The Claws of Axos

057 – *The Claws of Axos*
057 – The Claws of Axos
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Jon Pertwee – Third Doctor;
	Companion Katy Manning – Jo Grant;
	Others Nicholas Courtney – Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart; Richard Franklin – Captain Mike Yates; John Levene – Sergeant Benton; Roger Delgado – The Master; Fernanda Marlowe – Corporal Bell; Peter Bathurst – Chinn; Paul Grist – Bill Filer; Donald Hewlett – George Hardiman; David Savile – Winser; Tim Pigott-Smith – Captain Harker; Kenneth Benda – The Minister; Derek Ware – Pigbin Josh; Michael Walker, David G. March – Radar Operators; Royston Farrell – Technician; Bernard Holley, Patricia Gordino, John Hicks, Debbie Lee London – Axons;
Production
Directed by	Michael Ferguson
Written by	Bob Baker; Dave Martin
Script editor	Terrance Dicks
Produced by	Barry Letts
Executive producer(s)	None
Music by	Dudley Simpson
Production code	GGG
Series	Season 8
Running time	4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast	13 March 1971
Last broadcast	3 April 1971
Chronology
← Preceded by; The Mind of Evil	Followed by →; Colony in Space
	List of episodes (1963–1989)

The Claws of Axos is the third serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 13 March to 3 April 1971.

In the serial, set in Britain, the alien organism Axos spreads its Axonite particles across the Earth to allow itself to feed on all life on the planet.