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| 043 – The Wheel in Space | |||
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| Production | |||
| Directed by | Tristan de Vere Cole | ||
| Written by | David Whitaker, from a story by Kit Pedler | ||
| Script editor | Derrick Sherwin | ||
| Produced by | Peter Bryant | ||
| Executive producer(s) | None | ||
| Music by | Special sounds by Brian Hodgson at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop[1] | ||
| Production code | SS | ||
| Series | Season 5 | ||
| Running time | 6 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
| Episode(s) missing | 4 episodes (1, 2, 4 and 5) | ||
| First broadcast | 27 April 1968 | ||
| Last broadcast | 1 June 1968 | ||
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The Wheel in Space is the partly missing seventh and final serial of the fifth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from 27 April to 1 June 1968.
In this serial, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his travelling companion Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) become stranded on a seemingly abandoned spaceship called Silver Carrier. They make contact with and board another wheel-shaped space station known as W3, only to discover that a small group of Cybermen have followed and plan on using the wheel's radio link to Earth as a beacon for their invasion fleet. This serial is notable for the first appearance of Wendy Padbury as companion Zoe Heriot.
- ^ Ayres, Mark (August 2015). "Composers: The 1960s". Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition. No. 41, The Music of Doctor Who. Tunbridge Wells: Panini UK Ltd. p. 24.