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* TheTeaser: The only classic [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]] serial to use them for cliffhanger reprises, though they actually occur halfway through the title sequence, after the "Doctor Who" title appears but before the "The Ambassadors [[note]]*(TWAA-AANNGG)*[[/note]] of Death" title.

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* TheTeaser: The only classic [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]] serial to use them for cliffhanger reprises, though they actually occur halfway through the title sequence, after the "Doctor Who" title appears but before the "The Ambassadors [[note]]*(TWAA-AANNGG)*[[/note]] [[note]]*(TWAA-AANNG)*[[/note]] of Death" title.
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* TheTeaser: The only classic [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]] serial to use them for cliffhanger reprises, though they actually occur halfway through the title sequence, after the "Doctor Who" title appears but before the "The Ambassadors [[/note]]*(TWAA-AANNGG)*[[note]] of Death" title.

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* TheTeaser: The only classic [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]] serial to use them for cliffhanger reprises, though they actually occur halfway through the title sequence, after the "Doctor Who" title appears but before the "The Ambassadors [[/note]]*(TWAA-AANNGG)*[[note]] [[note]]*(TWAA-AANNGG)*[[/note]] of Death" title.
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* TheTeaser: The only classic [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]] serial to use them for cliffhanger reprises, though they actually occur halfway through the title sequence, after the "Doctor Who" title appears but before the "The Ambassadors *(TWAA-AANNGG)* of Death" title.

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* TheTeaser: The only classic [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]] serial to use them for cliffhanger reprises, though they actually occur halfway through the title sequence, after the "Doctor Who" title appears but before the "The Ambassadors *(TWAA-AANNGG)* [[/note]]*(TWAA-AANNGG)*[[note]] of Death" title.
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* TheTeaser: The only classic [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]] serial to use them for cliffhanger reprises, though they actually occur halfway through the title sequence, after the "Doctor Who" title appears but before the "The Ambassadors (p'tang) of Death" title.

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* TheTeaser: The only classic [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]] serial to use them for cliffhanger reprises, though they actually occur halfway through the title sequence, after the "Doctor Who" title appears but before the "The Ambassadors (p'tang) *(TWAA-AANNGG)* of Death" title.
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The Ambassadors-- '''''[[http://youtu.be/we7BNW8UqZw EEEEEERRRRRRRRWWWW TWAAAANNNG!]]'''''-- of Death!

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The Ambassadors-- '''''[[http://youtu.be/we7BNW8UqZw EEEEEERRRRRRRRWWWW TWAAAANNNG!]]'''''-- EEEERRRRUUUWH...*TWAA-AANNNG!*]]'''''-- of Death!

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[[WMG:[[center:[-''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWho recap index]]\\
'''Third Doctor Era'''\\
'''Season 7:''' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace 1]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians 2]] | '''3''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno 4]]\\
'''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators <<< Season 6]]''' | '''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E1TerrorOfTheAutons Season 8 >>>]]''']]-]]]
!The Ambassadors of Death




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->Written by Creator/DavidWhitaker, Trevor Ray[[note]]part 1, uncredited[[/note]], Creator/MalcolmHulke[[note]]parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; uncredited[[/note]], and Creator/TerranceDicks[[note]]parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; uncredited[[/note]]\\
Directed by Michael Ferguson\\
'''Production code:''' CCC\\
'''Air dates:''' 21 March - 2 May 1970\\
'''Number of episodes:''' 7



'''Production code:''' CCC




Written by Creator/DavidWhitaker (with uncredited rewrites by Trevor Ray, Creator/TerranceDicks, and Creator/MalcolmHulke). This seven-episode serial first aired from March 21 to May 2, 1970.
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* FlappingCheeks: Happens to the Doctor when he leaves Earth by conventional rocket.

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* FlappingCheeks: Happens to the Doctor when he leaves Earth by conventional rocket.rocket, when Reegan's mooks sabotage the normal fuel feed for a more-powerful variant with a thrust that would kill a normal human astronaut.
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* OffTheShelfFX: The capsule hatch controls are obvious brass faucet/tap spigots, with simple green hoses attached between them.
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'''Production code:''' CCC
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-> ''I don't know what came down in Recovery 7, but it certainly wasn't human!''

