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Classic Who S24 • Serial 4 · (3 episodes)

Dragonfire

3.25/ 5 290 votes

First aired Monday, November 23, 1987
Production Code 7G
Written by Ian Briggs
Directed by Chris Clough
Runtime 75 minutes
Time Travel Future
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Companions meeting Companion Handoff Mind Control
Locations Svartos Iceworld
Synopsis

As trouble brews on the space trading colony of Iceworld, the Doctor and Mel encounter their sometimes-ally Sabalom Glitz - and a new friend who goes by "Ace".

3 Episodes:

First aired Monday, November 23, 1987
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Ian Briggs
Directed by Chris Clough
UK Viewers 5.5 million
Appreciation Index 61

Synopsis

The deep-space trading post of Iceworld, the far future. The Doctor, Mel, their old friend Glitz and time-lost waitress Ace go in search of a fabulous treasure, supposedly guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. But what is the link between the treasure and Iceworld's proprietor, the frosty Mr Kane?

First aired Monday, November 30, 1987
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Ian Briggs
Directed by Chris Clough
UK Viewers 5 million
Appreciation Index 61

Synopsis

While Mel and Ace run from Glitz's former crewmen (whom he sold to Kane), officers Belazs and Kracauer conspire to overthrow Kane. The Doctor, meanwhile, discovers there really is a dragon in the ice caverns, which turns out to be a bio-mechanoid with a very interesting function.

First aired Monday, December 7, 1987
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Ian Briggs
Directed by Chris Clough
UK Viewers 4.7 million
Appreciation Index 64

Synopsis

At last learning the location of the missing key to his spaceship, Kane has the dragon hunted down and Iceworld brutally purged of all visitors; but, the Doctor, visiting the Ice Garden, learns something significant that will put the chagrin on Kane's grand plans for home world vengeance.

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