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Doctor Who The Claws of Axos TV Story

An approaching Alien spaceship is detected on monitoring equipment at UNIT HQ, where the Brigadier is entertaining two visitors – Chinn, a civil servant making a security inspection, and Bill Filer, an American agent sent to discuss the threat of the Master. The Ship lands in England and the UNIT team, joined by Hardiman and Winser from the nearby Nuton power station, meet its occupants: beautiful golden-skinned humanoids called Axons.

Story Order

  • Story 57 from Doctor Who
  • Story 3 of 5 from Season 8

Episodes

Saturday
13th March 1971 5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Claws of Axos - Episode One

Axos, a living spacecraft, lands and offers Earth a new energy source - Axonite.

Doctor Who Season 8 The Claws of Axos
Saturday
20th March 1971 5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Claws of Axos - Episode Two

The Doctor quickly discovers that the miracle Axonite substance is not as benign as it seems...

Doctor Who Season 8 The Claws of Axos
Saturday
27th March 1971 5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Claws of Axos - Episode Three

Axos puts its plan to drain the Earth of its energy in motion. The Brigadier must turn to an unlikely ally to stop it…

Doctor Who Season 8 The Claws of Axos
Saturday
3rd April 1971 5:15PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Claws of Axos - Episode Four

The Claws of Axos are deeply embedded in the Earth's carcass.

Doctor Who Season 8 The Claws of Axos

Characters

Credits

  • Doctor WhoJon Pertwee
  • Brigadier Lethbridge-StewartNicholas Courtney
  • The MasterRoger Delgado
  • Jo GrantKaty Manning
  • Mike YatesRichard Franklin
  • Sergeant BentonJohn Levene
  • ChinnPeter Bathurst
  • FilerPaul Grist
  • HardimanDonald Hewlett
  • WinserDavid Savile
  • Axon ManBernard Holley
  • Captain HarkerTim Pigott-Smith
  • 1st Radar OperatorMichael Walker
  • 2nd Radar OperatorDavid G March
  • Axon WomanPatricia Gordino
  • The MinisterKenneth Benda
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