Episode Number:

Episode Title:

Transmission Date:

Duration:

Ratings (in Millions):

1

The Watcher

3/7/65

24.05

8.9

2

The Meddling Monk

10/7/65

25.17

8.8

3

A Battle of Wits

17/7/65

24.10

7.7

4

Checkmate

24/7/65

24.00

8.3

 

Season:

Doctor:

Producer:

Script Editor:

Writer:

Director:

Two

William Hartnell

Verity Lambert

Donald Tosh

Dennis Spooner

Douglas Camfield

 

 

  

William Hartnell - (The Doctor)

Maureen O' Brien - (Vicki)

Peter Purves - (Steven)

 

  

Peter Butterworth - (Monk)

Alethea Charlton - (Edith)

Peter Russell - (Eldred)

Michael Miller - (Wulnoth)

Michael Guest - (Saxon Hunter)

Norman Hartley - (Ulf)

Geoffrey Cheshire - (Viking Leader)

David Anderson - (Sven)

Ronald Rich - (Gunnar the Giant)

 

  

The TARDIS lands on a beach in England. The Doctor, Vicki and new companion Steven discover a Viking helmet, and deduce they have arrived in the past. Whilst Steven and Vicki scale the cliff, the Doctor opts for a far more gentle path.

 

In the woods above the cliffs, Steven and Vicki find an abandoned modern wristwatch. The Doctor investigates a nearby monastery, only to discover more anachronisms.

 

As the local villages are attacked by invading Vikings, the Doctor realises that they are a few weeks away from the famous battle of Hastings in 1066. Who is the Meddling Monk, and what is his interest in the time travellers?

 

  

Working Title:

The Monk

 

Things to look for:

  • Coming Soon.

 

The Doctor Who Archive:

All 4 Episodes exist as 16mm telerecordings.

 

Bloopers:

  • Coming Soon

 

  

 

Click for larger image- UK release November 2002. Time Meddler  (BBCV cat.#7268)

- This was released as part of the Doctor Who: The 1st Doctor Special Edition Box-set.

- This was released together with The Sensorites & The Gunfighters.

 

 

Not yet released on DVD.

 

 

Not yet released on Audio.

 

 

- The Time Meddler, written by Nigel Robinson, Published 1988 - [Target no.126]

- The Time Meddler, written by Nigel Robinson, Published 1992 - [Target no.126]

 

 

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