Mission to the Unknown
Joe Siegler
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Mission to the Unknown
This Story: Season 3, Story 2. Production Code T/A, T Episode 5, or DC (prod code info here)
Overall: Story 19, Episode 86
Airdate: 9 October 1965
Written by Terry Nation. Directed by Derek Martinus.
Episode Titles
- Mission to the Unknown
Notes
- This story is unique in classic Doctor Who. It is the only story to be a single episode (in the 25 minute format), and it has no main cast. No Doctor, no Steven or Vicki, and no Tardis. It is a setup for the story that comes two after this – the 12 part “Daleks’ Master Plan“. It’s essentially a prequel to that.
- This is one of the 97 lost episodes from the 60’s, and probably one of the least likely to have ever been recovered. It is available as a fan reconstruction that was put out some time ago. However, in 2019. some college students at the University of Central Lancashire mounted the entire episode as a college production, and made it as if it as a new piece of drama. That recreation is available in full online as well (I’ve embedded it below from Youtube). It’s actually quite amazing.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Reconstruction ]
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 86 - “Mission to the Unknown" (1/1 - Serial "T5", Story 19) - 9 Oct 1965. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 7, 2021
A single (unique) episode. Has no regular cast. Exists as a prequel of sorts to a future story. Sets up the concept of a Space Security force to fight the Daleks. pic.twitter.com/xvNYpNa3e4
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 86 - “Mission to the Unknown" (1/1 - Serial "T5", Story 19) - 9 Oct 1965. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 7, 2021
Was recreated in 2019 by a students at @UCLan, and that's what I used for my watch here. It's quite the cool project - you can view it here:https://t.co/COjdVV224G
