The Sea Devils
1972 Doctor Who serial / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sea Devils is the third serial of the ninth season of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 26 February to 1 April 1972. It was written by Malcolm Hulke and directed by Michael E. Briant. The serial is notable as the first appearance of the Sea Devils and features extensive location filming in cooperation with the Royal Navy, as well as an experimental electronic score by Malcolm Clarke.
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Directed by | Michael E. Briant | ||
Written by | Malcolm Hulke | ||
Script editor | Terrance Dicks | ||
Produced by | Barry Letts | ||
Executive producer(s) | None | ||
Music by | Malcolm Clarke | ||
Production code | LLL | ||
Series | Season 9 | ||
Running time | 6 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
First broadcast | 26 February 1972 (1972-02-26) | ||
Last broadcast | 1 April 1972 (1972-04-01) | ||
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List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989) |
The serial is set in various locations in and beneath the English Channel. In the serial, the alien time traveller the Master (Roger Delgado) makes contact with the Sea Devils, a bipedal marine race that ruled the Earth before humanity, and plots to use them to reconquer the Earth from humanity.