The TARDIS arrives in the future on the planet Pluto where there are now six suns, a breathable atmosphere and a large industrial community. The Company controls the planet and exploits the workers, pays them a pittance and then taxes them on everything imaginable. The Doctor and Leela join forces with an underground band of rebels led by a man named Mandrel…
Story Order
- Story 95 from Doctor Who
- Story 4 of 6 from Season 15
Episodes
Saturday
26th November 1977
6:05PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)
Pluto has been made habitable and turned into a giant factory where the ruthless Company exploits its workers.
Saturday
3rd December 1977
6:05PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)
The Doctor is taken prisoner by the Gatherer and sent to the Correction Centre.
Saturday
10th December 1977
6:05PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)
The Doctor is free but Leela has been captured by the Gatherer and is sentenced to a grisly death.
Saturday
17th December 1977
6:05PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)
The Others launch a full-scale uprising against the Gatherer and his Inner Retinue.
Credits
- Doctor WhoTom Baker
- LeelaLouise Jameson
- HadeRichard Leech
- MarnJonina Scott
- CordoRoy Macready
- MandrelWilliam Simons
- GoudryMichael Keating
- VeetAdrienne Burgess
- NurseCarole Hopkin
- Voice of K-9John Leeson
- CollectorHenry Woolf
- BishamDavid Rowlands
- SyngeDerek Crewe
- CommanderColin McCormack
- GuardTom Kelly