Episode Number:

Episode Title:

Transmission Date:

Duration:

Ratings (in Millions):

1

Episode One

22/11/89

24.14

5.0

2

Episode Two

29/11/89

24.13

4.8

3

Episode Three

6/12/89

24.20

5.0

Season:

Doctor:

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Writer:

Director:

Twenty Six

Sylvester McCoy

John Nathan-Turner

Andrew Cartmel

Rona Munro

Alan Wareing

 

  

Sylvester McCoy - The Doctor

Sophie Aldred - Ace

 

  

Anthony Ainley - The Master

Julian Holloway - Paterson

Lisa Bowerman - Karra

Norman Pace - Harvey

Gareth Hale - Len

William Barton - Midge

Sakuntala Ramanee - Shreela

David John - Derek

Sean Oliver - Stuart

Kate Eaton - Ange

Kathleen Bidmead - Woman

Adele Silva - Squeak

Michelle Martin - Neighbour

 

  

The Doctor takes Ace back home to Perivale so she can catch up with her old friends. But Perivale has changed, the old gang has split up, and some of them have vanished without trace. They are not the only ones - West London is plagued by unexplained disappearances.

 

Before long the mysterious kidnappers make themselves known. A race of galactic hunters called the Cheetah people have found a way to transport themselves to Earth - and the entire human race is their prey. They have been shown the doorway to the planet by an old foe of the Doctor, a bitter and desperate enemy who needs the Doctor's help to free him from a diabolic enchantment.

 

As the Doctor tries to unravel the mystery, Ace finds some of her old friends, trapped on the savage and beautiful world of the Cheetah People. But the only way she can lead them to safety is to allow herself to succumb, like so many before her, to the curse of the planet. The Doctor realises that Ace's new powers will provide the only route home, but it will mean the sacrifice of her humanity to the most bestial and dark side of human nature...

 

  

Working Title:

The Survival, Cat Flap, Blood Hunt

 

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The Doctor Who Archive:

All 3 Episodes exist.

 

Bloopers:

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Title Information:

  • Survival
  • Episodic format
  • UK PAL - Released October 1995
  • BBC Video cat.#5687

 

 

 

 Title Information:

  • Survival
  • Episodic format
  • UK PAL - Released April 2007
  • BBC DVD cat.#1834

 Special Features:

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Not yet released on Audio.

 

 

 

Title Information:

  • Survival
  • Written by Rona Munro
  • Manufactured by Target
  • Published 1989
  • No.150 in the Target, Doctor Who Library.

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