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The tracer leads the Doctor and Romana to Calufrax in search of the second segment of the Key to Time – but instead they find Zanak, a hollow world basking in prosperity under the rule of the cyborg Captain and his menacing Avatron. As the Doctor rallies the mysterious Mentiads to fight back, he uncovers the planet’s dark secret and the Captain’s true nature…
First Broadcast between the 30th September – 21st October 1978
Starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor alongside Mary Tamm (Romana)
CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 Episode 1
00:25:05 Episode 2
00:50:37 Episode 3
01:16:25 Episode 4
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Every aspect of Douglas Adams brilliance shines through in this one.
It’s hard for me to choose between the Key to Time arc and Leela & 1 K-9 Mk1’s arc.
They’re both so damn good with some of my very favorite episodes. Both have my favorite companions, including both K-9 variants.
The writing combined with the fantastic acting is just perfect.
2:42 They should be wearing red baseball caps 🤔
One day some of you will get that 🦦
It’s amazing how many great episodes there are in Baker’s run. For classic doctors, I think only Pertwee has as high a ratio of good vs bad episodes.
Why didn’t the pirate planet just mine dead planets without life. They can find the correct size planet to harvest all over the galaxy let alone the universe.
This was always one of my favorites!
I swear I used to have a shirt just like Romana’s!
Trivia, Mr Fibuli. Trivia!
My favorite episode.