C. The Edge Of Destruction

  • Story Editor: David Whitaker;
  • Writer: David Whitaker;
  • Directors: Richard Martin (1) and Frank Cox (2);
  • Produced by: Verity Lambert;
  • Designer: Raymond P. Cusick;
  • Incidental Music: Stock;

Programme Description

The Doctor, in an attempt to return Ian and Barbara to their own time, experiments with a new combination on the TARDIS console. The result is an explosion, and everyone blacks out. When they recover, Susan and Barbara believe that an alien force was influencing the TARDIS.

The Doctor accuses Ian and Barbara of sabotage, claiming that they were blackmailing him to return them to their own time. Even susan begins to suspect her former teachers.

They all realise that the effects were the TARDIS's defence mechanism warning them of impending disaster, which has also been causing the pshycological disturbances that they had all been experiencing.

The fast return switch that the Doctor had used on leaving Skaro had become jammed, and was leading the TARDIS towards Event One - the release of energy that created the Universe. The problem is a faulty spring, and once replaced the TARDIS begins to operate the same as before, leaving the Doctor with some apologies.

Regular Cast

  • Susan Foreman: Carole Ann Ford;
  • Barbara Wright: Jacqueline Hill;
  • Ian Chesterton: William Russell;

Guest Cast

This programme has no guest cast

Transmissions

ChannelEpisodeTitleDateViewersPosition
BBC 1 12 The Edge Of Destruction Sat 8 Feb 1964 817:15 - 17:40 10.4M 21st
BBC 1 13 The Brink Of Disaster Sat 15 Feb 1964 1517:15 - 17:40 9.9M 31st

Repeat Transmissions

This programme has not been repeated.

Locations

This programme has not been filmed on location or the locations are not known

Studios

  • Lime Grove Studio D;

Bloopers and Mistakes

You can see the studio floor in the "white void" outside the TARDIS door in early shots.

Notes and Trivia

This story features no guest cast and is set entirely within the TARDIS.

Working Titles

Inside The Spaceship
Beyond The Sun
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