The Dæmons

Professor Horner is getting prepared to open a ceremonial dig at the stroke of midnight, and there is a strong television presence. Jo and Captain Yates are eager to watch the events on television, and the Doctor seems uninterested - until the prophecies of doom.

The Doctor and Jo rush to the site and try to stop the opening. Meanwhile the Master, posing as the local vicar, is using black magic rituals to summon the Dæmon Azal. Inside the dig the Doctor and Jo discover what appears to be a toy spacecraft, but Jo finds she cannot lift, or move, it. The Doctor explains it is a proper spacecraft, just miniature.

Azal will appear three times. During his last visit he will decide whether to pass on his powers to another being, or whether to destroy all life on Earth.

The Master hopes to be the recipient of the power, but instead Azal offers it to the Doctor. The Doctor declines, saying humans should develop at their own rate. Azal decides to kill him, but Jo places herself in front ot the Doctor. Unable to comprehend this act of self-sacrifice for another being Azal kills himself.

• The Master: Roger Delgado;
• Miss Hawthorne: Damaris Hayman;
• Bert: Don McKillop;
• Squire Winstanley: Rollo Gamble (1,3);
• Doctor Reeves: Eric Hillyard (1-3);
• Tom Girton: Jon Groft (1-3);
• PC Groom: Christopher Wray (1-2);
• Garvin: John Joyce (1-2);
• Harry: James Snell (1-2);
• Alistair Fergus: David Simeon (1);
• Professor Horner: Robin Wentworth (1);
• Bok: Stanley Mason (2-3,5);
• Baker's Man: Gerald Taylor (2);
• Thorpe: John Owens (2-5);
• Sergeant Osgood: Alec Linstead (3-5);
• Azal: Stephen Thorne (4-5);
• Morris Men: The Headington Quarry Men (4);
• Jones: Matthew Corbett (5);


• UNCREDITED CAST:
• UNIT Corporal: Patrick Milner (1-2);
• BBC 3 Man (Charlie): Robin Squire (3);
• Voice of BBC 3 Announcer: Nicholas Courtney (3);
• Postmaster (Charlie): John Scott Martin (3);
• Voice of RAF Pilot: Christopher Barry (3);
• Extras: Ernest Vlythe, Bill Burridge, David J Graham, Pat Gorman, Charles Shaw Kesketh, Michael Moore, Rex Rashley, John Tatham, Vic Taylor, Geoff Witherick;