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Classic Who S13 • Serial 3 · (4 episodes)

Pyramids of Mars

Other variations of this story: Pyramids of Mars (TOTT version)

4.01/ 5 386 votes

First aired Saturday, October 25, 1975
Production Code 4G
Directed by Paddy Russell
Runtime 100 minutes
Time Travel Past
Inventory: (Potential Spoilers!) Fez Sonic Screwdriver
Locations Earth Egypt England Mars
Synopsis

In a Victorian Gothic mansion, strange things are afoot. The master of the house, away in Egypt, has been replaced by a sinister Egyptian. Cloth-wrapped mummies roam the grounds, killing people. Beneath a pyramid, the last of the Osirans — Sutekh the Destroyer — waits to be freed, to at long last bring his gift of death to all who live.

4 Episodes:

First aired Saturday, October 25, 1975
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Paddy Russell
UK Viewers 10.5 million

Synopsis

The Doctor and Sarah are drawn off course and, instead of UNIT HQ, they arrive on the same site in 1911.

First aired Saturday, November 1, 1975
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Paddy Russell
UK Viewers 11.3 million

Synopsis

The Doctor, Sarah and Laurence try to find a way to sever Sutekh's link to the mummies while poacher Ernie Clements finds the priory surrounded by a forcefield.

First aired Saturday, November 8, 1975
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Paddy Russell
UK Viewers 9.4 million

Synopsis

The Doctor and Sarah try to destroy Sutekh's rocket but the Osiran's mental powers prove too great for them.

First aired Saturday, November 15, 1975
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Paddy Russell
UK Viewers 11.7 million
Appreciation Index 60

Synopsis

Sutekh forces the Doctor to transport Scarman and a mummy to Mars, where the Doctor and Sarah try to stop them destroying the Eye of Horus.

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