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Classic Who S15 • Serial 5 · (4 episodes)

Underworld

2.06/ 5 232 votes

First aired Saturday, January 7, 1978
Production Code 4Y
Written by Bob Baker Dave Martin
Directed by Norman Stewart
Runtime 100 minutes
Time Travel Future
Locations R1C
Synopsis

On the edge of the universe, the Doctor, Leela and K9 encounter a Minyan ship on an epic quest to find their race banks... but their people have encountered the Time Lords before.

4 Episodes:

First aired Saturday, January 7, 1978
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Bob Baker Dave Martin
Directed by Norman Stewart
UK Viewers 8.9 million
Appreciation Index 65

Synopsis

Deep space, an unknown time. The Doctor encounters the Minyans, survivors of a race the Time Lords unwittingly obliterated early in their own history. The Minyans are searching for their race's lost gene banks, a quest which takes them to the edge of the galaxy…

First aired Saturday, January 14, 1978
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Bob Baker Dave Martin
Directed by Norman Stewart
UK Viewers 9.1 million

Synopsis

After 100,000 years, the Minyans have found the long-lost P7E. But what awaits them on the ship, long buried in the core of a newborn planet?

First aired Saturday, January 21, 1978
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Bob Baker Dave Martin
Directed by Norman Stewart
UK Viewers 8.9 million

Synopsis

The Minyans have, at long last, found the P7E. But a host of guards and robotic seers stand between them and the race banks.

First aired Saturday, January 28, 1978
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Bob Baker Dave Martin
Directed by Norman Stewart
UK Viewers 11.7 million

Synopsis

The Minyons struggle to gain the precious race banks from the Oracle. But perhaps it is giving in a little too easily ...

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