The Edge of Destruction
| 003 – The Edge of Destruction | |||||
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Barbara, Ian, the Doctor and Susan observe the broken clock inside the TARDIS.
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| Directed by |
Richard Martin (episode 1) Frank Cox (episode 2) |
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| Written by | David Whitaker | ||||
| Script editor | David Whitaker | ||||
| Produced by |
Verity Lambert Mervyn Pinfield (associate producer) |
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| Executive producer(s) | None | ||||
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| Production code | C | ||||
| Series | Season 1 | ||||
| Length | 2 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||||
| Date started | 8 February 1964 | ||||
| Date ended | 15 February 1964 | ||||
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| Author | Nigel Robinson |
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| Cover artist | Alister Pearson |
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Doctor Who book: Target novelisations |
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Release number
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132 |
| Publisher | Target Books |
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Publication date
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20 October 1988 |
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The Edge of Destruction (also referred to as Inside the Spaceship) is the third serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on 8 February and 15 February 1964. It was written by David Whitaker and directed by Richard Martin for the first episode and Frank Cox for the second.
In the story, the Doctor (William Hartnell), his granddaughter Susan (Carole Ann Ford), and her teachers Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) are in the Doctor's time and space machine the TARDIS when it appears to be taken over by an outside force. The travellers begin acting strangely and turn against each other.
The serial is distinguished as a rare "bottle episode", in that the entire story is shot on a single set, with just the main cast. It also serves to resolve several character threads that had been presented over the previous eleven weeks.
The Doctor, while attempting to correct the TARDIS's faulty navigation circuits, causes a small explosion. The Doctor, Barbara, Ian and Susan are all temporarily rendered unconscious. After they awake, Ian and Susan appear to have slight cases of amnesia and everyone begins to act strangely. Unexpected events are happening in the TARDIS, the travellers are becoming suspicious of each other's motives, and the Doctor even accuses Ian and Barbara of sabotage. Fearing that they have been taken over by some alien force—or that they have intentionally sabotaged the TARDIS in order to force the Doctor to return them to 1963—he drugs Barbara and Ian unknowing that Ian is also suspicious and has not taken the drink given to him. The Doctor attempts to explore the problem without interference.
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