The Wheel in Space: Episode 6

Episode aired Jun 1, 1968
TV-G
23m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

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Adventure Drama Family Sci-Fi

Jamie and Zoe attempt to recover the time vector generator while the Cybermen realise the Doctor is on the Wheel and make him their prime target.Jamie and Zoe attempt to recover the time vector generator while the Cybermen realise the Doctor is on the Wheel and make him their prime target.Jamie and Zoe attempt to recover the time vector generator while the Cybermen realise the Doctor is on the Wheel and make him their prime target.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

417

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
The episode ends with the Doctor showing Zoe his last encounter with the Daleks, to warn her of the dangers ahead if she choose to join the TARDIS. This was used to lead in to a repeat of the story "The Evil of the Daleks" the following week. Together with narration over the opening of that story, this uniquely tied the only repeat of a Doctor Who story in the 1960s into the ongoing plot-line.

Goofs
Patrick Troughton fluffs his line and says, "We're all going to be killed shortly unless you switch over to sexual air supply."

Quotes
Cyberman: You know our ways. You must be destroyed.

Connections
Featured in Doctor Who: Earthshock: Part Two (1982)

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6/10

I imagine you have orders to destroy me.

The Cybermen learn who it is that's been working against them on The Wheel, they set about taking on The Doctor.

It's a pretty flat final episode, particularly when you consider that it's the end of the series, and how high the quality has been throughout series five. The conclusion feels so basic, so simple, it really is the most anticlimactic ending to any Cyber story.

A nice reference back to the first ever Dalek story, the fluid link has again caused mayhem, but he's pocketed some mercury.

The Guys playing The Cybermen are huge, very big men. This particular design of Cybermen looks really good, so primitive. They would change a lot when we would next see them in The Invasion.

Lots of technical bits and bobs for The Doctor to fiddle about with. The scene where Zoe sees the thought patterns is great, a shame she'd never meet The Daleks.

Overall it's been a real disappointment, it's not bad, it's just incredibly underwhelming from start to finish, the major night though, is that Zoe had joined the team.

Disappointing, 6/10.