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The Sensorites
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 The TARDIS crew arrive on a seemingly deserted spaceship, only to find what appears to be the dead bodies of the ship’s original crew. But the crewmembers are far from dead - instead they are under some form of mental attack that keeps them prisoners in space..:
The ship is trapped in orbit around the Sense-Sphere, home world of the alien Sensorites. The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan are warned to leave, but before they can do so, the TARDIS is attacked, and its lock is stolen.
The Sensorites are using their telepathic powers against the human visitors to their world. And the TARDIS crew now find themselves helpless captives of the Sensorites, and their mental powers…
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| | Source: BBC VHS Video | |
| Season: |
One
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| Production
Code: |
G |
| Story Number: |
7
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| Episode Numbers: | 31 - 36 |
| Number of
Episodes: |
6 | | Percentage of Episodes Held: | 100% |
| Production
Dates: |
May - July 1964 |
| Broadcast Started: | 20 June 1964 | | Broadcast Finished: | 01 August 1964 |
| Colour Status: |
B&W |
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Studio: |
Ealing Television Film Studios, BBC Television Centre (TC3 and TC4) and Lime Grove (Studio D) |
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| Writer: | Peter R Newman | | Directors: | Mervyn Pinfield (Episodes 1-4) and Frank Cox (Episodes 5 & 6) | | Producer: | Verity Lambert | | Associate Producer: | Mervyn Pinfield | | Story Editor: | David Whitaker | | Production Assistant: | David Conroy | | Assistant Floor Managers: | Dawn Robertson and Val McCrimmon | | Designer: | Raymond P Cusick | | Costume Designer: | Daphne Dare | | Make-Up Designers: | Jill Summers and Sonia Markham (Episode 6) | | Lighting: | Peter Murray | | Incidental Music: | Norman Kay | | Special Sounds (SFX Editor): | Brian Hodgson | | Studio Sounds: | Jack Brummitt and Les Wilkins | | 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: |
3 | | The Companions: |
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Peter Glaze (Third Sensorite) |
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Stephen Dartnell (John), Ilona Rodgers (Carol), Lorne Cossette (Maitland), John Bailey (Commander), Martyn Huntley (First Human), Giles Phibbs (Second Human), Ken Tyllsen (First Sensorite), Joe Greig (Second Sensorite), Arthur Newall (Fourth Sensorite), Eric Francis (First Elder), Bartlett Mullins (Second Elder), Ken Tyllsen (First Scientist), Joe Greig (Second Scientist), Joe Greig (Warrior), Gerry Martin (Anthony Rogers) |
| | Setting: |
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The Sense Sphere (28th century) |
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Villain: | The Administrator
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| No. |
Episodes |
Broadcast
(UK) |
Duration |
Viewers
(Millions) |
In
Archive |
| 31 | Strangers in Space | 20 June 1964 | 24'46" | 7.9 | 16mm telerecording | | 32 | The Unwilling Warriors | 27 June 1964 | 24'44" | 6.9 | 16mm telerecording | | 33 | Hidden Danger | 11 July 1964 | 24'53" | 7.4 | 16mm telerecording | | 34 | A Race Against Death | 18 July 1964 | 24'49" | 5.5 | 16mm telerecording | | 35 | Kidnap | 25 July 1964 | 25'47" | 6.9 | 16mm telerecording | | 36 | A Desperate Venture | 01 August 1964 | 24'29" | 6.9 | 16mm telerecording |
| Total Duration |
2 Hours 29 Minutes |
| Average Viewers
(Millions) |
6.9 |
| Doctor Who Magazine Poll (1998) | 57.45%  (Position = 133 out of 159) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2009) | 54.06%  (Position = 183 out of 200) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2014) | 55.25%  (Position = 225 out of 241) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2023) | Position = 27 out of 29 |
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All episodes exist as 16mm telerecordings. |
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