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The Pirate Planet: Omnibus
(incorporating: Part One / Part Two / Part Three / Part Four)
Last updated 13 January 2025
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Featuring: Tom Baker, John Leeson, Mary Tamm, Bruce Purchase, Andrew Robertson
The Doctor, Romana and K9 face new dangers searching for the second segment to the Key to Time. What has happened to the planet it is hidden on?
Instead of landing on Calufrax as originally intended, they arrive on a different planet and encounter the Mentiads, and the strange Captain.
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWiDW
Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:
Friday 9th July 1999:
UK Gold http://www.radiotimes.beeb.com/
Late Friday from 12:25 to 2:05AM The Aztecs movie version
Sunday from 9:20 to 11:15AM The Pirate Planet movie version
In Aztecs, Barbara is mistaken for a god, and tries to use her influence to alter the course of history. In Pirate Planet, the Doctor and Romana land at precisely the right place at precisely the right time ... on the wrong planet!
UK Gold Classics http://www.sceneone.co.uk/s1/tv/listings
Sunday from 6 to 8PM The Pirate Planet movie version
More convenient broadcast time, after most of the Churches have finished their services and the stores crazy enough to be open have closed for the evening.
UK Gold http://www.radiotimes.beeb.com/
Late Friday from 12:25 to 2:05AM The Aztecs movie version
Sunday from 9:20 to 11:15AM The Pirate Planet movie version
In Aztecs, Barbara is mistaken for a god, and tries to use her influence to alter the course of history. In Pirate Planet, the Doctor and Romana land at precisely the right place at precisely the right time ... on the wrong planet!
UK Gold Classics http://www.sceneone.co.uk/s1/tv/listings
Sunday from 6 to 8PM The Pirate Planet movie version
More convenient broadcast time, after most of the Churches have finished their services and the stores crazy enough to be open have closed for the evening.