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Classic Who S5 • Serial 5 · (5/6 episodes intact)

The Web of Fear

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

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First aired Saturday, February 3, 1968
Production Code QQ
Directed by Douglas Camfield
Runtime 150 minutes
Time Travel Present
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Earth Invasion Base Under Siege Body Possession
Synopsis

The TARDIS narrowly avoids becoming engulfed in a cobwebby substance in space. It arrives in the London Underground railway system, the tunnels of which are being overrun by the mysterious web, produced by the Great Intelligence's robot Yeti.

6 Episodes:

First aired Saturday, February 3, 1968
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Douglas Camfield
UK Viewers 7.2 million
Appreciation Index 54

Synopsis

The TARDIS becomes trapped in space before ending up in an underground station of a mysteriously deserted London.

First aired Saturday, February 10, 1968
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Douglas Camfield
UK Viewers 6.8 million
Appreciation Index 53

Synopsis

Jamie and Victoria are reunited with Travers before Jamie joins the soldiers in attempting to find out what has happened to the Doctor.

First aired Saturday, February 17, 1968
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Douglas Camfield
UK Viewers 7 million
Appreciation Index 51

Synopsis

The Doctor and Victoria are taken back to the Goodge Street base by Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart where the Doctor becomes convinced there is a traitor in their midst.

First aired Saturday, February 24, 1968
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Douglas Camfield
UK Viewers 8.4 million
Appreciation Index 53

Synopsis

With Travers having been captured by the Yeti, the Doctor attempts to find a way to gain control of the robots while Lethbridge-Stewart tries to recover the TARDIS.

First aired Saturday, March 2, 1968
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Douglas Camfield
UK Viewers 8 million
Appreciation Index 55

Synopsis

Victoria and Travers are held prisoner by the Great Intelligence, who is planning to drain the Doctor's mind.

First aired Saturday, March 9, 1968
Runtime 25 minutes
Directed by Douglas Camfield
UK Viewers 8.3 million
Appreciation Index 55

Synopsis

The Doctor and his friends are held prisoner by the Intelligence and their only hope lies with Jamie, Arnold and a reprogrammed Yeti.

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