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Classic Who S2 • Serial 7 · (4 episodes)

The Space Museum

Other variations of this story: The Space Museum (BBC Audio Soundtrack)

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First aired Saturday, April 24, 1965
Production Code Q
Written by Glyn Jones
Directed by Mervyn Pinfield
Runtime 100 minutes
Time Travel Future
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Time Travel Pivotal Rewriting History Time Loop
Inventory: (Potential Spoilers!) Food Replicator Time-Space Visualiser
Locations Xeros
Synopsis

The TARDIS jumps a time track and the travellers arrive on the planet Xeros. There they discover their own future selves displayed as exhibits in a museum established as a monument to the galactic conquests of the warlike Morok invaders who now rule the planet. When time shifts back to normal, they realise that they must do everything they can to avert this potential future.

4 Episodes:

First aired Saturday, April 24, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Glyn Jones
Directed by Mervyn Pinfield
UK Viewers 10.5 million
Appreciation Index 61

Synopsis

The TARDIS arrives on a planet that has been turned into a space museum but the Doctor and his friends are puzzled when they find themselves out of phase with their surroundings.

First aired Saturday, May 1, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Glyn Jones
Directed by Mervyn Pinfield
UK Viewers 9.2 million
Appreciation Index 53

Synopsis

Now back on their proper time track, the Doctor and his friends must work to avoid the future they saw for themselves.

First aired Saturday, May 8, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Glyn Jones
Directed by Mervyn Pinfield
UK Viewers 8.5 million
Appreciation Index 56

Synopsis

With the Doctor missing, Ian, Barbara and Vicki find themselves in danger from the Moroks while the Xerons also try to make contact with them.

First aired Saturday, May 15, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Glyn Jones
Directed by Mervyn Pinfield
UK Viewers 8.5 million
Appreciation Index 49

Synopsis

While Ian tries to force Lobos to release the Doctor from the museum, Vicki joins the Xerons in trying to gain the weapons needed to start a revolution against the occupiers.

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