Galaxy 4 (alternatively spelled Galaxy Four) is the mostly missing first serial of the third season in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 11 September to 2 October 1965.
In this serial, the Doctor (William Hartnell) and his travelling companions Steven (Peter Purves) and Vicki (Maureen O'Brien) arrive on an arid planet within the titular Galaxy 4, where they encounter the beautiful but dangerous Drahvins and the hideous but friendly Rills, two crash landed species in conflict with one another. Both species wish to escape as the planet is set to explode in two dawns, but the Drahvin leader Maaga (Stephanie Bidmead) only wants for her people to make it out alive.
Only the third episode ("Air Lock"), as well as a six-minute reel of the first episode ("Four Hundred Dawns") are held in the BBC Archives. The rest of the serial remains missing.
The serial is scheduled to be released in animated form on DVD and Blu-ray on 15 November 2021. The surviving episode, plus the existing six-minute segment from the first episode will be included as extras.
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