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Classic Who S3 • Serial 9 · (0/4 episodes intact)

The Savages

Sets:
Doctor Who (1963-1996)
First Doctor

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Doctor Who Season 3

Novelisation: "Doctor Who: The Savages"

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First aired Saturday, May 28, 1966
Production Code AA
Written by Ian Stuart Black
Directed by Christopher Barry
Runtime 100 minutes
Story Type Companion Exit
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Life force
Synopsis

The TARDIS has arrived on a far-distant and seemingly idyllic world. Yet the Doctor, Steven and Dodo learn it hides a terrible secret: the apparently civilised Elders maintain their advanced society by draining and transferring to themselves the life-force of the defenceless Savages.

4 Episodes:

First aired Saturday, May 28, 1966
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Ian Stuart Black
Directed by Christopher Barry
UK Viewers 4.8 million
Appreciation Index 48
Synopsis

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in the far future and are welcomed by the advanced civilisation of the Elders but soon begin to suspect they are hiding a secret.

First aired Saturday, June 4, 1966
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Ian Stuart Black
Directed by Christopher Barry
UK Viewers 5.6 million
Appreciation Index 49
Synopsis

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo investigate why there are Savages in the Elders' city and uncover the true price of the Elders' perfect society.

First aired Saturday, June 11, 1966
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Ian Stuart Black
Directed by Christopher Barry
UK Viewers 5 million
Appreciation Index 48
Synopsis

The Doctor has been subjected to the Elders' extraction process and Steven and Dodo must return to their city to rescue him.

First aired Saturday, June 18, 1966
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Ian Stuart Black
Directed by Christopher Barry
UK Viewers 4.5 million
Appreciation Index 48
Synopsis

The Doctor urges the Savages to finally bring an end to the Elders' oppression and enlists the help of an unlikely ally.

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