Episode
Doctor Who: Desperate Measures
Overview
The Doctor and Ian reach the crashed spaceship and meet up with Barbara and Vicki, where the Doctor uncovers the truth about Koquillion.
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1965-01-09
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Desperate Measures is Episode 11 in Season 2 of Doctor Who. It aired on 1965-01-09. The runtime is 25 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 10: The Powerful Enemy
On the planet Dido, the monstrous Koquillion terrorizes Bennett and Vicki, the only survivors of a crashed spaceship. When the TARDIS lands, the Doctor, Ian, and Barbara team up with Vicki to discover what Koquillion is hiding.
Episode 12: The Slave Traders
After relaxing at a Roman villa the Doctor is mistaken for a murdered lyre player and targeted by an assassin. Meanwhile, Ian and Barbara are captured by slave traders.
More episodes from this season
Episode 9: Flashpoint
The Daleks' plan to transform Earth into a giant spaceship and wipe out its inhabitants is nearing completion and the Doctor and his friends face a race against time to prevent them from destroying the planet's core.
Episode 13: All Roads Lead to Rome
Barbara is sold as a slave and Ian is to be trained as a gladiator. The Doctor and Vicki arrive at the Emperor's court with the Doctor still masquerading as Maximus Pettulian.
Episode 8: The Waking Ally
The Doctor's party investigate the Daleks' central control in Bedfordshire while Barbara and Jenny's attempt to reach it are derailed when they are betrayed.
Episode 14: Conspiracy
Poppaea plans to poison Barbara who has become the object of Nero's affections. The Doctor is to be thrown to the lions and Ian and Delos are set against each other in the arena.
Episode 7: The End of Tomorrow
While Susan and David try to find a way out of London, Ian and Larry infiltrate the Dalek mine workings.
Episode 15: Inferno
Inspired by the Doctor, Nero sets Rome ablaze. Ian must fight his way out of the arena and rescue Barbara. The Doctor and Vicki hurry to flee the city and escape to the TARDIS.
Episode 6: Day of Reckoning
The Doctor manages to escape from the Dalek saucer and meet up with Susan and David but Ian is left trapped onboard. Meanwhile, Barbara and her new friends face a dangerous journey across London.
Episode 16: The Web Planet
The TARDIS is drawn by a mysterious force and lands on the alien planet Vortis. There the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki find themselves caught up in a war between an evil force known as "The Animus", its ant-like Zarbi allies, and the butterfly-like Menoptra race and their allies the subterranean Optera.
Episode 5: The Daleks
The Doctor and Ian are taken to the Dalek saucer while Susan and Barbara join the rebels in planning an attack.
Episode 17: The Zarbi
The Doctor, Ian and Vicki are captured by the Zarbi while Barbara meets up with the butterfly-like Menoptera who are trying to reclaim the planet.