Story Order
- Story 74 from Doctor Who
- Story 5 of 5 from Season 11
Episodes
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Doctor Who - Planet of the Spiders - Part One
Mike Yates contacts Sarah-Jane about mysterious goings on in a Buddhist retreat in the English countryside.
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Doctor Who - Planet of the Spiders - Part Two
A highly intelligent spider from Metebelis 3 arrives on Earth in search of the powerful crystal.
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Doctor Who - Planet of the Spiders - Part Three
Following Lupton, Sarah is transported to Metebelis 3 where she is captured by the human villagers.
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Doctor Who - Planet of the Spiders - Part Four
With the Doctor in a coma, his only hope of survival lies with a device inside the TARDIS.
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Doctor Who - Planet of the Spiders - Part Five
Sarah makes a bargain with the Queen Spider and returns to Earth with the Doctor in the TARDIS.
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Doctor Who - Planet of the Spiders - Part Six
The Doctor's past has caught up with him, and now he must risk death to save the universe from the Great One.
Characters
Third Doctor
Sarah Jane Smith
Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
Mike Yates
John Benton
Lupton
Barnes
Moss
Land
Keaver
Tommy
Arak
Sabor
Neska
Rega
Tuar
Credits
- Doctor WhoJon Pertwee
- Sarah Jane SmithElisabeth Sladen
- Brigadier Lethbridge-StewartNicholas Courtney
- Mike YatesRichard Franklin
- Sergeant BentonJohn Levene
- Professor CleggCyril Shaps
- LuptonJohn Dearth
- BarnesChristopher Burgess
- MossTerence Lodge
- LandCarl Forgione
- KeaverAndrew Staines
- Cho-jeKevin Lindsay
- TommyJohn Kane
- PolicemanChubby Oates
- SoldierPat Gorman
- Man with boatTerry Walsh
- HopkinsMichael Pinder
- TrampStuart Fell
- Spider VoiceYsanne Churchman
- ArakGareth Hunt
- SaborGeoffrey Morris
- NeskaJenny Laird
- RegaJoanna Monro
- TuarRalph Arliss
- Guard CaptainWalter Randall
- Spider VoiceKismet Delgado
- Spider VoiceMaureen Morris
- Stunt Double for Doctor WhoTerry Walsh
- Guard CaptainMax Faulkner
- K'anpoGeorge Cormack