This Week in Europe
The Pirate Planet: Part One
Last updated 13 January 2025
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BBC Entertainment (Europe)
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 21st May 1999:
BBC Prime
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Late Friday at 1AM CET The Pirate Planet episode 1 of 4
Saturday at 9:40AM and 6PM CET The Pirate Planet episode 2 of 4
The 4th Doctor and Romana arrive in exactly the right place, at exactly the right time - but on the wrong planet.
BBC Prime
http://www.bbcprime.com/
Late Friday at 1AM CET The Pirate Planet episode 1 of 4
Saturday at 9:40AM and 6PM CET The Pirate Planet episode 2 of 4
The 4th Doctor and Romana arrive in exactly the right place, at exactly the right time - but on the wrong planet.
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