The Space Pirates

Written by: Robert Holmes

1st Aired: 8 Mar 69-12 Apr 69

Companions: Jamie, Zoe

Location: Beacon Alpha 4, planet Ta and vicinity

General Hermack and Major Warne of the Space Corps investigate the destruction and theft of space beacons by pirates. Hermack stations a party led by Lt. Sorba on Beacon Alpha Four to defend it against pirates. the Tardis lands on Alpha Four about the time the space pirates arrive. The beacon is blown apart, with the Doctor and his friends i one section, and the Tardis in another. Meanwhile, Hermack comes upon and old spaceship crewed by an eccentric miner named Milo Clancey and suspects that he is behind the piracy. Hermack visits the Issigri the daughter of Clancey's late partner, Com. Clancey rescues the Doctor and his friends, and takes them to Ta, reasoning that Hermack won't expect him to go there. There they learn that Dorn is dead, and that Madeleine Issigri is working with the pirate whose leader is more than willing to kill them all.

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