Underworld (Doctor Who)

096 - Underworld
DoctorTom Baker (Fourth Doctor)
WriterBob Baker
Dave Martin
DirectorNorman Stewart
Script EditorAnthony Read
ProducerGraham Williams
Executive Producer(s)None
Production Code4Y
SeriesSeason 15
Length4 episodes, 25 mins each
Transmission dateJanuary 7 - January 28, 1978
Preceded byThe Sun Makers
Followed byThe Invasion of Time

Underworld is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 7 - January 28, 1978.

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Synopsis

The TARDIS lands on a spaceship belonging to the last remnants of the Minyans, who have an old link to the Time Lords. The Doctor must help them to find the hidden race banks that will save their dying race.

Plot

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The Doctor confronts the Heart of the Oracle.

Notes

  1. The serial borrows many elements and parallels from Greek mythology, in particular the stories of Jason and the Argonauts.
  2. The destruction of Minyos is investigated in the Big Finish Productions audio drama Gallifrey: The Inquiry.

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See also: Underworld (Doctor Who), 1978, Argonauts, Big Finish Productions