The TARDIS materialises on a doomed planet in Galaxy 4, and the travellers are captured by warriors of the beautiful female clone race known as Drahvins. According to the Drahvins' leader, Maaga, their ship was shot down in an unprovoked attack by the vicious alien Rills, but they managed to inflict damage on the Rill ship as well; now both ships are stuck here, on a planet doomed to explode in fourteen days. Maaga orders the Doctor to help her and her warriors capture the Rill ship, and keeps Steven hostage to ensure his co-operation; however, the Doctor soon learns that Maaga is both lying and mistaken. The Drahvins are in fact the aggressors, and the peaceful Rills want nothing more than to escape in one piece - and help their enemies do so as well, if they can. Unfortunately, that may not be possible, as the Doctor discovers that time is shorter than they thought; the planet in fact has less than a day of life remaining...

Doctor Who (1963) Season 3 Episodes...

• s03e01 - Four Hundred Dawns (1)
• s03e02 - Trap of Steel (2)
• s03e03 - Air Lock (3)
• s03e04 - The Exploding Planet (4)
• s03e05 - Mission to the Unknown
• s03e06 - Temple of Secrets (1)
• s03e07 - Small Prophet, Quick Return (2)
• s03e08 - Death of a Spy (3)
• s03e09 - Horse of Destruction (4)
• s03e10 - The Nightmare Begins (1)
• s03e11 - Day of Armageddon (2)
• s03e12 - Devil's Planet (3)
• s03e13 - The Traitors (4)
• s03e14 - Counter Plot (5)
• s03e15 - Coronas of the Sun (6)
• s03e16 - The Feast of Steven (7)
• s03e17 - Volcano (8)
• s03e18 - Golden Death (9)
• s03e19 - Escape Switch (10)
• s03e20 - The Abandoned Planet (11)
• s03e21 - Destruction of Time (12)
• s03e22 - War of God (1)
• s03e23 - The Sea Beggar (2)
• s03e24 - Priest of Death (3)
• s03e25 - Bell of Doom (4)
• s03e26 - The Steel Sky (1)
• s03e27 - The Plague (2)
• s03e28 - The Return (3)
• s03e29 - The Bomb (4)
• s03e30 - The Celestial Toyroom (1)
• s03e31 - The Hall of Dolls (2)
• s03e32 - The Dancing Floor (3)
• s03e33 - The Final Test (4)
• s03e34 - A Holiday for the Doctor (1)
• s03e35 - Don't Shoot the Pianist (2)
• s03e36 - Johnny Ringo (3)
• s03e37 - The O.K. Corral (4)
• s03e38 - The Savages (1)
• s03e39 - The Savages (2)
• s03e40 - The Savages (3)
• s03e41 - The Savages (4)
• s03e42 - The War Machines (1)
• s03e43 - The War Machines (2)
• s03e44 - The War Machines (3)
• s03e45 - The War Machines (4)

Doctor Who (1963) Show Summary

Doctor Who is the longest-running science fiction TV series in history, airing initially from 1963 to 1989. Doctor Who is about ideas. It pioneered sophisticated mixed-level storytelling. Its format was the key to its longevity: the Doctor, a mysterious traveller in space and time, travels in his ship, the TARDIS. The TARDIS can take him and his companions anywhere in time and space. Inevitably he finds evil at work wherever he goes...