Episode Details

Episode

The Search

Air Date

08-May-1965

Production Code

Duration

23:33

Title

Doctor Who

Episode

Season 2 Episode 28

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Episode Total

Episode 70 of 695

The Space Museum:

The Space Museum    (24-Apr-1965)
The Dimensions of Time    (01-May-1965)
The Search    (08-May-1965)
The Final Phase    (15-May-1965)

Synopsis

After the TARDIS jumps a time track, the crew become invisble and witness themselves as museum exiblites on the plaent Xeros held captive by the Moroks. They work against the Moroks by helping the Xerons overthrow them thus avoiding the possible future they witnessed.

Regular Cast (Season)

English

William Hartnell Doctor 1

Carol Ann Ford Susan Foreman

William Russell Ian Chesterton

Jacqueline Hill Barbara Wright

Maureen O'Brien Vicki

Peter Purves Steven Taylor

Main Crew

English

Glyn Jones Writer

Mervyn Pinfield Director

Episode Cast

English

Billy Cornelius Guard

Jeremy Bulloch Tor

Ivor Salter Commander

Peter Diamond Technician

Salvin Stewart Messenger

Richard Shaw Lobos

Murphy Grumbar Dalek

Peter Hawkins Dalek

Peter Craze Dako

Peter Sanders Sita

Notes

From the Radio Times:

DR. WHO
An adventure in space and time
starring
WILLIAM HARTNELL
WILLIAM RUSSELL
JACQUELINE HILL
and MAUREEN O'BRIEN
The Search
by GLYN JONES
Ian, Barbara, and Vicki help a revotion [sic] - only its success will help Dr. Who.

Dr. WhoWILLIAM HARTNELL

Ian ChestertonWILLIAM RUSSELL

Barbara WrightJACQUELINE HILL

VickiMAUREEN O'BRIEN

LobosRICHARD SHAW

TorJEREMY BULLOCH

Morok CommanderIVOR SALTER

DakoPETER CRAZE

SitaPETER SANDERS

Morok guardsSALVIN STEWART
PETER DIAMOND, BILLY CORNELIUS

Story editor, Dennis Spooner
Title music by RON GRAINER
with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Designer, Spencer Chapman
Producer, VERITY LAMBERT
† Directed by MERVYN PINFIELD

Rating(s)

United Kingdom

Viewers

Ranking

Appr

8.5 mil

Episode Record

Added: 23-May-2006 Last Update: 11-Apr-2025