| "Delta and the Bannermen (Part 1)" | |
|---|---|
| Series Doctor Who Season 24, Episode 9 | |
| File:Doctor Who 24x09 001.jpg | |
| Air date | November 2nd, 1987 |
| Writers | David Fisher Douglas Adams Graham Williams |
| Director | Michael Hayes |
| Producers | Graham Williams |
| Starring | Tom Baker; Lalla Ward |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous "Paradise Towers (Part 4)" |
Next "Delta and the Bannermen (Part 2)" |
"Delta and the Bannermen (Part 1)" is the first part of the "Delta and the Bannermen" storyline, which ran through episodes 9-11 in series 24 of Doctor Who. The episodes originally aired on BBC1 from November 2nd to November 16th, 1987. It was directed by Michael Hayes and written by David Fisher, Douglas Adams and Graham Williams, all credited under the single pseudonym of David Agnew. In this episode, Scaroth captures Romana and blackmails her into completing Kerensky's work on his time machine. The Doctor fails to prevent him from activating it, and must follow him back to Earth's primordial past to stop him from preventing the development of the human race.