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The Pirate Planet: Part One
Broadcast: Saturday 15th May 1999
9:40am-10:10am CEST (07:40 GMT) < > « »
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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: BBC Worldwide
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 14th May 1999:
BBC Prime
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Late Friday at 1AM CET The Ribos Operation episode 4 of 4
Saturday at 9:40AM and 6PM CET The Pirate Planet ep 1 of 4

The Key To Time saga continues. Friday night, the Graff Vynda-K hunts the Doctor and company through the ice caves searching for the jethryik (segment 1 in disguise). Next, the Doctor and Romana travel to Calufrax, home of the second segment. But another planet is in Calufrax's place.