The Moonbase
1967 Doctor Who serial / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Moonbase is the half-missing sixth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 11 February to 4 March 1967.
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Directed by | Morris Barry | ||
Written by | Kit Pedler | ||
Script editor | Gerry Davis | ||
Produced by | Innes Lloyd | ||
Executive producer(s) | None | ||
Music by | Stock music | ||
Production code | HH | ||
Series | Season 4 | ||
Running time | 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
Episode(s) missing | 2 episodes (1 and 3) | ||
First broadcast | 11 February 1967 (1967-02-11) | ||
Last broadcast | 4 March 1967 (1967-03-04) | ||
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List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989) |
In this serial, the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his travelling companions Ben (Michael Craze), Polly (Anneke Wills) and Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) arrive on the Human colonised Moon in 2070, where the Cybermen plot to take over the base and use it to invade the Earth. This story features the return, and first redesign, of the Cybermen.
It was the fifth incomplete Doctor Who serial to be released with full-length animated reconstructions of its two missing episodes.