| 032 – The Underwater Menace | |||
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| Doctor Who serial | |||
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| Production | |||
| Directed by | Julia Smith | ||
| Written by | Geoffrey Orme | ||
| Script editor | Gerry Davis | ||
| Produced by | Innes Lloyd | ||
| Music by | Dudley Simpson | ||
| Production code | GG | ||
| Series | Season 4 | ||
| Running time | 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
| Episode(s) missing | 2 episodes (1 and 4) | ||
| First broadcast | 14 January 1967 | ||
| Last broadcast | 4 February 1967 | ||
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The Underwater Menace is the half-missing fifth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 14 January to 4 February 1967.
In this serial, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Ben and Polly (Michael Craze and Anneke Wills), and their new friend Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) arrive in the underwater city of Atlantis, where an eccentric scientist called Zaroff (Joseph Fürst) plots to destroy the Earth by draining its ocean supply. This story constitutes Jamie's first journey with the Doctor as a travelling companion.
Only two of the four episodes are held in the BBC archives; two remain missing. Episode 2 is the earliest surviving episode to feature both Troughton as the Second Doctor and Hines as Jamie.
An animated reconstruction of the serial was released in November 2023 as part of the program's 60th Anniversary.[1]