Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken

Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken

1981•1h 40m•7.5/10

TV MovieAdventureScience Fiction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(5)

The Doctor and Adric learn from the wizened Keeper of Traken that a great evil has come to his planet in the form of a Melkur - a calcified statue. The Keeper of Traken is nearing the end of his reign and seeks the Doctor's help in preventing the evil from taking control of the bioelectronic source that is the keystone of the Traken Union's civilisation.

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Production

BBC

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Tom Baker

Tom Baker

The Doctor

Matthew Waterhouse

Matthew Waterhouse

Adric

Sarah Sutton

Sarah Sutton

Nyssa

Geoffrey Beevers

Geoffrey Beevers

Melkur (voice) / The Master

Anthony Ainley

Anthony Ainley

Tremas / The Master

Sheila Ruskin

Sheila Ruskin

Kassia

Denis Carey

The Keeper

John Woodnutt

John Woodnutt

Seron

Margot Van der Burgh

Katura

Robin Soans

Robin Soans

Luvic

Roland Oliver

Neman

Liam Prendergast

Foster

Philip Bloomfield

Foster

Graham Cole

Graham Cole

Melkur

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