The Smugglers

The Smugglers is the completely missing first serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 10 September to 1 October 1966. Although audio recordings, still photographs, and clips of the story exist, no episodes of this serial are known to have survived.

Plot

The Doctor's new companions Ben and Polly arrive with him in the TARDIS on the coast of seventeenth century Cornwall. They meet a worried churchwarden named Joseph Longfoot, who lives in fear of "Avery's boys" and, in thanks for the Doctor's kindness in relocating a dislocated finger, imparts a cryptic message he calls "Deadman's secret key": "Smallbeer, Ringwood, Gurney". While the time travellers head off to settle at the local inn, Longfoot has another visitor. This one is Cherub, Longfoot's former shipmate under pirate Captain Avery on the Black Albatross. Cherub and his master, Samuel Pike, who captains the Albatross since Avery died, want to recover Avery's accursed gold. Pike is convinced that Longfoot has the treasure or knows where it is hidden. When the churchwarden does not co-operate, Cherub kills him – but not before revealing he saw the three travellers who visited Longfoot earlier.

The Smugglers (disambiguation)

The Smugglers is a serial in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.

The Smugglers may also refer to:

  • The Smugglers (band), a Canadian indie rock band
  • Les Contrebandières, a 1967 French film
  • a series of computer games produced by Niels Bauer Games
  • See also

  • Smuggler (disambiguation)
  • Lover of the Great Bear

    Lover of the Great Bear (Italian: L'amante dell'Orsa Maggiore, French: La ligne de feu, German: Nur der letzte kam durch, also known as The Smugglers) is a 1971 Italian-French-German drama film directed by Valentino Orsini and starring Giuliano Gemma and Senta Berger. It is loosely based on the Polish novel Kochanek Wielkiej Niedźwiedzicy by Sergiusz Piasecki.

    Cast

  • Giuliano Gemma as Vladek
  • Senta Berger as Fela
  • Bruno Cremer as Saska
  • Francesca Romana Coluzzi as Berna
  • Spiros Focás as Alfred
  • Nicoletta Machiavelli as Leonia
  • Flavio Bucci
  • Peter Capell
  • Alessandro Haber as Topo
  • Antonio Piovanelli as Ivan
  • Sybil Danning
  • References

    External links

  • Lover of the Great Bear at the Internet Movie Database

  • Podcasts:

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    Migrants share blame for the small boats crisis alongside the smugglers

    The Daily Telegraph 01 Apr 2025
    Everyone trying to get across will already have travelled thousands of miles to the French coast, paying people smugglers along the way for transport and visas ... chain of smugglers to make the journey.
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