Doctor Who (1963) 8.03.X

Axon Stations! (2012)

27 minutes

This feature looks back at the making of The Claws of Axos through interviews, pictures, and clips from the story.

The following people were interviewed for this feature

• Bob Baker, co-writer
• Terrance Ducks, script editor
• Michael Ferguson, director
• Derek Ware, Pigbin Josh
• Katy Manning, Jo Grant
• Paul Grist, Agent Bill Filer
• Bernard Holley, Axon Man

Doctor Who (1963) 8.03.04

The Claws of Axos - Part Four

The Doctor and Jo escape from the Axon's spaceship. The Master claims to have done his part and tries to leave but the Brigadier won't let him go. 

The Doctor explains their work isn't done yet. The Axons are still a threat to the world. The Doctor and the Master work together to get the TARDIS operational. The Doctor explains that the Time Lords blocked his memory so that he is unable to fix the TARDIS and leave Earth. The Master agrees to help him.

The Doctor tricks the Master into thinking that he wants to escape Earth but when the TARDIS rematerializes it is inside the Axon spaceship. The Doctor cuts a deal with the Axons. The Master figures out that the Doctor is trying to double cross the aliens and warns the Axons.

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The Claws of Axos - Part Three

The Doctor and Jo are taken prisoner and Bill Filer is knocked unconscious by the Axons. The Axons interrogate the Doctor about time travel. They torture first him and then Jo before he finally gives them what they need to allow them travel through time.

The Brigadier reasserts control of the situation and gets the Ministry of Defense to let UNIT take charge, instead of Mr. Chinn. 

The Master, wearing a disguise, tricks Sgt Benton into letting him into the TARDIS, which is in very bad shape. He's very disappointed by what he finds but he does his best to get it back in working order.

Doctor Who (1963) 8.03.02

The Claws of Axos - Part Two

The Doctor is reunited with Jo. She tells them that she could have sworn that she heard Bill Filer's voice and that she was looking for him when they found her. The Axon leader insists that she must have been hallucinating.

Chinn get authorization from the Ministry of Defense and with some help from the British Army takes charge of the situation. He makes a deal with the Axons and gets a big chunk of Axonite. He hands it over to Winser. The Brigadier, the Doctor, and Jo are arrested for trying to interfere with Chinn's plans for the Axonite.

The Master and Bill Filer escape temporarily from the grips of the Axons but are quickly recaptured. The Axons make a duplicate of Filer and send him after the Doctor who they have figured out is a Time Lord, just like the Master.

Doctor Who (1963) 8.03.01

The Claws of Axos - Part One

A UFO enters the Earth's atmosphere. Mr. Chinn, an investigator from the Ministry of Defense, is present at UNIT and takes an interest in the UFO to the point of calling in a missile strike to blow the UFO out of the sky. The UFO crash lands on Earth near the NUTON Power Complex before it can be intercepted by the missiles.

The Doctor, the Brigadier, Captain Yates, Sergeant Benton, Jo Grant, and a few squads of UNIT soldiers rush to investigate the UFO. A couple people get to the UFO before them. One is a man on a bicycle. The other is Bill Filer, an American from Washington HQ who was there to see the Brigadier. Both of them get pulled into the ship by tentacles.