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Polly Held at Gunpoint
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 When the TARDIS lands on a remote and wild stretch of the Cornish coast, its occupants little realise that they have arrived in the 17th century. The Doctor, Ben and Polly soon discover to their cost, however, that these are far from hospitable times. The local Squire is at the head of a plot to offload contraband, whilst a long-rumoured hoard of stolen treasure has drawn attention to the village church. Inadvertently stumbling upon this web of deception and double-crossing, the time travellers are rapidly propelled into danger.
The Doctor’s encounter with the ill-fated Joseph Longfoot leaves him with a cryptic clue to the location of Avery’s Treasure. But a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, as the fearsome pirate Samuel Pike (he has a metal hook in place of a hand) is only too willing to prove. To his dismay, The Doctor realises that Pike and his bloodthirsty henchmen will stop at nothing - not even the threat of Avery’s Curse - to find and seize the ill-gotten hoard.
Ben and Polly, meanwhile, must choose their allies with care. In these duplicitous days no-one is ever sure who to trust, and the stakes are suddenly raised as smugglers and pirates go head to head with the local militia. Can the time travellers help to save an entire village from burning - and still escape to the TARDIS with their lives?
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| | Source: BBC Audio | |
| Season: |
Four
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| Production
Code: |
CC |
| Story Number: |
28
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| Episode Numbers: | 127 - 130 |
| Number of
Episodes: |
4 | | Number of Incomplete/Missing Episodes: | 4 | | Percentage of Episodes Held: | 0% |
| Production
Dates: |
June - July 1966 |
| Broadcast Started: | 10 September 1966 | | Broadcast Finished: | 01 October 1966 |
| Colour Status: |
B&W |
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Studio: |
Riverside (Studio 1) |
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Location: |
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| Writer: | Brian Hayles | | Director: | Julia Smith | | Producer: | Innes Lloyd | | Story Editor: | Gerry Davis | | Editor: | Colin Eggleston | | Production Assistant: | John Hobbs | | Assistant Floor Managers: | John Hansen and Tony Gilbert | | Designer: | Richard Hunt | | Costume Designer: | Daphne Dare | | Make-Up Designer: | Sonia Markham | | Cameraman: | Jimmy Court | | Lighting: | Cyril Wilkins | | Fights Arranged By: | Derek Ware | | Special Sounds (SFX Editor): | Brian Hodgson | | Studio Sounds: | Leo Sturges | | Title Sequence: | Bernard Lodge | | Title Music: | Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Arranged by Delia Derbyshire |
| Number of
Doctors: |
1 | | The Doctor: |
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| Number of
Companions: |
2 | | The Companions: |
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| Additional Cast: |
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Terence de Marney (Churchwarden), George A. Cooper (Cherub), David Blake Kelly (Jacob Kewper), Mike Lucas (Tom), Paul Whitsun-Jones (Squire), Derek Ware (Spaniard), Michael Godfrey (Captain Pike), Elroy Josephs (Jamaica), John Ringham (Blake), Jack Bligh (Gaptooth) |
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Villain: | Captain Samuel Pike
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| No. |
Episodes |
Broadcast
(UK) |
Duration |
Viewers
(Millions) |
In
Archive |
| 127 | Episode 1 | 10 September 1966 | 24'36" | 4.3 | Missing | | 128 | Episode 2 | 17 September 1966 | 24'27" | 4.9 | Missing | | 129 | Episode 3 | 24 September 1966 | 23'55" | 4.2 | Missing | | 130 | Episode 4 | 01 October 1966 | 23'37" | 4.5 | Missing |
| Total Duration |
1 Hour 37 Minutes |
| Average Viewers
(Millions) |
4.5 |
| Doctor Who Magazine Poll (1998) | 60.15%  (Position = 121 out of 159) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2009) | 60.06%  (Position = 159 out of 200) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2014) | 60.80%  (Position = 194 out of 241) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2023) | Position = 24 out of 29 |
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All four episodes lost. About 1 minute of footage (from episodes 1, 3 and 4) was recovered, in October 1996, from Australian censor cuts. |
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