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| 035 – The Faceless Ones | |||
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| Doctor Who serial | |||
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| Production | |||
| Directed by | Gerry Mill | ||
| Written by | David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke | ||
| Script editor | Gerry Davis | ||
| Produced by | Innes Lloyd Peter Bryant (associate producer, episodes 1–3) | ||
| Music by | Stock music | ||
| Production code | KK | ||
| Series | Season 4 | ||
| Running time | 6 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
| Episode(s) missing | 4 episodes (2, 4–6) | ||
| First broadcast | 8 April 1967 | ||
| Last broadcast | 13 May 1967 | ||
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The Faceless Ones is the mostly missing eighth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 April to 13 May 1967.
In this serial, the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his travelling companions Jamie (Frazer Hines), Ben (Michael Craze) and Polly (Anneke Wills) arrive at Gatwick Airport where identity-stealing aliens known as the Chameleons have taken refuge after their planet was destroyed, preying on university students by abducting them using the false holiday flight organisation 'Chameleon Tours'. It sees the departure of Craze and Wills as Ben and Polly. Only two of the six episodes are held in the BBC archives; four remain missing.
An animated version of the serial from BBC Studios was released on 16 March 2020.[1][2] It became the eighth incomplete Doctor Who serial to receive full-length animated reconstructions of its missing episodes.
- ^ "Doctor Who The Faceless Ones Blu-ray". The Doctor Who Site. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ Jeffery, Morgan (8 February 2020). "Doctor Who's 'The Faceless Ones' will be the next 'lost' story to be animated". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 February 2020.