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Overview

First aired

Monday, March 22, 1982

Production Code

6C

Written by

Peter Grimwade

Directed by

Ron Jones

Runtime

100 minutes

Story Type

Series Finale

Time Travel

Past, Present

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Telepathy, Face Off, Master of Disguise

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Heathrow Airport

Synopsis

While investigating a vanishing Concorde at Heathrow Airport, the Doctor and his companions are thrown millions of years back in time, where a mysterious alien called Kalid is trying to control the ancient powers of the Xeraphin.

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4 Episodes

Part One

First aired

Monday, March 22, 1982

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

Peter Grimwade

Directed by

Ron Jones

UK Viewers

10 million

Synopsis

A Concorde loaded with passengers and crew vanishes into thin air. The still-grieving TARDIS crew arrive at Heathrow Airport in 1981 as the Doctor volunteers his services to solve the mystery.


Part Two

First aired

Tuesday, March 23, 1982

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

Peter Grimwade

Directed by

Ron Jones

UK Viewers

8.5 million

Synopsis

The Doctor's TARDIS is stolen, and tracking it down reveals the existence of an alien named Kalid controlling events in the past. While the Doctor challenges Kalid's motives for being there, Tegan and Nyssa discover the source of Kalid's power - an even greater threat for the Doctor.


Part Three

First aired

Monday, March 29, 1982

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

Peter Grimwade

Directed by

Ron Jones

UK Viewers

8.9 million

Synopsis

From within their sarcophagus, the gestalt Xeraphin are communicating through Nyssa. But their psychic energy is so powerful it may destroy her body completely.


Part Four

First aired

Tuesday, March 30, 1982

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

Peter Grimwade

Directed by

Ron Jones

UK Viewers

8.1 million

Synopsis

The Master's TARDIS is repaired and the Doctor must follow him back to 20th century Heathrow, once he has rescued all the passengers and crew from both Concordes.



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TEGAN: Oh, great. You make it sound like a shopping list, ticking off things as you go. Aren't you forgetting something rather important? Adric is dead.

NYSSA: Tegan, please.

DOCTOR: We feel his loss as well.

TEGAN: Well, you could do more than grieve. You could go back.

NYSSA: Could you?

DOCTOR: No.

NYSSA: But surely the TARDIS is quite capable of-

TEGAN: We can change what happened if we materialise before Adric was killed.

DOCTOR: And change your own history?

TEGAN: Look, the freighter could still crash into Earth. That doesn't have to be changed. Only Adric doesn't have to be on board.

DOCTOR: Now listen to me, both of you. There are some rules that cannot be broken even with the TARDIS. Don't ever ask me to do anything like that again. You must accept that Adric is dead. His life wasn't wasted. He died trying to save others, just like his brother, Varsh. You know, Adric had a choice. This is the way he wanted it.

TEGAN: We used to fight a lot. I'll miss him.

NYSSA: So will I.

DOCTOR: And me. But he wouldn't want us to mourn unnecessarily.

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Part One

[Flight deck]

(Speedbird - aka Concorde, the pride of British Airways - is in flight.)

URQUHART: This is Captain Urquhart again.

[Passenger cabin]


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