The Edge of Destruction (TV story)
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Summary
A mysterious blast renders the TARDIS crew unconscious. They awake disorientated and soon find that the TARDIS is strangely malfunctioning. As all of the systems breakdown, the behaviour of the crew becomes more erratic. Soon the Doctor comes to believe that the school teachers are behind the malfunctions in an attempt to blackmail him into taking them home.
Gradually it becomes clear that the problems are a warning from the TARDIS. It seems that a spring has broken on the fast return switch causing the TARDIS to travel back through time towards the creation of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Doctor corrects the problem and the travellers are able to escape.
Cast & Characters
- Dr Who - William Hartnell
- Ian Chesterton - William Russell
- Barbara Wright - Jacqueline Hill
- Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford
Crew
- Writer - David Whitaker
- Director - Richard Martin (episode 1), Frank Cox (episode 2)
- Producer - Verity Lambert
- Script Editor - David Whitaker
- Designer - Raymond Cusick
- Assistant Floor Manager - Jeremy Hare
- Associate Producer - Mervyn Pinfield
- Costumes - Daphne Dare
- Make-Up - Ann Ferriggi
- Production Assistant - Tony Lightley
- Special Sounds - Brian Hodgson
- Studio Lighting - Dennis Channon
- Studio Sound - Jack Brummitt
- Theme Arrangement - Delia Derbyshire
- Title Music - Ron Grainer
Notes
- The first story featuring only the Doctor and his companions
- The first story to take place entirely in the TARDIS with only the regular cast. The only other story to take place entirely inside the TARDIS is theChildren In Need Special
- This story is also known as Inside the Spaceship and The Brink of Disaster
- All episodes exist in 16mm telerecordings
- Both episodes were recovered from the negative film prints discovered at BBC Enterprises in 1978
- An Arabic print is also held
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