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Doctor Who The Armageddon Factor TV Story

The Armageddon Factor Synopsis

The last stretch of the quest for the Key to Time brings the Doctor and Romana to the planet Atrios in the last days of a nuclear war with its neighbouring planet Zeos.

The Atrian ruler, Princess Astra, presses for peace, but the Marshal insists that his forces can win the war. Those near the Marshal fear that his judgement is suffering from the strain of command. He has taken to making most of his decisions following meditations before a strange black mirror. The Princess has disappeared, and the Marshal now rules unopposed. Have the Doctor and Romana arrived too late to complete their mission before Atrios is destroyed?

When the Doctor learns that no living Atrian has ever met a Zeon, he proposes to travel to Zeos to negotiate for peace and the return of Princess Astra, who seems to be linked in some way to the sixth segment. He finds the planet deserted. There are no living Zeons, but they left the computer running, and it’s programmed for Mutually Assured Destruction.

Story Order

  • Story 103 from Doctor Who
  • Story 6 of 6 from Season 16

Episodes

Saturday
20th January 1979
6:25PM
(24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Armageddon Factor - Part One

The Doctor and Romana land in the midst of a brutal nuclear war between the planets Atrios and Zeos.

Saturday
27th January 1979
6:25PM
(23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Armageddon Factor - Part Two

Swept up in an apocalyptic war, the Doctor must help the Marshall defend his planet.

Saturday
3rd February 1979
6:25PM
(24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Armageddon Factor - Part Three

The Doctor meets a new enemy, the Shadow, who wants the Key to Time.

Saturday
10th February 1979
6:25PM
(25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Armageddon Factor - Part Four

There is a desperate gambit to prevent a massacre...while it is getting harder to tell friend from foe.

Saturday
17th February 1979
6:20PM
(24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Armageddon Factor - Part Five

The Shadow appears to hold all the cards, but the Doctor has found an old friend.

Saturday
24th February 1979
6:25PM
(25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Armageddon Factor - Part Six

The Doctor and the Shadow have their final confrontation to take control of the Key to Time.

Characters

Credits

  • Doctor WhoTom Baker
  • RomanaMary Tamm
  • MarshalJohn Woodvine
  • Princess AstraLalla Ward
  • ShappDavyd Harries
  • MerakIan Saynor
  • Voice of K-9John Leeson
  • Hero'Ian Liston
  • Heroine'Susan Skipper
  • GuardJohn Cannon
  • GuardHarry Fielder
  • The ShadowWilliam Squire
  • TechnicianIain Armstrong
  • PilotPat Gorman
  • DraxBarry Jackson
  • The GuardianValentine Dyall