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-> ''I ->''"I don't know what came down in Recovery 7, but it certainly wasn't human!''human!"''



The one that got a trailer.

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The one JustForFun/{{The one|With}} that got a trailer.
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The Ambassadors-- '''''[[http://youtu.be/we7BNW8UqZw?t=1m12s EEEEEERRRRRRRRWWWW TWAAAANNNG!]]'''''-- of Death!

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The Ambassadors-- '''''[[http://youtu.be/we7BNW8UqZw?t=1m12s be/we7BNW8UqZw EEEEEERRRRRRRRWWWW TWAAAANNNG!]]'''''-- of Death!
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* NuclearNasty: The aliens "eat" hard radiation and can kill people or incinerate objects with a touch.

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* FastKillingRadiation: Doctor Lennox tries to speak to Brigadier to tell him where Liz is being held. Whilst waiting in a locked room in UNIT custody, [[TheMole someone]] manages to slip a single tiny radioactive reactor rod through the door into the room with him. By the time the Brigadier arrives, he's stone dead from radiation poisoning despite it not yet being even an hour.



* IDidWhatIHadToDo: General Carrington belives firmly in this.

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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: General Carrington belives believes firmly in this.
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Written by Creator/DavidWhitaker. This seven-episode serial first aired from March 21 to May 2, 1970.

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Written by Creator/DavidWhitaker.Creator/DavidWhitaker (with uncredited rewrites by Trevor Ray, Creator/TerranceDicks, and Creator/MalcolmHulke). This seven-episode serial first aired from March 21 to May 2, 1970.
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Written by Creator/DavidWhitaker. This serial first aired March 21-May 2, 1970.

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Written by Creator/DavidWhitaker. This seven-episode serial first aired from March 21-May 21 to May 2, 1970.
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Written by Creator/DavidWhitaker. This serial first aired March 21-May 2, 1970.

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* BrokenRecord: "Hello Space Control, we are not cleared for re-entry."
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* SpecialEditionTitle: The opening titles are cut off early, before the story title appears, instead going straight into the opening scene of the episode (Part 1) or the reprise of the previous episodes cliffhanger (Parts 2-7)... then the remainer of the opening titles is shown. Uniquely, the story title fdoes not all appear at once; first "The Ambassadors" appears at the top of the screen, followed seconds later by of "OF DEATH" in a much larger font.

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* SpecialEditionTitle: The opening titles are cut off early, before the story title appears, instead going straight into the opening scene of the episode (Part 1) or the reprise of the previous episodes cliffhanger (Parts 2-7)... then the remainer of the opening titles is shown. Uniquely, the story title fdoes does not all appear at once; first "The Ambassadors" appears at the top of the screen, followed seconds later by of "OF DEATH" in a much larger font.
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* SpecialEditionTitle: The opening titles are cut off early, before the story title appears, instead going straight into the opening scene of the episode (Part 1) or the reprise of the previous episodes cliffhanger (Parts 2-7)... then the remainer of the opening titles is shown. Uniquely, the story title fdoes not all appear at once; first "The Ambassadors" appears at the top of the screen, followed seconds later by of "OF DEATH" in a larger font.

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* SpecialEditionTitle: The opening titles are cut off early, before the story title appears, instead going straight into the opening scene of the episode (Part 1) or the reprise of the previous episodes cliffhanger (Parts 2-7)... then the remainer of the opening titles is shown. Uniquely, the story title fdoes not all appear at once; first "The Ambassadors" appears at the top of the screen, followed seconds later by of "OF DEATH" in a much larger font.
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* SpecialEditionTitle: The opening titles are cut off early, before the story title appears, instead going straight into the opening scene of the episode (Part 1) or the reprise of the previous episodes cliffhanger (Parts 2-7)... then the remainer of the opening titles is shown. Uniquely, the story title fdoes not all appear at once; first "The Ambassadors" appears at the top of the screen, followed seconds later by of "OF DEATH" in a larger font.
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This story was recorded in colour, but the only surviving colour copies of episodes 2-7 are very poor quality ones recorded from broadcast by a US fan using early home video technology, from a Canadian station at the very edge of its transmitter area. In 2012, the story was released on DVD, restored to full colour by combining the video recordings with the chroma dot automated colour recovery process.

