Season 5 episodes

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No Code  Title                    First Shown Eps Exists 
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37  MM   The Tomb of the Cybermen   2 Sep 67   4   all 
38  NN   The Abominable Snowmen    30 Sep 67   6    2 
39  OO   The Ice Warriors          11 Oct 67   6  1,4,5,6 
40  PP   The Enemy of the World    23 Dec 67   6    3 
41  QQ   The Web of Fear            3 Feb 67   6    1 
42  RR   Fury From the Deep        16 Mar 67   6  none 
43  SS   The Wheel in Space        27 Apr 67   6   3,6 

Notes

Tomb of the Cybermen was believed to have been lost, but was rediscovered in the Far East in 1991. It is now the only existing complete story from this season, all others having been at least partially lost. Victoria chooses to remain on Earth at the end of Fury from the Deep. Zoe joins in The Wheel In Space.

Episode Details

The Tomb of the Cybermen

The Doctor and his companions arrive on Telos, legendary home of the Cybermen, to find an archeological expedition from Earth exploring the underground remains of a Cyberman city. But are the Cybermen really all dead?
Video Release: PAL VHS BBC Video BBCV4772, Cert PG

The Abominable Snowmen

The Doctor returns to a Tibetan monastery where an old friend lives but discovers that things have changed and the Yeti have become aggressive and are threatening the monastery. Capturing one, the Doctor discovers that they are in fact robots being controlled by alien glowing spheres located in their chests.
A transcript of the whole story!

The Ice Warriors

In the distant future, the Earth is in the grip of a second Ice Age. While investigating a mysterious series of power losses, a tall warrior figure is found encased in the ice. Can the Doctor save the Earth from the Ice Warriors.

The Enemy of the World

Arriving on the Australian coast in the near future, the Doctor discovers the planet devastated by earthquakes. The Doctor begins to believe that they may not be natural, and his investigations lead him to a powerful man who is the spitting image of the Doctor.

The Web of Fear

The Doctor returns to London to visit his friend Professor Travis and discovers that the Yeti are active again, this time in the London Underground. Joining forces with Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (later of UNIT), the Doctor does battle with the Yeti once again.
A transcript of the story!
A script of the first episode.
A script of the second episode.
A script of the third episode.

Fury From the Deep

After a spate of attacks on North Sea gas drilling platforms, the Doctor and his companions are accused of sabotage. The Doctor detects an alien presence in the sea weed gathered around the pipes and discovers that it absorbs human beings and turns them into monsters.

The Wheel in Space

The TARDIS materialises on a drifting rocket inhabited by a rather unfriendly Robot. The rocket is in orbit of a large space station where the Doctor discovers Cybermats, the dreaded mechanical rodent-like killing machines of the Cybermen. All to soon, the space station is attacked by a large Cyberman invasion fleet...


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B.King@ee.surrey.ac.uk & D.White@ee.surrey.ac.uk
30th August 1994