This Week in USA
Planet of the Spiders: Part One of Two
(incorporating: Part One / Part Two / Part Three)
11:00pm-12:08am CDT (04:00 GMT) < > « »
WTTW 11 Chicago
Featuring: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Elisabeth Sladen, John Dearth, Richard Franklin, John Kane, John Levene
The Doctor receives a mysterious package from his old companion, Jo Grant. Sarah joins Mike Yates to investigate sinister events at a Buddhist meditation centre.
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast notes:
WTTW split the story into two parts, with the break occuring just before the end of episode three when Sarah says that she'll come quietly from the village. [source: ChicagoEpguides]
Intro: It is said that someday cockroaches may inherit the Earth. Lest you reject this surmise as fantastic, please consider what happened in time past, when a colonist ship brought humans and spiders to Metebilis 3. Conditions on that orb favored the latter. And it is known today as the "Planet of the Spiders."
Outro: Next week, The Doctor confronts The Great One with cataclysmic results for both combatants. A profound event, not to be missed, next Sunday night at 11, the conclusion of "Planet of the Spiders." [source: ChicagoEpguides]