Episode
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death (1)
Overview
While the Brigadier investigates a loss of contact with Mars Probe 7, the Doctor realises signals coming from the probe are of extra-terrestrial origin.
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1970-03-21
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Ambassadors of Death (1) is Episode 12 in Season 7 of Doctor Who. It aired on 1970-03-21. The runtime is 25 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 11: Doctor Who and the Silurians (7)
While Liz distributes the cure to the virus, the Doctor discovers the Silurians now plan to wipe out humanity by destroying the Van Allen Belt.
Episode 13: The Ambassadors of Death (2)
UNIT retrieve the returned Recovery 7 but then Carrington hijacks it while the Doctor and Liz try to decode the signal he sent.
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