Stories Television Doctor Who Season 10 Serial: 1 2 3 4 5 Frontier in Space 2 images Overview Episodes Characters How to Watch Reviews 10 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 4 Transcript Overview First aired Saturday, February 24, 1973 Production Code QQQ Written by Malcolm Hulke Directed by Paul Bernard Runtime 150 minutes Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Human Colony, Mind Control, Reverse the polarity, The Doctor Falls Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Second Dalek War Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) Spoons, Sonic Screwdriver Location (Potential Spoilers!) Draconia, Earth, Ogron planet, The Moon Synopsis The Third Doctor and Jo are caught in the escalating tension between planets Earth and Draconia and discover that the Master and the Daleks are secretly working to provoke the two into all-out war. Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save 6 Episodes Episode One First aired Saturday, February 24, 1973 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Malcolm Hulke Directed by Paul Bernard UK Viewers 9.1 million Synopsis The Doctor and Jo land on a spaceship in the far future as it is attacked by Ogrons, which the human crew see as Draconians. The Doctor and Jo are taken to Earth as spies. Episode Two First aired Saturday, March 3, 1973 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Malcolm Hulke Directed by Paul Bernard UK Viewers 7.8 million Synopsis The Doctor and Jo are taken to Earth, where both humans and Draconians believe them to be a spy for the other side. Episode Three First aired Saturday, March 10, 1973 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Malcolm Hulke Directed by Paul Bernard UK Viewers 7.5 million Synopsis The Doctor is sentenced to life imprisonment at a lunar penal colony while Jo encounters an old enemy. Episode Four First aired Saturday, March 17, 1973 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Malcolm Hulke Directed by Paul Bernard UK Viewers 7.1 million Synopsis The Master rescues the Doctor from the lunar penal colony, aiming to take him and Jo to the Ogrons' planet, and the Doctor's attempt to escape leaves him stranded in space. Episode Five First aired Saturday, March 24, 1973 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Malcolm Hulke Directed by Paul Bernard UK Viewers 7.7 million Synopsis The Doctor, Jo and the Master are taken to Draconia, where the Doctor tries to convince the Draconians of the truth. Episode Six First aired Saturday, March 31, 1973 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Malcolm Hulke Directed by Paul Bernard UK Viewers 8.9 million Synopsis The Doctor, Williams and the Draconian Prince head to the Ogrons' planet to find evidence of the Master's actions but the Master tricks Jo into leading them into a trap. Show All Episodes Characters Third Doctor Jo Grant Daleks Draconians First Appearance Ogrons The Master [UNIT Era] Show All Characters (6) How to watch Frontier in Space: Watch on iPlayer Blu-Ray The Collection – Season 10 DVD Dalek War (Frontier in Space & Planet of the Daleks) VHS The Pertwee Years (VHS) VHS Frontier in Space (VHS) Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 10 reviews 25 April 2025 · 100 words Review by Scottybguud Spoilers This review contains spoilers! A good 70s space opera. Humans and Draconians are on the verge of war due to each believing the other of constantly stealing each other's cargo ships. The Master, Delgado's last time in the role, with his Ogron minions and some device that makes them look like a human or Draconian, is trying to start the war. And then we find out it's not just the Master's plan but also the Daleks. Two of the Doctor's biggest enemies meeting should of been better than it was, and it might have been in the next story if Delgado hadn't passed away Scottybguud View profile Like Liked 0 24 April 2025 · 39 words Review by Azurillkirby Man, other than The Sea Devils, seasons 9 and 10 have been straight bangers. I really loved the central conflict of two sides on the brink of war, led to believe that the other is an aggressor. Very well done. A+. Azurillkirby View profile Like Liked 0 1 April 2025 · 185 words Review by mndy Spoilers This review contains spoilers! This serial had the obvious problem of the Doctor and Jo being captured and escaping way too many times. However, it was a lot of fun and the political intrigue was compelling. Jo