Episode
Doctor Who: Colony in Space (1)
Overview
The Time Lords take control of the TARDIS and the Doctor and Jo arrive on an Earth Colony in the 25th century, where a ruthless mining company are using a dinosaur-like creature to force the colonists to leave the planet.
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1971-04-10
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Colony in Space (1) is Episode 15 in Season 8 of Doctor Who. It aired on 1971-04-10. The runtime is 25 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 14: The Claws of Axos (4)
The Doctor and Jo escape from Axos but then the Doctor offers the Master a deal; if he helps him repair the TARDIS, they can flee Earth together.
Episode 16: Colony in Space (2)
The Doctor discovers an Interplanetary Mining Corporation ship has landed on the planet in order to mine its duralinium, while Norton begins causing trouble at the colony.
More episodes from this season
Episode 13: The Claws of Axos (3)
The Doctor and Jo are being held prisoner by Axos while Chinn is forced to organise the worldwide distribution of axonite and the Master returns to the power complex to try and steal the TARDIS.
Episode 17: Colony in Space (3)
The Doctor makes it back to the colony and warns Ashe what Dent is up to but when Jo and Winton try to find proof they are captured.
Episode 12: The Claws of Axos (2)
The Doctor and Winser begin to analyse axonite while Chinn plots to secure its use exclusively for Britain.
Episode 18: Colony in Space (4)
The Doctor descends into the Primitive city to try and find Jo while the colonists receive a visit from the Adjudicator.
Episode 11: The Claws of Axos (1)
When a mysterious object lands near the Nuton power complex, UNIT investigate and encounter the Axons, a group of aliens who offer the mineral axonite, which can duplicate matter, as a gift.
Episode 19: Colony in Space (5)
The Master offers to help the colonists in exchange for information on the Primitive city and forces the Doctor to act as a guide by taking Jo hostage.
Episode 10: The Mind of Evil (6)
The Brigadier has recaptured Stangmoor but the Master still has control of the Thunderbolt and the Doctor must find a way to stop him and destroy the Keller Machine.
Episode 20: Colony in Space (6)
The Doctor and the Master are taken into the Primitive city, where the Master hopes to find the doomsday weapon, while Dent forces the colonists to leave the planet even though their ship is likely to explode.
Episode 9: The Mind of Evil (5)
The Doctor is forced to help the Master control the mind parasite while Yates finds out where the Thunderbolt has been taken only to be captured by the Master's men.
Episode 21: The Dæmons (1)
Earth, the near future. When an archaological dig at the village of Devil's End goes disastrously wrong, an ancient power begins to revive. Can even the Doctor withstand the power of the Daemons? And just what is the local vicar up to in his spare time?