The Ice Warriors
1967 Doctor Who serial / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ice Warriors is the partly missing third serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 11 November to 16 December 1967.
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Directed by | Derek Martinus | ||
Written by | Brian Hayles | ||
Script editor | Peter Bryant | ||
Produced by | Innes Lloyd | ||
Executive producer(s) | None | ||
Music by | Dudley Simpson | ||
Production code | OO | ||
Series | Season 5 | ||
Running time | 6 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
Episode(s) missing | 2 episodes (2 and 3) | ||
First broadcast | 11 November 1967 (1967-11-11) | ||
Last broadcast | 16 December 1967 (1967-12-16) | ||
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List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989) |
In this serial, the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) and Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling) arrive on Earth during a new ice age. After making its way into a base led by a man called Clent (Peter Barkworth), the crew discovers a humanoid being in the ice that plots to revive its race and take over the planet. This serial marked the debut of the Ice Warriors.
It was the third incomplete Doctor Who serial to be released with full-length animated reconstructions of its two missing episodes.