The Claws of Axos

057 – The Claws of Axos
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byMichael Ferguson
Written byBob Baker
Dave Martin
Script editorTerrance Dicks
Produced byBarry Letts
Executive producer(s)None
Music byDudley Simpson
Production codeGGG
SeriesSeason 8
Running time4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast13 March 1971 (1971-03-13)
Last broadcast3 April 1971 (1971-04-03)
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.