The TARDIS materialises in what the Doctor claims is a time of great peace and prosperity - but if the Elders of the city are so wise and powerful why do savages still live in the wilderness outside the city walls? And why do the people of the city apparently hunt and harvest the savages? The Doctor learns that all of the Elders' great achievements are based on a terrible form of exploitation; the people of the city are harvesting the life essence of the savages, reducing them to little more than cattle and devastating their civilisation while the Elders prosper. When the Doctor vows to put an end to this, the leader of the Elders, Jano, has him sent to the laboratories - but Jano, unwilling to risk the life essence of an alien on any of his people, takes it all into himself, and thus acquires the Doctor's morals and ethics as well. With Jano's help, the Doctor, Steven and Dodo organise the savages and help them strike back against the cruel Elders. They will require a strong leader to guide them, however, and they choose Steven, who leaves the Doctor's company to lead the newly united people.

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...