Earthshock

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Story Code: 6B / Season 19 UK Airdate: 8 Mar to 16 Mar 1982 Doctor: Peter Davison
First airings by location UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite Previous Story / Next Story
Radio Times listing for 24 August 2008, when Earthshock was shown during a three-day Doctor Who marathon on UK's Sci-Fi Channel

This story aired in the following known countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.)

Australia May 82 PAL
United States from 82 NTSC
New Zealand Jul 83 PAL
Canada Feb 85 NTSC
Netherlands Jan 86 PAL
Gibraltar Jul 86 PAL
United Arab Emirates Jun 87 PAL
Germany Nov 21 PAL
  • The story was later dubbed into German and released on DVD. It was also released on DVD in the Netherlands (subtitled) in the mid-2000s.


US TV Guide descriptions

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Title: Earthshock

  • Part 1: The Tardis lands in a 25th-century cave, where a group of scientists was attacked while studying fossils.
  • Part 2: Kyle, Scott and the Doctor materialize in a freighter carrying thousands of metal cylinders.
  • Part 3: The Cybermen take over the freighter.
  • Part 4: The freighter is set on a destruction course for Earth.
  • Compilation: The Tardis lands in a 25th-century cave, where a group of scientists was attacked while studying fossils.


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