the space museum is the seventh serial of the second season in the british science fiction television series "doctor who", which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 24 april to 15 may 1965. set in a space museum on the planet xeros, the serial has the time traveller the first doctor (william hartnell) and his travelling companions ian chesterton (william russell), barbara wright (jacqueline hill), and vicki (maureen o'brien) looking for a way to change their fate after seeing themselves turned into museum exhibits in the future.