doctor Who: The Dead Planet
Overview
Time Unknown, Planet Unknown. The TARDIS lands in an eerie petrified forest overlooking a magnificent steel city. The Doctor wants to explore the city – but what is waiting there?
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1963-12-21
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Dead Planet is Episode 5 in Season 1 of Doctor Who. It aired on 1963-12-21. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 4: The Firemaker
The TARDIS crew must make fire for the early humans to stay alive. But once they do, they may not be allowed to leave!
Episode 6: The Survivors
The dead planet is not uninhabited after all. The Doctor is about to meet what will become his greatest enemies. And he and his crew are dying of radiation sickness.
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Episode 3: The Forest of Fear
Prisoners of the earliest humans, the TARDIS crew are caught in a deadly power play for leadership of the tribe.
Episode 7: The Escape
Imprisoned on Skaro by the scheming Daleks, the Doctor and his companions work to escape their clutches.
Episode 2: The Cave of Skulls
The enigmatic Doctor, afraid that schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright will reveal his secrets to the people of 20th century Earth, has taken them and his granddaughter Susan back to the dawn of human history. There, the four travellers are dragged into the savage politics of a tribe of cavemen who have lost the secret of making fire…
Episode 8: The Ambush
The time travellers work desperately to both escape the Dalek city and prevent a bloody massacre.
Episode 1: An Unearthly Child
After discussing a strange pupil, Susan Foreman, teachers Ian and Barbara follow her to a junkyard. They meet her grandfather, the Doctor, and force their way inside a police box with frightening results.
Episode 9: The Expedition
The time travellers have escaped from the Daleks, but left a vital piece of the TARDIS behind. Getting it back will mean pushing the Thals to mount a dangerous operation.
Episode 10: The Ordeal
Ian, Barbara and the Thals struggle through the caves to reach the Dalek city. Will they get there in time? Is there even a way through the treacherous caves? And what are the Daleks planning?
Episode 11: The Rescue
Time is running out as the Doctor and his companions try to defeat the Daleks before they wipe out all life on Skaro.
Episode 12: The Edge of Destruction
A mysterious explosion has knocked the TARDIS into void. And in their confusion, the crew are turning on one another.
Episode 13: The Brink of Disaster
The TARDIS is adrift, the crew turning on each other. Only by working together can they find their way out before they are destroyed.