Doctor Who. Planet of the spiders

Author

Barry Letts

Call Number

• DVD TV SERIES (CEN)

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney.

Publication Information

[London] : BBC Worldwide Ltd. : 2 Entertain Video ; [New York] : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, [2011]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

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.

Notes

Title from container.

"Story no. 74"--Container.

Originally broadcast in episodes on the BBC in 1974.

DVD extras: audio commentary with select cast and crew ; The final curtain: making the Third Doctor's last story (37 min.) ; John Kane remembers (12 min.) ; Directing Doctor Who (14 min.) ; Now and then (7 min.) ; Planet of the spiders, omnibus ed. (105 min.) ; Omnibus trailer (1 min.) ; photo gallery (5 min.) ; PDF materials.