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"The Slave Traders"
Series Doctor Who
Season 2, Episode 12
File:Doctor Who 1.12 001.jpg
Air date January 16th, 1965
Writers Anthony Coburn
Director Waris Hussein
Producers Verity Lambert; Mervyn Pinfield
Starring William Hartnell; William Russell; Jacqueline Hill; Carole Ann Ford
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"The Slave Traders" is the twelfth episode of series two of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was directed by Waris Hussein and written by Anthony Coburn. It first aired on BBC-1 in the UK on January 16th, 1965.

In this episode, the Doctor, Ian, Susan and Barbara are trapped inside the Cave of Skulls. The Doctor seems disinterested in their current predicament however. The tribal elder goes to the cave to prevent the Doctor from teaching the others the secret of fire. Za and Hur are forced to work together to stop the Doctor and his companions from escaping.

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