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Classic Who S4 • Serial 6 · (2/4 episodes intact)

The Moonbase

Other variations of this story: The Moonbase (Animated Reconstruction), The Moonbase (BBC Audio Soundtrack)

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First aired Saturday, February 11, 1967
Production Code HH
Written by Kit Pedler
Directed by Morris Barry
Runtime 100 minutes
Time Travel Future
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Base Under Siege Disease Quarantine Spiked drink
Inventory: (Potential Spoilers!) Five Hundred Year Diary Space Suits
Locations The Moon
Synopsis

The TARDIS arrives in 2070 on the Moon, where a weather control station under the command of a man named Hobson is in the grip of a plague epidemic — in reality the result of an alien poison planted by the Cybermen. Jamie is knocked unconscious and lapses into a delirium, leaving the Second Doctor, Ben, and Polly to fight off a massive Cyberman attack.

4 Episodes:

First aired Saturday, February 11, 1967
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Kit Pedler
Directed by Morris Barry
UK Viewers 8.1 million
Appreciation Index 50

Synopsis

The TARDIS arrives on the Moon in the year 2070.When Jamie is injured, the other travellers are forced to seek the help of a moonbase afflicted with a space plague.

First aired Saturday, February 18, 1967
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Kit Pedler
Directed by Morris Barry
UK Viewers 8.9 million
Appreciation Index 49

Synopsis

The Doctor and his friends attempt to convince the Moonbase crew that the Cybermen are responsible for the disappearances and find a cure for the plague.

First aired Saturday, February 25, 1967
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Kit Pedler
Directed by Morris Barry
UK Viewers 8.2 million
Appreciation Index 53

Synopsis

The Cybermen take over the Moonbase and begin using the Gravitron to attack Earth but Polly, Ben and Jamie come up with a way to fight back.

First aired Saturday, March 4, 1967
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Kit Pedler
Directed by Morris Barry
UK Viewers 8.1 million
Appreciation Index 58

Synopsis

With the Cybermen preparing to launch a full attack, the Doctor and his friends must keep the Moonbase and the Gravitron out of their hands until help arrives from Earth.

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