Doctor Who The Space Pirates Episode One

Saturday, 8th March 1969 5:15PM BBC 1 (25 mins)

The Space Pirates – Episode One Synopsis

The TARDIS arrives on a space beacon in the far future. Mistaken for pirates, the travellers are attacked by Space Corps soldiers. Then the real space pirates arrive.

Episode Order

Episode 238 from Doctor Who
Episode 29 of 44 from Season 6
Episode 1 of 6 from The Space Pirates

Story Order

Story 49 from Doctor Who
Story 6 of 7 from Season 6

Next/Previous

Previous: The Seeds of Death - Episode Six
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Credits

Writer Robert Holmes
Director Michael Hart
Producer Peter Bryant
Script Editor Derrick Sherwin
Dr. Who Patrick Troughton
Caven Dudley Foster
General Hermack Jack May
Major Ian Warne Donald Gee
Technician Penn George Layton
Lt. Sorba Nik Zaran
Space Guard Anthony Donovan
Jamie Frazer Hines
Zoe Wendy Padbury

Characters

Second Doctor Patrick Troughton Caven Dudley Foster General Hermack Jack May Major Ian Warne Donald Gee Technician Penn George Layton Lt. Sorba Nik Zaran Space Guard Anthony Donovan Jamie McCrimmon Frazer Hines Zoe Heriot Wendy Padbury

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