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{{Infobox Doctor Who episode
| number             = 082
| serial_name        = Pyramids of Mars
| show               = DW
| type               = serial
| doctor             = [[Tom Baker]] – [[Fourth Doctor]]
| companion          = [[Elisabeth Sladen]] – [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
| guests             = 
* [[Gabriel Woolf]] – Sutekh{{efn|Also provided the voice of Horus, uncredited{{sfn|Wright|2016|p=67}}}}
* [[Bernard Archard]] – Marcus Scarman
* [[Michael Sheard]] – Laurence Scarman
* [[Peter Copley]] – Dr. Warlock
* [[Michael Bilton]] – Collins
* George Tovey – Ernie Clements
* Peter Mayock – Namin
* [[Vic Tablian]] – Ahmed
* Nick Burnell, Melvyn Bedford, Kevin Selway – Mummies
| director           = [[Paddy Russell]]
| writer             = "Stephen Harris" ([[Robert Holmes (scriptwriter)|Robert Holmes]] and [[Lewis Greifer]])
| script_editor      = Robert Holmes
| producer           = [[Philip Hinchcliffe]]
| executive_producer = None
| composer           = [[Dudley Simpson]]
| production_code    = 4G
| series             = [[Doctor Who season 13|Season 13]]
| length             = 4 episodes, 25 minutes each
| started            = {{start date|1975|10|25|df=y}}
| ended              = {{end date|1975|11|15|df=y}}
| preceding          = ''[[Planet of Evil]]''
| following          = ''[[The Android Invasion]]''
}}

'''''Pyramids of Mars''''' is the third serial of the [[Doctor Who season 13|13th season]] of the British [[science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Written by [[Robert Holmes (scriptwriter)|Robert Holmes]] and [[Lewis Greifer]] under the pseudonym of "Stephen Harris" and directed by [[Paddy Russell]], the serial was first broadcast in four weekly parts on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 25 October to 15 November 1975.

The serial is set in the year 1911 in England, Egypt, and [[Mars]]. In the serial, the burial chamber of the alien Sutekh, the inspiration for the [[Egyptian mythology|Egyptian god]] [[Set (deity)|Set]], is unearthed by the archaeology professor Marcus Scarman. Alive but immobilised, Sutekh seeks his freedom by using Professor Scarman as his servant to destroy the jewel in a pyramid on Mars which is keeping him prisoner.

Influenced by the gothic horror genre and films such as ''[[The Mummy (1932 film)|The Mummy]]'', the serial was met with widespread critical acclaim, being praised for its atmosphere and production. It marks the first appearance of Sutekh (voiced by [[Gabriel Woolf]]), who returned to the series 49 years later in the two-part story "[[The Legend of Ruby Sunday]]" / "[[Empire of Death (Doctor Who episode)|Empire of Death]]" (2024), with Woolf reprising his role.<ref name="DGS"/>