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The Web Planet: Crater of Needles
Broadcast: Wednesday 23rd December 1998
7:30am-8:00am EST (12:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: William Hartnell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, William Russell, Jocelyn Birdsall, Jolyon Booth, Roslyn de Winter, Roslyn de Winter, Arne Gordon, Martin Jarvis

Ian and Vrestin fall into caverns beneath the surface of Vortis and encounter the Optera. The Doctor finds the landing site of the Menoptra, and the Zarbi prepare to ambush them.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 18th December 1998:
SPACE: The Imagination Station - specialty cable - http://www.spacecast.com
and http://www.hwcn.com/~an933/spacedw.htm
Sunday at 8AM EST, Monday at 3:30AM - The Web Planet: The Centre - episode 6 of 6
Monday to Friday at 7:30AM - The Web Planet - episodes 2 to 6 (The Zarbi, Escape To Danger, Crater Of Needles, Invasion, The Centre)

It's Web Planet week on SPACE! The story where they deliberately filtered the picture and affected the sound to create an alien environment. Dangerous ants. Killer Larvae. Winged bee-like creatures with guns, and they're the good guys! And try to identify John Scott Martin playing one of the Zarbi. After this story, he would be in virtually all the Dalek adventures as one or more Daleks. He's also the first victim in The Green Death, but that's not airing this week.