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Planet of the Spiders: Part Four
Broadcast: Thursday 2nd September 1999
11:30pm-12:00am AEST (13:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, John Dearth, Richard Franklin, Gareth Hunt, John Kane, Terry Walsh

With the Doctor in a coma, his only hope of survival lies with a device inside the TARDIS. Sarah is captured by the spiders and is held prisoner in their larder.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 27th August 1999:
UKTV http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/ and http://foxtel.com.au/
Sat 1PM, Sun 2 and 7AM The War Games all 10 eps!
Mon - Thu 11:30PM Planet of the Spiders eps 1 - 4 of 6
Fri 11:30PM Planet of the Spiders eps 5 + 6 of 6

Don't blink when you watch UKTV over the weekend, or you might miss the occasional broadcast of something other than The War Games, the final adventure of the 2nd Doctor. The weekdays are turned over to Planet of the Spiders, the real story behind the demise of the 3rdDoctor. It's the Who-Files, and they plan to last forever, bwa-ha-ha!