Stories Television Doctor Who Season 4 Serial: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Moonbase Original Story TV Soundtrack Animation Original Story TV Soundtrack Animation 1 image Overview Episodes Characters How to Watch Reviews 8 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 2 Transcript Overview 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!) Telescope, Five Hundred Year Diary, Space Suits Location (Potential Spoilers!) 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. Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save 4 Episodes Episode 1 Missing 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. Episode 2 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. Episode 3 Missing 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. Episode 4 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. Show All Episodes Characters Second Doctor Patrick Troughton Jamie McCrimmon Frazer Hines Ben Jackson Michael Craze Polly Wright Anneke Wills Cybermen Show All Characters (5) How to watch The Moonbase: Watch on iPlayer DVD The Moonbase DVD Lost in Time VHS Cybermen: The Early Years (VHS) Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 8 reviews 11 March 2025 · 43 words Review by Scottybguud While I do prefer the Mondasian versions, the Cybermen here are still effective as they are in most of the 60s. The first two episodes are the strongest with the build up, but the way the Cybers are defeated is a bit disappointing. Scottybguud View profile Like Liked 0 2 February 2025 · 116 words Review by greenLetterT Spoilers This review contains spoilers! The Tenth Planet... 2! (or should that be the Twentieth Planet?) Base under siege story. The Cybermen are here. We know how this one goes by now. The Cyberman motivations were somewhat interesting, but I'm not a fan of the new designs. The old ones looked cheap but in a way that got across that They Were Once Humans; the new ones just looked cheap. Polly had a couple of good moments, but mostly got reduced to making the coffee. Jamie got knocked out in a manner that I can only assume was to free the writer from having to deal with putting a historical character in a future sci-fi setting. The Moonbase was fine, I guess? greenLetterT View profile Like Liked 0 15 November 2024 · 95 words Review by Dogtor Spoilers This review contains spoilers! Original (French) Translation (English) “There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things.” Tout le dernier acte est un triomphe. Les Cybermen ne seront jamais aussi drôles qu’ici, et ont carrément de l’air de poupées sans vie qui volent dans le ciel. Mais surtout comme ils sont devenus des robots certes agréablement silencieux mais vides, cette seule fin les rend bizarres à nouveau. (...) The Moonbase n’est peut-être alors jamais aussi bon que chaque moment grandiose qu'il copie de The Tenth Planet, il y a quand même un peu de magie qui en surgit. “There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things.” The entire last act is a triumph. The Cybermen will never be as funny as they are here, and they literally look like lifeless dolls flying in the sky. But above all, as they have become robots that are indeed pleasantly silent but empty, this very end makes them weird again. (...) The Moonbase may never be as good as each grandiose moment it copies from The Tenth Planet, but there is still a bit of magic that emerges from it. (Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible). Dogtor View profile Like Liked 0 16 August 2024 · 222 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! The suspense. The music is quiet, eerie and gets the viewer in the right frame of mind for the show ahead. There is a small base of scientists in 2070 controlling Earth weather - and an infection picking off staff one by one. Yes, another base under siege - and I love it. They aren't sent a relief rocket as hoped and left to fend for themselves against this mystery illness. The Doctor has a challenge on his hands - which becomes far more considerable when we realise that the Cybermen are back, and are in control. The use of the Cyberman’s shadows is frightening and very effective. They are strong and fierce, impossible to reason with and feel like a genuine threat. Kit Pedler clearly knows our four main characters inside out. Though I was gobsmacked that Polly was once again reduced to making tea for everyone. I loved the little strand about Jamie's "Phantom Piper" and Polly and The Doctor's varying reactions to it. I was delighted to see Polly discovering a way to defeat the Cybermen using the scientific tools at her disposal. Even more delighted when she headed out with Jamie and Ben to defeat the Cybermen. It was nice to see a grittier side to the 2nd Doctor in this story, following the silliness of The Underwater Menace. 15thDoctor View profile Like Liked 2 28 May 2024 · 36 words Review by Rock_Angel 2 One of the strongest cybermen stories love the effects in this story wish the whole thing survived so we could see what the foaming of the cybermen looked like but the animation is just as good Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 2 Show All Reviews (8) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating469 members 3.60 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating271 votes 3.55 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 819 Favourited 60 Reviewed 8 Saved 3 Skipped 4 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Target Collection Doctor Who and the Cybermen Rating: 3.80 Story Skipped Book Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Target Collection Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Other variations of this story We define a variation as another way of experiencing the exact same story - like an autiobook, a reconstruction or an omnibus edition. BBC Audio Soundtracks The Moonbase (BBC Audio Soundtrack) Rating: 3.42 Story Skipped Soundtrack Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: BBC Audio Soundtracks Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Animated Reconstructions The Moonbase (Animated Reconstruction) Rating: 3.77 Story Skipped Animated Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Animated Reconstructions Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things. They must be fought. — Second Doctor, The Moonbase Show All Quotes (2) Open in new window Transcript Needs checking (Transcribers note - episodes 1 + 3 exist in audio only) Episode One [TARDIS] (The TARDIS is going haywire.) JAMIE: What's he done?BEN: Doctor, do something!DOCTOR: I'm trying to!JAMIE: We're not going to make it. 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