The Macra Terror

034 – The Macra Terror
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byJohn Davies
Written byIan Stuart Black
Script editorGerry Davis
Produced byInnes Lloyd
Music byDudley Simpson
Production codeJJ
SeriesSeason 4
Running time4 episodes, 25 minutes each
Episode(s) missingAll episodes
First broadcast11 March 1967 (1967-03-11)
Last broadcast1 April 1967 (1967-04-01)
Chronology
← Preceded by
The Moonbase
Followed by →
The Faceless Ones
List of episodes (1963–1989)

The Macra Terror is the completely missing seventh serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 11 March to 1 April 1967.

In this serial, the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Ben (Michael Craze), Polly (Anneke Wills) and Jamie (Frazer Hines) attempt to unravel a mystery within a human colony on an unnamed planet in the future, which leads to them becoming prisoners as opposed to guests. It also introduces the alien race known as the Macra, who reappear in "Gridlock" (2007). Although audio recordings, still photographs, and clips of the story exist, no episodes of this serial are known to have survived.

In March 2019, BBC Studios released an animated version of the serial using its surviving audio.[1] It became the seventh incomplete Doctor Who serial to receive full-length animated reconstructions of its four missing episodes.

  1. ^ Dee, Christel. "Brand new animation of missing Doctor Who serial The Macra Terror to be released on DVD and Blu-ray". Doctor Who. BBC Studios Distribution. Retrieved 5 December 2018.