Doctor Who 0048 The Space Pirates. Six part story that aired March 8 to April 12 1969. Written by Robert Holmes and directed by Michal Hart. Audio CD linking script by Micheal Stevens, read by Frazier Hines. The last of the missing serials, only the second episode remains in the archives. Hopefully they'll get around to making an animated version. I had seen the second episode back when I watched the series the first time. Today I listened to the audio CD.
The Tardis gang winds up on a space beacon that's blown apart by space pirates for salvage. The Earth Space Corps are after the pirates. The Tardis gang is separated from the Tardis and works to get to it.
There's the usual running about and yelling. There's plenty of entertaining characters. I enjoyed it for the most part and wished I could see the video.
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