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Story #16 "The Time Meddler"
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Season
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2
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Writer
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Dennis Spooner
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Book/CD
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X
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Episodes
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4
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Director
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Douglas Camfield
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Vid
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Story code
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S
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Producer
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Verity Lambert
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Episode Details
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Episode
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DR MM:SS
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In BBC Archive
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1
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24:05
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03/07/1965
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Y
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2
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25:17
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10/07/1965
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Y
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4
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24:00
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24/07/1965
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Y
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Cast Details
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Regular Cast
William Hartnell (First Doctor) , Vicki (Maureen O Brien) , Peter Purves (Steven Taylor)
Guest Cast
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)
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Synopsis
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Arriving at a remote spot on the English coast in 1066, the Doctor and his companions are astounded to find a modern wristwatch and tape recorder. What is the connection between the mysterious monk and the Viking spies?
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Notes
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- This is the first story in which the acronym TARDIS is said to stand for "Time and Relative Dimensions in Space", rather than the singular "Dimension" as had been used in An Unearthly Child. This was an error made by Maureen O'Brien during recording, and was retained throughout much of the series' history.
- The Time Meddler is the first example of what is known in Doctor Who as the "pseudohistorical" story, as opposed to the pure historical stories, which are set in the past but have no science fictional elements attached to them.
- The working title for this story was The Monk. The working title of episode 1 was The Paradox.
- All episodes exist as 16mm telerecordings. First appearance of another member of the Doctors race. and another TARDIS.
- Print of episode 2 is held in the Film & TV Library.
- Incomplete prints of all episodes were found in Nigeria in 1985. Complete prints of episodes 1 and 3 were returned to the archive in 1992. Sequences showing a Saxon being stabbed in episode 4 are still missing from the print.
Order the Time Meddler DVD via our BBC DVD Page
Order the Time Meddler VHS via our BBC VHS Page
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