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Planet of the Spiders: Part Four
Broadcast: Saturday 16th October 1999
2:30pm-3:00pm AEST (04:30 GMT) < > « »
BBC UKTV (adverts during broadcast)
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Featuring: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, John Dearth, Richard Franklin, Gareth Hunt, John Kane, Terry Walsh

With the Doctor in a coma, his only hope of survival lies with a device inside the TARDIS. Sarah is captured by the spiders and is held prisoner in their larder.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide

Broadcast notes:

Voted #8 of the UK-TV ten most popular stories.
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 15th October 1999:
AUSTRALIA:
UKTV
http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/
http://www.uktv.com.au/
Sat 1PM, Sun 2 + 8AM AEST Planet of the Spiders all 6 eps (#8 of 10)
Mon 11:30PM AEST Earthshock ep 4 of 4
Tue-Fri 11:30PM AEST '(#6 Doctor Who story) eps 1-4 of ?
(confirmed as The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
Over the weekend, the final 3rd Doctor story airs. On Monday night, the conclusion of a Peter Davison story, with somewhat unusual closing credits. The rest of the week will presumably go to the 6th most popular story as chosen by UKTV viewers.