Jon Pertwee - (The Doctor)

Elisabeth Sladen - (Sarah-Jane Smith)

Nicholas Courtney - (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart)

Richard Franklin - (Mike Yates)

John Levene - (Sergeant Benton)

Cyril Shaps - (Professor Clegg)

John Dearth - (Lupton)

Christopher Burgess - (Barnes)

Terence Lodge - (Moss)

Carl Forgione - (Land)

Andrew Staines - (Keaver)

Kevin Lindsay - (Cho-je)

John Kane - (Tommy)

Chubby Oates - (Policeman)

Pat Gorman - (Soldier)

Terry Walsh - (Man with Boat)

Michael Pinder - (Hopkins)

Stuart Fell - (Tramp)

Gareth Hunt - (Arak)

Geoffrey Morris - (Sabor)

Jenny Laird - (Neska)

Joanna Munro - (Rega)

Ralph Arliss - (Tuar)

Walter Randall, Max Faulkner - (Guard Captains)

George Cormack - (K'anpo)

Ysanne Churchman, Kismet Delgado, Maureen Morris - (Spider Voices)

What begins as innocuous research into ESP turns into a deadly mind battle, with the terrifying spiders from the planet Metebelis Three pitted against The Doctor, his friends and Time Lord K'anpo.

At a Tibetan-style spiritual retreat deep in rural England, a clandestine circle of chanting brethren unknowingly call upon the evil powers of the Metebelis Spiders, whose quest for the perfect blue crystal leads them straight to the Doctor. He must travel to the alien planet to meet the Great One, merciless ruler of her spiders and human slaves, who plans to take over Earth.

The future of the entire universe is in the Doctor's hands, but if he is to face the fear the Great One sees in his mind, then he must face the certainty of total destruction. Could this be the Time Lord's final death?

Working Title:

The Final Game

Things to look for:

• Coming Soon

The Doctor Who Archive:

All 6 episodes exist.

Bloopers:

• Coming Soon

- Planet of the Spiders, episodic format, April 1991; PAL (BBC Video cat.#4491).

Not yet released on DVD.

Not yet released on Audio.

- Doctor Who and The Planet of the Spiders by Terrance Dicks, Published 1975 - [Target no.48]

- Doctor Who and The Planet of the Spiders by Terrance Dicks, Published 1978 - [Target no.48]

- Planet of the Spiders by Terrance Dicks, Published 1991 - [Target no.48]

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