is great in this one, specially in their escape from the Master's cell in the ship. Then she resists his hypnosis! And escapes using a spoon!!! It was part of the Master's plan, but still she one ups him by stealing the mind control thingy. I just really like Jo. And hey, the Master's back! Very good to see him again, and I love the twist when he shows up, and the twist that he's working for the Daleks (gasp!) Some other minor comments: loved the look of the Draconians, loved the cliffhanger of having the Doctor call the Time Lords for help at the end (we know it's serious when he calls Gallifrey). They used the building of the Brazilian national congress as a stand in for the Earth Presidential Palace and wow, that was a huge surprise for me, as a Brazilian. It really is a very cool looking building. mndy View profile Like Liked 0 23 January 2025 · 85 words Review by Carter_S This story was alright. It works as a Part One to the next story, and Delgado was fun to have again. Pertwee and Manning were excellent together as usual, but this story did feel a bit bland, at least compared to the other six-parters. Overall, it's a fun story that could do with a bit more fleshing out regarding the Ogrons, but I do enjoy the impending feeling of war. This story links into the next one, so off to the Planet of the Daleks. Carter_S View profile Like Liked 0 24 November 2024 · 7 words Review by Rock_Angel 2 3rd doctor on tv is my enemy Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 2 Show All Reviews (10) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating447 members 3.63 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. 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Target Collection Doctor Who and the Space War Rating: 3.57 Story Skipped Book Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Target Collection Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Funny JO: A mind probe? DOCTOR: Oh, you don't want to worry about those things, Jo. As long as you tell them the truth, they can't do you any harm. JO: They can't? DOCTOR: No, of course not. Well, they're only sort of computers with a few extra knobs on. And you know how stupid computers can be, don't you? Now come and sit down, stop worrying. Come on. Sit down. Did I ever tell you the story about how I was once captured by the Medusoids? JO: What are they? DOCTOR: Medusoids? How can I describe them to you? Well, they're a sort of hairy jellyfish with claws, teeth and a leg. JO: Erk! DOCTOR: Anyway, they put me under one of these mind probes things, you see, and tried to get me to tell them where I was going. So, I said I was on my way to meet a giant rabbit, a pink elephant and a purple horse with yellow spots. JO: What happened? DOCTOR: Well, the poor old machine just couldn't believe it, had a nervous breakdown. JO: And then what happened? DOCTOR: Well, they put me under another one of these mind probe things and the same thing happened. JO: But you weren't telling the truth. I mean, you weren't really going to meet a giant rabbit, a pink elephant and a, what was it? DOCTOR: A purple horse with yellow spots. Yes, I was. You see, they were all delegates for the third Intergalactic Peace Conference. JO: How did you get away from these things? DOCTOR: Well they had to turn me loose eventually. JO: Why? DOCTOR: They ran out of mind probes. — Frontier in Space Show All Quotes (4) Open in new window Transcript Needs checking Episode One [Spaceship Bridge] (A utilitarian space ship is travelling between star systems. One of its crew reports back to base.) HARDY: This is Earth cargo ship C982 on course and on schedule. We shall be entering hyperspace in fifty seconds.STEWART: Do you know what I'd like?HARDY: What?STEWART: A job on one of those luxury space liners. First Officer on the Mars Venus cruise, that'd suit me.HARDY: You can keep it. Spit and polish, cocktail parties and all those passengers?STEWART: Gold braid uniform, beautiful stewardesses? Yeah, I'd take that any time.HARDY: You'll more likely wind up pushing a battle cruiser.STEWART: There's not going to be an interplanetary war.HARDY: Didn't you see the videocast last night? The President of Earth's government deplores the Draconian attack on two of Earth's cargo vessels.STEWART: Look, they steal a few of our cargoes, we steal a few of theirs. It'll all blow over. Right, we're ready for the jump. (Stewart straps himself in.) Show Full Transcript Open in new window
