Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

1974•2h 30m•7.4/10

DramaActionAdventureScience FictionTV Movie

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🎬TMDb

7.4/10(9)

The blue crystal that the Doctor took from Metebelis III in a previous adventure is desperately sought by the Eight Legs, a race of mutated spiders, as the final element in their plan for universal domination. With help from an old mentor, the Doctor realises the only way to foil the plot is to make the ultimate sacrifice. The Doctor must risk death to return to the cave of the Great One and save the universe.

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Production

BBC

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Jon Pertwee

Jon Pertwee

The Doctor

Tom Baker

Tom Baker

The Doctor

Elisabeth Sladen

Elisabeth Sladen

Sarah Jane Smith

Nicholas Courtney

Nicholas Courtney

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Richard Franklin

Richard Franklin

Mike Yates

John Levene

John Levene

Sergeant Benton

John Dearth

Lupton

Carl Forgione

Land

Andrew Staines

Keaver

Terence Lodge

Moss

Christopher Burgess

Barnes

John Kane

Tommy

Kevin Lindsay

Cho-Je

George Cormack

K'anpo

Cyril Shaps

Cyril Shaps

Professor Clegg

Chubby Oates

Policeman

Pat Gorman

Pat Gorman

Soldier

Terry Walsh

Terry Walsh

Man with Boat

Michael Pinder

Hopkins

Stuart Fell

Tramp

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