Liam Prendergast, Philip Bloomfield, Ralph Morse (uncredited) – Fosters
Production
Directed by
John Black
Written by
Johnny Byrne
Script editor
Christopher H. Bidmead
Produced by
John Nathan-Turner
Executive producer(s)
Barry Letts
Music by
Roger Limb
Production code
5T
Series
Season 18
Running time
4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast
31 January 1981 (1981-01-31)
Last broadcast
21 February 1981 (1981-02-21)
Chronology
← Preceded by Warriors' Gate
Followed by → Logopolis
List of episodes (1963–1989)
The Keeper of Traken is the sixth serial of the 18th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 31 January to 21 February 1981.
In the serial, the alien time traveller the Master (Geoffrey Beevers) seeks a power on the planet Traken known as the Source which he wishes to use to restore his life.
The end of the serial introduces Anthony Ainley as the Master. The serial is also the debut of Sarah Sutton as companion-to-be Nyssa.
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