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Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974)

Directed by Barry Letts

Overview

The blue crystal that the Doctor took from Metebelis III in a previous adventure is desperately sought by the Eight Legs, a race of mutated spiders, as the final element in their plan for universal domination. With help from an old mentor, the Doctor realises the only way to foil the plot is to make the ultimate sacrifice. The Doctor must risk death to return to the cave of the Great One and save the universe.

Length 150 minutes

Actors

Jon Pertwee | Tom Baker | Elisabeth Sladen | Nicholas Courtney | Richard Franklin | John Levene | John Dearth | Carl Forgione | Andrew Staines | Terence Lodge | Christopher Burgess | John Kane | Kevin Lindsay | George Cormack | Cyril Shaps | Chubby Oates | Pat Gorman | Terry Walsh | Michael Pinder | Stuart Fell | Geoffrey Morris | Ralph Arliss | Gareth Hunt | Jenny Laird | Joanna Monro | Walter Randall | Max Faulkner | Ysanne Churchman | Kismet Delgado | Maureen Morris