The planet Peladon, some time in the future. The Doctor and Jo arrive just in time to get involved in the conference to discuss Peladon's admission to the Galactic Federation. But the King's closest counsel has been cuddled, apparently by a ghost... and then the Doctor learns his old enemies, the Ice Warriors, are also attending the conference...
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...