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Doctor Who Four to Doomsday TV Story

Four to Doomsday Synopsis

The Fifth Doctor discovers that his attempt to return Tegan to Heathrow Airport has brought the TARDIS to a spacecraft that appears abandoned at first, but actually carries a force of frog-like aliens that may challenge the future of humankind on Earth.

Story Order

  • Story 117 from Doctor Who
  • Story 2 of 7 from Season 19

Episodes

Monday
18th January 1982
6:55PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Four to Doomsday - Part One

The arrival of the TARDIS is observed by three Urbankans via their manopticon devices.

Tuesday
19th January 1982
7:05PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Four to Doomsday - Part Two

Aboard the Urbankan ship, a Grecian philosopher reveals a bizarre secret about Monarch and his methods.

Monday
25th January 1982
6:55PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Four to Doomsday - Part Three

Panicking, Tegan accidentally pilots the TARDIS into space, while Lin Fitu betrays the Doctor and Bigon.

Tuesday
26th January 1982
7:05PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Four to Doomsday - Part Four

Nyssa and Bigon keep the Urbankans distracted and Adric decides exactly whose side he is on.

Credits

Four to Doomsday

Credits
  • Writer Terence Dudley
  • Director John Black
  • Producer John Nathan-Turner
  • Script Editor Antony Root
  • The Doctor Peter Davison
  • Monarch Stratford Johns
  • Adric Matthew Waterhouse
  • Nyssa Sarah Sutton
  • Tegan Janet Fielding
  • Persuasion Paul Shelley
  • Enlightenment Annie Lambert
  • Bigon Philip Locke
  • Lin Futu Burt Kwouk
  • Kurkutji Ilario Bisi-Pedro
  • Villagra Nadia Hammam