At a Tibetan retreat in the English countryside, a group of men are using ancient meditation rituals to tap into a mysterious alien power. They unwittingly create a bridgehead between Earth and Metebelis 3, a planet where the ‘Two Legs’ are oppressed by giant spiders. The creatures are desperate to recover the blue jewel that the Doctor gave to Jo Grant as a wedding gift. Now the Doctor must risk everything and return to Metebelis 3 to face the awesome power of The Great One, who plans to use the crystal to enslave all of human kind…
Story Order
- Story 74 from Doctor Who
- Story 5 of 5 from Season 11
Episodes
Saturday
4th May 1974
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)
Mike Yates contacts Sarah-Jane about mysterious goings on in a Buddhist retreat in the English countryside.
Saturday
11th May 1974
5:40PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)
A highly intelligent spider from Metebelis 3 arrives on Earth in search of the powerful crystal.
Saturday
18th May 1974
5:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)
Following Lupton, Sarah is transported to Metebelis 3 where she is captured by the human villagers.
Saturday
25th May 1974
5:30PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)
With the Doctor in a coma, his only hope of survival lies with a device inside the TARDIS.
Saturday
1st June 1974
5:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)
Sarah makes a bargain with the Queen Spider and returns to Earth with the Doctor in the TARDIS.
Saturday
8th June 1974
5:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)
The Doctor's past has caught up with him, and now he must risk death to save the universe from the Great One.
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
- Doctor WhoTom Baker