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Originally aired on

14 May 1996 (US)
27 May 1996 (UK)

Written by

Matthew Jacobs

Directed by

Geoffrey Sax

Cast List

Paul McGann- The Doctor
Eric Roberts- The Master
Daphne Ashbrook- Dr Grace Holloway
Sylvester McCoy- The Old Doctor
Yee Jee Tso- Chang Lee
John Novak- Salinger Michael
David Simms- Dr Swift
Catherine Lough- Wheeler
Dolores Drake- Curtis
William Sasso- Pete
Jeremy Radick- Gareth
Eliza Roberts- Miranda
Ron James- Motorcycle Policeman
Dave Hurtubise- Professor Wagg
Joel Wirkunnen- Ted
Dee Jay Jackson- Security Man
Gordon Tipple- The Old Master
Mi-Jung Lee Joanna Piros- News Anchors

Synopsis

It's New Years Eve, 1999. Earth is about to run out of time...
Returning home to Gallifrey with the remains of his arch enemy, the Master, the TARDIS is forced off course, transporting the Doctor into the middle of a street gang's gun battle in downtown San Francisco.
Critically wounded in the shoot out, the Doctor has to regenerate to save his own life. And he's not the only one - the Master too has a new body with which to wreak havoc, and his ultimate goal is to take the Doctor's own existence.
As the clock counts down to the start of a new millennium, the Doctor has to stop the Master destroying all life on Earth. But at what cost...?