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Overview

First aired

Saturday, February 8, 1964

Production Code

C

Written by

David Whitaker

Directed by

Frank Cox, Richard Martin

Runtime

50 minutes

Story Type

Bottle Episode

Time Travel

Present

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Dawn of Time, Everybody Lives!, Mind Control

Inventory (Potential Spoilers!)

First Aid Kit, Food Replicator

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

TARDIS

Synopsis

As they slowly recover from the shock of being thrown to the TARDIS floor, the Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara all start acting strangely. Unexplained events occur and the travellers start to turn on each other as they contemplate what is happening on the TARDIS.

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2 Episodes

The Edge of Destruction

First aired

Saturday, February 8, 1964

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

David Whitaker

Directed by

Richard Martin

UK Viewers

10.4 million

Appreciation Index

61

Synopsis

A mysterious explosion has knocked the TARDIS into void. And in their confusion, the crew are turning on one another.


The Brink of Disaster

First aired

Saturday, February 15, 1964

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

David Whitaker

Directed by

Frank Cox

UK Viewers

9.9 million

Appreciation Index

60

Synopsis

The TARDIS is adrift, the crew turning on each other. Only by working together can they find their way out before they are destroyed.



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20 reviews

I love, love, love it when everyone is having a bad time it's always so much fun. This one did freak me out a little bit and I think about it at least once a week.


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Really liked this one! It is fairly simple but showcases how well our main cast work, some brilliant Hartnell Moments sprinkled in it and bam you got a very good 2 Two Parter. Personally, the idea of something going wrong and Ian & Susan going a bit mad is great, Carol Ann especially does great work with it. I will say if it was longer it probably wouldn’t have worked as well as it did, always a nice change of pace after the rather long 7 Parter “The Daleks”.


A gripping and intense 45 minute drama set entirely in the TARDIS. Wow.

I can see RTD took much inspiration from this with the likes of Midnight and Wild Blue Yonder!

The anxiety is palpable and it creates a superbly paranoid atmosphere that kept me on edge. Definitely a must watch!


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Kinda underwhelming, but they were uncertain about the show's continuation which shows during the episode, especially the cliffhanger ending.


“As we learn about each other, so we learn about ourselves”

 

C’est entre quatre murs d’un studio londonien fauché qu’on nous raconte un univers aussi impossible et merveilleux que foncièrement terrifiant et dangereux. 

Mais c’est ici aussi qu’un vieillard terrifié apprend enfin de son amie une leçon.  

The Edge of Destruction est en effet un épisode décisif. Il brise les certitudes de chaque personnage, et fait de leur seul foyer un des endroits les plus dangereux de l’univers. 

Néanmoins, c’est une expérience tellement atroce qu’ils découvrent enfin qu’ils ont besoin les uns des autres, et  que face à l’immensité, ils devront se serrer les coudes.


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Statistics

AVG. Rating510 members
3.57 / 5

Trakt.tv

AVG. Rating490 votes
3.60 / 5

The Time Scales

AVG. Rating273 votes
3.50 / 5

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DOCTOR: As we learn about each other, so we learn about ourselves.

— First Doctor, The Edge of Destruction

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Episode One - The Edge of Destruction

[TARDIS]

(The TARDIS is in flight after leaving Skaro, when there is bang, it shakes and everyone falls over. It goes dark. We rejoin the action with the lights back on. The Doctor is lying on the floor, Ian slumped in a chair, Susan draped over the console. Barbara is the only one awake.)

BARBARA: Mister Chesterton? Ian Chesterton? I thought

(Susan wakes. She looks almost drunk)


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