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Classic Who S2 • Serial 8 · (6 episodes)

The Chase

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First aired Saturday, May 22, 1965
Production Code R
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Richard Martin
Runtime 150 minutes
Time Travel Past Present Future
Inventory: (Potential Spoilers!) TARDIS magnet Time-Space Visualiser
Synopsis

The travellers learn from the Time-Space Visualiser (taken from the Moroks' museum) that Daleks, equipped with their own time machine, are on their trail with orders to exterminate them. They flee in the TARDIS and The Chase begins...

6 Episodes:

First aired Saturday, May 22, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Richard Martin
UK Viewers 10 million
Appreciation Index 57

Synopsis

The Daleks pursue The Doctor through time and space, with the intentions of exterminating him. Places they land include the Mary Celeste, a haunted house and the empire state building.

First aired Saturday, May 29, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Richard Martin
UK Viewers 9.5 million
Appreciation Index 56

Synopsis

While Ian and Vicki are threatened by a Mire Beast, the Doctor and Barbara meet up with the Aridians...who are then ordered to hand them over to the Daleks.

First aired Saturday, June 5, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Richard Martin
UK Viewers 9 million
Appreciation Index 55

Synopsis

The TARDIS crew's attempts to escape from the Daleks take them to the top of the Empire State Building and a 19th century sailing ship.

First aired Saturday, June 12, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Richard Martin
UK Viewers 9.5 million
Appreciation Index 54

Synopsis

The TARDIS lands in a haunted house where the Doctor and his friends are confronted by Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster...and then the Daleks appear.

First aired Saturday, June 19, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Richard Martin
UK Viewers 9 million
Appreciation Index 56

Synopsis

With Vicki trapped on board the Dalek time machine, the Doctor, Ian and Barbara decide to make their stand on the planet Mechanus.

First aired Saturday, June 26, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Richard Martin
UK Viewers 9.5 million
Appreciation Index 57

Synopsis

The Doctor and his friends are taken into the Mechanoid City but their troubles are far from over...especially when the Daleks launch an attack.

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