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Planet of the Spiders: Part Six
Broadcast: Friday 12th March 1999
9:30pm-9:55pm CST (03:30 GMT) < > « »
Lakeshore Public Television
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Featuring: Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Elisabeth Sladen, George Cormack, John Dearth, Richard Franklin, Gareth Hunt, John Kane

The Doctor takes the blue crystal and returns to Metebelis 3 where he must face the spider ruler, the Great One. But it is an encounter that triggers his second regeneration..


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide

Broadcast notes:

Time approximate as this was a pledge evening (7:00-10:30pm)
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 12th March 1999:
WYIN 56 Gary, IN
http://www.wyin.org/
Friday at 7PM CST Planet of the Spiders all 6 episodes
[Pledge special. Runs till 10:30PM.]
Jo Grant Jones sends the Metebelis crystal back to the 3rd Doctor, claiming that it was causing problems for her and her husband. Meanwhile, ex-UNIT officer Mike Yates comes to Sarah with ramblings about trouble in the commune where he's recuperating. What do both cases have in common? Large spiders!