PRODUCTION INFO
Name
The Space Pirates
Serial Code
YY
First Transmitted
8 March 1969
Final Ratings
5.80m
CAST
Regular Cast
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Wendy Padbury (Zoe)
Guest Cast
Brian Peck (Dervish) [1, 3-6], Dudley Foster (Caven) [1, 3-6], Jack May (General Hermack), Donald Gee (Major Ian Warne), George Layton (Technician Penn), Nik Zaran (Lt. Sorba) [1, 4-5], Anthony Donovan (Space Guard) [1], Gordon Gostelow (Milo Clancey) [2-6], Lisa Daniely (Madeleine Issigri) [2-6], Steve Peters (Pirate Guard) [4-6], Esmond Knight (Dom Issigri) [5-6].
CREW
Written by |
Robert Holmes |
Directed by |
Michael Hart |
Produced by |
Peter Bryant |
SYPNOSIS
Far into the future and farout into the black depths of the galaxy, the TARDIS materialises. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe discover the space pioneer s of the future, the adventurers and guardians of planets. But lurking also in the emptiness of space is the evil – the evil of the Space Pirates.
These marauders and plunderers of the riches of planets lead The Doctor and his companions into a new, exciting and dangerous adventure…
NOTES
This story is the penultimate story for Patrick Troughtons era as The Doctor
Episodes 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are missing, but audio recordings exist. The soundtrack has been released as part of the BBC Radio Collection.
Episode 2 has been released on The Troughton Years video. It has also been released on DVD as part of the Lost in Time collection.
90 seconds of film featuring model spacecraft shots and some live action “space walk” footage from the first episode also exists.
Novelised as Doctor Who – The Space Pirates by Terrance Dicks
The scripts of the missing episodes are available on the Scripts Project page.
A fan-produced photovideo reconstruction of the missing episodes has been made by Loose Cannon Productions.
The story title, episode number and writer’s caption credited for each episode are shown in black against a white background following (except in Episode 1’s case) the reprise from the previous episode.
In the cliffhanger to Episode 3, the screams of the Doctor and the others can be heard for ages: in the next episode they’ve only fallen a few feet.
The serial features a brief, diegetic rendition of “Over the Rainbow” in episode 2.
Doctor Who Magazine Archive: Issue #242.
Order Space Pirates CD