Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders, Part Six
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Planet of the Spiders, Part Six
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- Season: 11
- Episode: 26
- First Aired: 6/8/1974
- Prod Code: ZZZ
The Doctor's past has caught up with him, and now he must risk death to save the universe from the evil clutches of the Great One. Read full recap »
- Writers:
- Barry LettsRobert Sloman
- Director:
- Barry Letts
- Stars:
- Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
- Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who)
- Recurring Role:
- Carl Forgione (Land)
- Andrew Staines (Keaver)
- Kevin Lindsay (Cho-je)
- John Kane (Tommy)
- Ysanne Churchman (Spider Voices)
- Terence Lodge (Moss)
- Christopher Burgess (Barnes)
- Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart)
- Richard Franklin (Mike Yates)
- John Dearth (Lupton)
- Guest Star:
- Gareth Hunt (Arak)
- Ralph Arliss (Tuar)
- George Cormack (K`anpo)
- Kismet Delgado (Spider Voices)
- Tom Baker (Doctor Who [uncredited])
- Maureen Morris (Spider Voices)
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- Harry Sullivan is mentioned briefly here at the end, but is not seen until the next episode. edit »
- The Doctor explains the regeneration process to Sarah. This is the first time that the term is used: the First Doctor was "renewed", the Second was sentenced to a change of appearance.
This is the first time that we see another Time Lord - K'anpo Rimpoche - regenerated.
It is established that a projection of a Time Lord's future incarnation can exist alongside his present one: Cho-je was a distillation of K'anpo Rimpoche's future incarnation. See also Season 18's Logopolis. edit » - The Doctor is poisoned by the radiation in the Great One's mountain lair and is forced to regenerate again. edit »
- Final regular appearances of Jon Pertwee as the Doctor and Richard Franklin as Mike Yates. Both appear next in The Five Doctors. edit »
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Planet of the Spiders, Part Six
The Bottom Line: "Exciting"04/20/07 08:37pm | report abusePlanet of the Spiders is one of the scariest, but exciting Doctor Who adventures ever made. It marks the end of Jon Pertwee, who transforms into Tom Baker in the conclusion of Part Six. Tom Baker was uncredited as Doctor Who at the end the story, but we ...Continue »
Planet of the Spiders, Part Six
The Bottom Line: "Series finale"01/30/06 07:38am | report abuseWow! ...Continue »
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