Doctor Who: The Sensorites
1964, English. Directed by Frank Cox & Mervyn Pinfield.
The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan arrive in the TARDIS on board a spaceship. Their initial concern is for the ship's human crew, who are suffering from telepathic interference from the Sensorites, but Susan communicates with the Sensorites and finds the aliens fear an attack by the humans and are just defending themselves. Travelling to the Sense Sphere (the Sensorites' planet) the Doctor seeks to cure an illness to which the Sensorites and Ian have succumbed, but finds it has been caused by deliberate poisoning. The political manoeuvring of the Sensorite City Administrator poses another threat to the TARDIS crew as he seeks to discredit and implicate them.
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Frank CoxDirector
- Mervyn PinfieldDirector
- William HartnellThe Doctor
- Carole Ann FordSusan Foreman
- Jacqueline HillBarbara Wright
- William RussellIan Chesterton
- Stephen DartnellJohn
- Ilona RodgersCarol
- Lorne CossetteMaitland
- John BaileyCommander
- Martyn HuntleyFirst Human
- Giles PhibbsSecond Human
- Peter GlazeThird Sensorite / City Administrator
- Arthur NewallFourth Sensorite
Details
- Released
- 1 August 1964
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Peter R. Newman
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Doctor Who: The Sensorites runs 150 minutes (2h 30m).
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Doctor Who: The Sensorites isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 August 1964. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Doctor Who: The Sensorites?
Doctor Who: The Sensorites (1964) was directed by Frank Cox and Mervyn Pinfield and stars William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill.