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The Web Planet: The Zarbi
Broadcast: Monday 9th August 1999
7:30am-8:00am EDT (11:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: William Hartnell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, William Russell, Arthur Blake, Roslyn de Winter, Arne Gordon

Rescued by the Menoptra, Barbara is then captured by the ant-like Zarbi. The Doctor and Ian trace the missing TARDIS to a giant web city and encounter a mysterious intelligence.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 6th August 1999:
SPACE: The Imagination Station
http://www.hwcn.org/~an933/spacedw.htm and
http://www.spacecast.com/
Sat 7:30AM EDT The Romans: Inferno ep 4 of 4
Sun-Fri 7:30AM EDT The Web Planet eps 1-6 of 6 (The Web Planet, The Zarbi, Escape To Danger, Crater Of Needles, Invasion, The Centre)

On Saturday, the TARDIS crew try to reunite at Nero's palace on the night when it burned to ashes. The rest of the week goes to The Web Planet, a mysterious place where the normal laws of physics mean nothing. Once a garden paradise, the planet is now being destroyed by a monstrous creature that has taken control of the TARDIS.