Saturday, 17 September 2016

The Sensorites

(Series 1, Episodes 31-36)

Summary: Second-cousins-twice-removed of the Ood, the telepathic Sensorites, are being exploited by human colonisers.  The Doctor stops by to help, Barbara does very little, Susan reads minds with the help of a stethoscope and Ian is poisoned but soldiers on.  Stay alert, because the whole plot hangs on some key clothing switches.

Watch it because: The Sensorite at the window...


Original Air Date: 20 June – 1 August 1964.
Doctor: William Hartnell.
Companions: Susan (Carole Ann Ford), Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill).
Writer: Peter R Newman.
Director: Mervyn Pinfield (Ep 1-4) & Frank Cox (Ep 5-6).
Producer: Verity Lambert.

Available on DVD? Yes.

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