The Black Guardian recruits a young man named Turlough to assassinate the Doctor. Although outwardly an ordinary pupil at a boys’ private boarding school, Turlough is in fact an alien who believes that the Guardian will return him home if he succeeds.
Story Order
- Story 125 from Doctor Who
- Story 3 of 6 from Season 20
Episodes
Tuesday
1st February 1983
6:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)
Caught in a warp ellipse, the TARDIS is drawn to a huge spacecraft orbiting Earth.
Wednesday
2nd February 1983
6:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)
At Brendon School, the Doctor enlists the help of the Brigadier.
Tuesday
8th February 1983
6:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)
Mawdryn and his eternal mutants are awake and reveal the truth, they are exiles.
Wednesday
9th February 1983
6:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)
The Doctor's ethics are challenged, the two Brigadier's finally meet, Turlough plots with the Black Guardian.
Credits
- The DoctorPeter Davison
- TeganJanet Fielding
- NyssaSarah Sutton
- The BrigadierNicholas Courtney
- Black GuardianValentine Dyall
- TurloughMark Strickson
- HeadmasterAngus MacKay
- IbbotsonStephen Garlick
- Doctor RuncimanRoger Hammond
- MatronSheila Gill
- MawdrynDavid Collings
- 1st MutantPeter Walmsley
- 2nd MutantBrian Darnley