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The Web Planet: Crater of Needles
Broadcast: Wednesday 11th August 1999
7:30am-8:00am EDT (11:30 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 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.