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Overview

First aired

Saturday, October 29, 1977

Production Code

4X

Written by

Chris Boucher

Directed by

George Spenton-Foster

Runtime

100 minutes

Time Travel

Present

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Breaking the Fourth Wall, First TARDIS trip

Inventory (Potential Spoilers!)

Sonic Screwdriver

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Earth, England, Fetch Priory, Fetchborough

Synopsis

The present day: just as the Fourth Doctor and Leela arrive in Fetchborough, England, Professor Fendelman prepares to experiment on a fossilized skull which science says should not exist. The skull is actually an artefact of the Fendahl, a god-like being who feeds on the life force of others. It has begun to awaken and kill. Worse yet, others seek to exploit the Fendahl's dreadful power.

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4 Episodes

Part One

First aired

Saturday, October 29, 1977

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

Chris Boucher

Directed by

George Spenton-Foster

UK Viewers

6.7 million

Synopsis

England, the late 1970s. At Fetch Priory, Dr Fendelman's experiments with the new Time Scanner are disrupted by the mysterious death of a hiker, nearby. Then there's the mysterious skull, also being used as part of his work. A skull that seems to predate the evolution of mankind. What is the true role of the Fendahl in humanity's evolution?


Part Two

First aired

Saturday, November 5, 1977

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

Chris Boucher

Directed by

George Spenton-Foster

UK Viewers

7.5 million

Appreciation Index

75

Synopsis

The mystery surrounding the strange skull deepens. Thea is slowly succumbing to its influence while the Doctor prepares to battle a creature from mythology.


Part Three

First aired

Saturday, November 12, 1977

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

Chris Boucher

Directed by

George Spenton-Foster

UK Viewers

7.9 million

Synopsis

While Max prepares to tap supernatural forces beyond imagining, the Doctor and Leela investigate the legend of the Fendahl.


Part Four

First aired

Saturday, November 19, 1977

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

Chris Boucher

Directed by

George Spenton-Foster

UK Viewers

9.1 million

Appreciation Index

61

Synopsis

The Fendahl is returning to life, ready to consume everything in its path. Can the Doctor find a way to kill death itself?



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Favourited

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Reviewed

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DOCTOR: We Time Lords are a very meticulous people. You have to be when you live as long as we do.

— Fourth Doctor, Image of the Fendahl

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Part One

[Laboratory]

(Earth, now. We are in a geology lab, with maps on the wall, row of test tubes, rock samples, filing cabinets and sets of drawers. An old skull, without its mandible, sits on a stand.)

COLBY: Oh, don't just sit there, Eustace, say something.
THEA: Why don't you just publish and get it over with.

(Everyone say Hi! to Wanda Ventham.)


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