The episode also marks the return of companion Corporal John Benton (now a Sergeant), last seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion The Invasion]]".

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This story was recorded in colour, but the only surviving colour copies of episodes Episodes 2-7 are very poor quality ones recorded from broadcast by a US fan using early home video technology, from a Canadian station at the very edge of its transmitter area. In 2012, the story was released on DVD, restored to full colour by combining the video recordings with the chroma dot automated colour recovery process.

The episode story also marks the return of companion Corporal John Benton (now a Sergeant), last seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion The Invasion]]".
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[[caption-width-right:344: Oh crap, that astronaut stole all the color!]]

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[[caption-width-right:344: Oh crap, that astronaut stole all the color!]]
colour!]]



This story was recorded in color, but the only surviving color copies of episodes 2-7 are very poor quality ones recorded from broadcast by a US fan using early home video technology, from a Canadian station at the very edge of its transmitter area. In 2012, the story was released on DVD, restored to full color by combining the video recordings with the chroma dot automated color recovery process.

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This story was recorded in color, colour, but the only surviving color colour copies of episodes 2-7 are very poor quality ones recorded from broadcast by a US fan using early home video technology, from a Canadian station at the very edge of its transmitter area. In 2012, the story was released on DVD, restored to full color colour by combining the video recordings with the chroma dot automated color colour recovery process.
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* BigBad: General Carrington.
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Mars Probe 7 disappeared with three astronauts on board several months ago, and now the British Space Agency's "Recovery 7" mission is in trouble. UNIT is investigating, and the Doctor (still miffed with the Brig by the Silurians incident) and Liz sort of drop in.

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Mars Probe 7 disappeared with three astronauts on board several months ago, and now the British Space Agency's "Recovery 7" mission is in trouble. UNIT is investigating, and the Doctor (still miffed with the Brig by over [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians the Silurians incident) Silurian incident]]) and Liz sort of drop in.
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The Ambassadors--''[[http://youtu.be/we7BNW8UqZw?t=1m12s EEEEEERRRRRRRRWWWW]]'''''''[[http://youtu.be/we7BNW8UqZw?t=1m12s TWAAAANNNG!]]'''''-- of Death!

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The Ambassadors--''[[http://youtu.Ambassadors-- '''''[[http://youtu.be/we7BNW8UqZw?t=1m12s EEEEEERRRRRRRRWWWW]]'''''''[[http://youtu.be/we7BNW8UqZw?t=1m12s EEEEEERRRRRRRRWWWW TWAAAANNNG!]]'''''-- of Death!



Recovery 7 returns to earth, but the astronauts are kidnapped as soon as they land, and Liz notices that the capsule registers off the scale on her geiger counter. The "astronauts" are in fact aliens, dependent on radiation, who have swapped places with the humans.

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Recovery 7 returns to earth, but the astronauts are kidnapped as soon as they land, and Liz notices that the capsule registers off the scale on her geiger Geiger counter. The "astronauts" are in fact aliens, dependent on radiation, who have swapped places with the humans.



This story was recorded in colour, but the only surviving colour copies of episodes 2-7 are very poor quality ones recorded from broadcast by a US fan using early home video technology, from a Canadian station at the very edge of its transmitter area. In 2012, the story was released on DVD, restored to full colour by combining the video recordings with the chroma dot automated colour recovery process.

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This story was recorded in colour, color, but the only surviving colour color copies of episodes 2-7 are very poor quality ones recorded from broadcast by a US fan using early home video technology, from a Canadian station at the very edge of its transmitter area. In 2012, the story was released on DVD, restored to full colour color by combining the video recordings with the chroma dot automated colour color recovery process.
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* InsaneAdmiral: General Carrington. A tragic example, he saw his crewmates unintentionally killed by the Ambassadors. This drove him insane, and he honestly believed he was acting in the Earth's best interest by destroying the Ambassadors, unknowing of the dire consequences this would unleash.

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