Chase, The: Episode 1: The Executioners

Alternative title

Executioners

Synopsis

Children’s television cult science-fiction series. The Daleks build a time machine and send an execution squad to hunt the Doctor and the TARDIS through eternity. In the TARDIS the travellers huddle around the Time-Space Visualiser, a television-like machine which can detect any event in time and space. They each choose an event to witness: Ian picks Abraham Lincoln delivering his Gettysburg Address, Barbara looks into Elizabeth I’s court, and sees the genesis of Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet; and Vicki sees the Beatles performing ‘Ticket To Ride’.

Series

Doctor Who

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Time Travel; Science fiction (television)

Credits

Director

Richard Martin (2)

Producer

Verity Lambert

Writer

Terry Nation

Cast

Hugh Walters
Jacqueline Hill
Maureen O’Brien
Roger Hammond
Vivienne Bennett
William Hartnell
William Russell

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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Phone

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Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

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